Category Archives: Dyscalculia Overview

Lack of funding for Dyscalculia Research

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Dyscalculia: News from the web:

I’m reading the bulletin learning difficulties from Australia and they comment on the remarkable difference between research funding for dyslexia and dyscalculia:

the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) had spent $107.2 million funding
dyslexia research in the United States
since 2000, but had spent only $2.3
million on dyscalculia research. This
is despite the prevalence of the two
conditions being similar. This apparent
lack of awareness and action may have
consequences for both the individual
and the community

Read all about it: HERE

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UK getting serious about times tables

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Dyscalculia: News from the web:

From 2019 the UK will introduce tests on timetables for all 9 year olds. They are now keen on numeracy in the UK and this is part of it.

The thing that is slightly worrying is that they mention it as “drill” which sounds like rote memory learning which is not the preferred way.

Read all about it: HERE

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Dyscalculia fact sheet

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In our link for today a Dyscalculia fact-sheet, made by kidshealth.com, that gives you in a very abbreviated form the highlights of what Dyscalculia is.

If teachers or counselors want to be more educated in their own time, online, they can sign up for the Dyscalculia Awareness Training at DyscalculiaAware.org

Read all about it: HERE

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