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A joke and some advice

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Our son studies computer science, so here is the joke: Four engineers drive a car that suddenly stops. The E&I engineer says “let me check the cabling the wires probably got crossed”, the rotating engineer says ” let me check the bearings on the wheels the probably don’t function anymore”, the chemical engineer says ” let me test the gas, it probably has the wrong formula” , the computer engineer says “maybe if we all get out of the car and get back in and start it again it will work”.

Funny but it relates to the little article in our link for today where the UK Psych net correctly identifies the issues surrounding dyscalculia and then advises as solution counseling and psychotherapy.

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What teachers know about dyscalculia

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A study about this has now been done:

Although much research on teachers’ knowledge and attitudes
towards their students with dyslexia has been accumulated, students
with dyscalculia have not gained the same attention. Teachers’
knowledge about the nature and characteristics of students with
dyscalculia seems to be limited and this has a strong impact on their
instructional decisions. In secondary education, where teachers’ pre
service educational programs are more focused on the scientific subject
instead of appropriate instructional methods, teachers’ knowledge about
dyscalculia has not yet been taken into account.

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Asking for help

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It is not always easy to ask for help when you have dyscalculia and you have not been diagnosed or understood until now. Read this piece from a forum. Best quote:

‘Ask for help’ seems to be everyone’s favorite phrase, like it’s some kind of magic chant that will suddenly allow me to comprehend numbers and equations. But, it really isn’t easy for me to ask for help. Because of what my dad and other people have told me my whole life, my math confidence is absolutely crushed and I struggle to even answer things in class that I know because I think that I’ll just get it wrong and peole will laugh at me. It’s no help when all of my friend are extremely good at math either.

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