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twice-exceptional

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The concept of gifted students who also have learning disabilities (G/LD students), also referred to as “twice-exceptional” students, has become widely accepted, however only a very small number (~5%) of articles on this subject use empirical data. Much is written about this population based on very little empirical evidence and there is not yet much consensus on how to define and identify these students. The research in the link for today also summarizes a literature overview and draws conclusions.

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Games for children with Dyscalculia

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Look at the wonderful post on teachwire.net with games for children with dyscalculia. It has been taken from a publication by Judy Hornigold and you should all look at it and play those games with your struggling students.

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Language confusion adds to the problem

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From a tweet by @sparrowlicious_ 

A problem in German: because of the way we say numbers I always get terribly confused with some two to more digit numbers. (for example: “seven-and-thirty” is 37 but my  brain has trouble translating that) I fear I have slight dyscalculia

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Dyscalculia in the movies

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The Netflix original film, Amateur, is on its surface a story about a young kid hustling to make it to the NBA. But it goes beyond that. It explores the ways recruiters and universities take advantage of aspiring players, and the narrative even creates a space for discussion of a learning disability called dyscalculia. The disorder affects a person’s ability to learn, understand and process mathematics, as we see throughout Amateur.

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