The equal sign confused

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Most children have trouble understanding the true meaning of the equal sign. As they get familiar with using calculators, stand alone or on their phones, they tend to think that the equal sign is an action button and triggers something that gives a conclusion.

This will lead to confusion or less understanding later in the math curriculum so it is important to pay attention to the correct words to use and and explanation of what the equal sign exactly represents.

Cambridge maths has an espresso view dedicated to it, see it in the link below.

Read all about it: HERE

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On Twitter someone commented that this video series had helped them a lot in elementary school, how is that for you?

Neuro divergent learners

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It is estimated that 1 in 5 people are neuro divergent learners. So it is essential for teachers to understand the things that may impact their teaching and their student’s learning.

Dyscalculia Services Math and Dyscalculia Advent Calendar

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Continuing our tradition we present an Advent Calendar with a variety of activities, most math related.

https://schreuderacademy.org/advent-calendar-dyscalculia/

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A two minute test for Dyscalculia

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An evaluation of the Numeracy Screener:

The study evaluated the classification accuracy of: The Numeracy Screener, a 2‐min test of symbolic (Arabic numerals) and nonsymbolic (dot arrays) discrimination ability. A sample of 222 children who demonstrated persistent deficits (n = 55), inconsistent deficits (n = 51), or typical performance (n = 116) on standardized tests of math achievement over multiple observations was tested. The Numeracy Screener correctly classified children in all three groups. Notably, the symbolic condition has greater sensitivity in discriminating children with persistent DD from the other two groups. Screening tools that assess early numeracy skills may be promising for identifying children at risk for developing severe mathematical difficulties.

Read all about it: HERE

Dyscalculia Myths and Facts

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No dancing with dyscalculia

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See how horrific this learning disability can be when teachers are not aware.

Yes! This! I have dyslexia/dyscalculia/ADHD. In 7th grade you couldn’t attend events like dances if you had less than a C in any class and I always had a D in math. I was devastated to miss them and finally my mom had to go in and raise hell so I could go to the last dance.
— 🌊Nicci (@Nicccixo) November 28, 2020

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Dyscalculia Awareness on TikTok

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i remember when growing up everyone would make fun of me for still counting on my hands etc, i was only recently diagnosed with dyscalculia but if i knew about it when i was younger it would have saved a lot of self hate pic.twitter.com/FstPRMZKVi
— Haiden (@mhpostss) November 24, 2020

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How can parents encourage a confidence and awareness of numbers in their children

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A webinar from British Dyslexia Association

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Table fables

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A new service with a different approach to teaching the times tables. Try the table fables, they have an app and a website and they also have a site with information and solutions for Dyscalculia, see it here

Read all about it: HERE

How is dyscalculia in adults

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The ADDitude magazine has a great article about adult Dyscalculia. Too many people have dyscalculia but have not be diagnosed during their school years. These people still struggle with everything that has to do with numbers and some other related issues. Dyscalculia Services has launched a new site where people can get more information or schedule to get a diagnosis or tutoring as an adult https://AdultDyscalculia.org The article in our link for today also gives great information about this condition when you are an adult.

Read all about it: HERE

Great resources for remote learning

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We can not take credit for this but just pass it on, a great database with resources for remote learning. Apparently put together by a high schooler. Respect!

Read all about it: HERE

Downloads for Dyscalculia

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Students with dyscalculia can benefit greatly from graphic organizers to help them solve their math problems. The Understood organization has some nice downloads and we link to them in our link for today.

Dr. Schreuder also has great downloads for free available at her website https://DyscalculiaToolkit.org

Read all about it: HERE

Great tip

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Great tip by
@Backup_Uganda

You want to reward your students for something they control, like completing their task, not for something that would not be under their control, like “being smart”, which would make them afraid to say something as it may turn out that they may no longer be smart.

How do brains count?

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Two sides to every coin

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About the equal sign

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The = sign is often misused as a trigger to come up with an answer, it is so much more, listen in to this podcast:

3 changes for your math classroom

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Edutopia shares with us three changes you can make to your math classroom and it will become a student centered classroom.

Use good problems
Use visibly random groups
Work on vertical non permanent surfaces

Read all about it: HERE

Research in action on Dyscalculia

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On today’s episode Mr Barton was lucky enough to speak to Julia Bahnmuller

Julia studied psychology in Germany, where she received her PhD in 2018. Julia is a trained dyscalculia therapist allowing her to both put her theoretical knowledge into practice and to feed research and teaching with questions and input resulting from the work with children, learning therapists, instructors and parents.

Amongst other things we spoke about:

Number-words in different languages and the impact it can have on students’ early grasp of number and place value – wait until you hear about German!
What are the implications for teachers who teach students for whom English is not their first language?
And an area I know very little about… Dyscalculia

Read all about it: HERE

Retrieval or counting issues?

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Interesting new study will be started, here is their brief:

Retrieval might not be the optimum strategy in mental arithmetic. In fact, expert adults would rather solve simple problems such as 3 + 2 by automated and unconscious procedures. Therefore, we hypothesize that children with dyscalculia might not present deficit in retrieval but, instead, in counting procedure automatization. The aim of the current project is to test this challenging position.

Read all about it: HERE

10 Things about Dyscalculia

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In the Pittnews a great story from someone who has dyscalculia and takes the time and effort to bring some good awareness for dyscalculia.

Read all about it: HERE

Learning disabled, not differently abled

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Read the opinion from Stephen Stern, the chair of Jewish studies at Gettysburg College, about proposals to start learning disabled people instead “differently abled” people. He puts his case forward and disagrees with this practice and gives an extensive explanation for it.

Read all about it: HERE

Election Results

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Making sense of the election results is not easy when you have dyscalculia

Jane Emerson on podcast

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Listening to "Jane Emerson: Question 1 for the Dyscalculia Network" at https://t.co/XHZGQ3Vg5W
— The Dyscalculia Network (@DyscalculiaNet1) November 2, 2020

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Quick and affordable Dyscalculia Testing available

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Due to the pandemic there seems to be a long wait to get testing for learning disabilities done.

It is important for children to get tested swiftly for a couple of reasons:

The remediation needs to start quickly
The child can develop anxiety
The child is at risk of bullying for not being able to keep up

The article in the link then goes on to note how expensive testing through private resources. Our mother site Dyscalculia Services has realized this and now can offer affordable assessments for Dyscalculia online without the exorbitant wait times.

Check this page for more information CLICK HERE about online assessments

Read all about it: HERE

Is the abacus the answer to Developmental Dyscalculia?

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Well here is some research that sounds promising:

Students with an abacus course demonstrated better performance in arithmetic computation and spatial short‐term memory after controlling for age, gender, grade, and other basic cognitive abilities. The results suggest that the abacus course could be an effective tool for DD intervention in natural education settings.

Read all about it: HERE

Listen and learn

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Here is a new service, “coming soon” and it is about math interviews to find out how children reason numerically.

Interesting concept and it probably will lead you to identify the children that may be at risk with math so you can then follow up with DyscalculiaTesting.com

Read all about it: HERE

Visual Spatial Strategic Game

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Thank you Mathigon for giving us this wonderful game.

https://mathigon.org/course/graph-theory/map-colouring#maps-1

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Statistician with Dyscalculia

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Presented here is a case study of Dylan (second author), an individual with dyscalculia who decided to major in statistics at University of California, Berkeley and become a statistician. Although she experienced significant issues of access—both in the standard tools used to do mathematics, and in navigating the structures at the university—she developed systems to enable her to compensate. She collaborated in this research enterprise in order to share with researchers, teachers, parents, and students her experiences with dyscalculia and how she was able to succeed in higher level mathematics.

Read all about it: HERE

Tips helping children with learning challenges

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The South Florida Reporter brings us a nice article with ways to help your child if they have learning disabilities.

Read all about it: HERE

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The equal sign confused

Did this help you?

Neuro divergent learners

Dyscalculia Services Math and Dyscalculia Advent Calendar

A two minute test for Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia Myths and Facts

No dancing with dyscalculia

Dyscalculia Awareness on TikTok

How can parents encourage a confidence and awareness of numbers in their children

Table fables

How is dyscalculia in adults

Great resources for remote learning

Downloads for Dyscalculia

Great tip

How do brains count?

Two sides to every coin

About the equal sign

3 changes for your math classroom

Research in action on Dyscalculia

Retrieval or counting issues?

10 Things about Dyscalculia

Learning disabled, not differently abled

Election Results

Jane Emerson on podcast

Quick and affordable Dyscalculia Testing available

Is the abacus the answer to Developmental Dyscalculia?

Listen and learn

Visual Spatial Strategic Game

Statistician with Dyscalculia

Tips helping children with learning challenges