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Dyscalculia in the papers

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Iona Bain, 34, the Oxford-educated brain behind the highly popular and award-winning Young Money blog is unable to do the most basic mental arithmetic as she has dyscalculia – a condition similar to dyslexia but affecting numbers, read it al in the UK news paper

Read all about it: HERE

The International Science and Evidence Based Education (ISEE) Assessment 

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The International Science and Evidence Based Education (ISEE) Assessment is an initiative of the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), and is its contribution to the Futures of Education process launched by UNESCO Paris in September 2019. In order to contribute to re-envisioning the future of education with a science and evidence based report, UNESCO MGIEP embarked on the first-ever large-scale assessment of knowledge of education.

The overall goal of the ISEE Assessment is to pool multi-disciplinary expertise on educational systems and reforms from a range of stakeholders in an open and inclusive manner, and to undertake a scientifically robust and evidence based assessment that can inform education policy-making at all levels and on all scales. Its aim is not to be policy prescriptive but to provide policy relevant information and recommendations to improve education systems and the way we organize learning in formal and non-formal settings. It is also meant to identify information gaps and priorities for future research in the field of education.

Read all about it: HERE

Happy Pi day

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That magical number that helps us find the circumference and area of circles. For the first 100 digits we have found a nice song:

and in our link for today a great activity to celebrate pi day. Enjoy!

Read all about it: HERE

Valentines day for mathematicians

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See how mathematicians celebrate Valentines day in our link for today

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Your accommodations used against you

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See this horrible story. A confirmation that colleges and the ACT do not respect our neurodivers needs and rights.

Participate in a study

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The Accessibility User Research Collective (AURC) would like to invite people with dyslexia or dyscalculia to be a part of an accessibility research study being conducted by Microsoft. 

Read all about it: HERE

2e students better served

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From Australia comes the news that they have now implemented a new mandate on how to identify and work with students who are both gifted and have a learning disability, the so-called 2e students.

The traditional way of identifying gifted students was to look at their achievement, but this overlooked students with hidden potential.

Dr Townend said twice-exceptional students need both learning support and enrichment or extension to reach their potential, and supporting the disability in the classroom was essential to level the playing field.

“It’s like giving a wheelchair to a child who cannot walk or glasses to a child who needs glasses,” she said.

Read all about it: HERE

First report came home

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The schoolyear has started and the first report card may have come home by now. You may be coming aware of issues with your child’s learning. The teachers may invite you for a conference. The understood organization has a great explanation of the difference between a parent teacher conference and an IEP meeting, see our link for today.

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Math and origami

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Math Unfolded: An Exhibit of Mathematical Origami Art,” to show math buffs and art fans alike how geometry, algorithms and math formulas can create exciting works of art through the science of origami.

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Coupon code for Dyscalculia Awareness training

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To celebrate the Learning Disabilities Awareness Month we offer the Dyscalculia Awareness Training with a $10 coupon, pay only $24 after coupon.

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After dyslexia and dyscalculia now dysrationalia?

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With a wife specializing in learning difficulties, a Canadian psychologist called Keith Stanovich had long been interested in the ways that some mental abilities may lag behind others, and he suspected that rationality would be no different. The result was an influential paper introducing the idea of dysrationalia as a direct parallel to other disorders like dyslexia and dyscalculia.

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It is Pi day

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So let’s look at the history of Pi:

Pi (π) has been known for almost 4000 years—but even if we calculated the number of seconds in those 4000 years and calculated π to that number of places, we would still only be approximating its actual value. Here’s a brief history of finding π.

The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (ca. 1900–1680 BC) indicates a value of 3.125 for π, which is a closer approximation.

The Rhind Papyrus (ca.1650 BC) gives us insight into the mathematics of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians calculated the area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for π.

The first calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world.

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Research opportunity

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We are reposting a tweet below about participating in a research  project about research opportunity with on how dyscalculia and other impact students’ ability to be successful in math. The interview will take place between October 1-5, 2018. For more info email: mshah@microsoft.comdyscalculia:

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Dyscalculia goes to the supreme court in India

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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by a student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai with a learning disability, challenging a Bombay High Court judgment that rejected her claim to a Master of Design degree.

The petitioner Naman Varma, who has a learning disability called ‘Dyscalculia’, has filed this petition through Advocate Anand Varma. The petition claims that the approach of IIT Mumbai was not in line with the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

Read all about it: HERE

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There is money in special education

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Many charter schools do enroll special education students, some even actively seek out special needs students, and they are paid a premium to do so — $26,197.24 for a special-education student versus $8,327.35 for a regular-education student. However, some charters have been known to only enroll students with less severe disabilities and require less services, than students whose disabilities are more severe or are costly to accommodate.

However lately practices surface where special education children are being refused based on their disability apparenlty. Investigations are ongoing

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Happy Mother’s day, here is your gift

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Enjoy 50% of our video series for parents who want to help their children with math homework. Dr Schreuder demonstrates her favorite ways of teaching and about 150 pages of downloadable sheets with activities, templates and games are included.

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ADHD abuse

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from a tweet:

My son has a misdiagnosis of ADHD to qualify for special education in math because the state doesn’t recognize dyscalculia as a thing. zero s*** about her needs or education.

This is very unfortunately and that school district or state education department would do well to follow the Dyscalculia Awareness training at http://DyscalculiaAware.org

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Get ready for Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is coming. A good time to work a bit with your children on math while also keeping it light and entertaining. There is a pinterest board with lots of resources that are all about Math, not necessarily Dyscalculia, and fun to do.

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Stupidhead!

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Watching the first part of Stupidhead!, the lovable, sincere and silly musical comedy about dyslexia, one is suspicious that its writer-performer is even dyslexic. For one thing, she can spell d-y-s-l-e-x-i-a, something that even Einstein could easily not do. She has trouble with math, organizational skills and directions home – same here – so maybe she’s not so much dyslexic as she is harebrained.

Turns out, Katherine Cullen suffers from dyscalculia, a numbers-based dyslexia that is a legitimate (if niche) learning disability and, as one can imagine, an utterly frustrating condition. Which is what Cullen’s two-hander Stupidhead! is all about: Frustration – frustration with one’s brain, and the audacious overcoming of shame and limitations.

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New Dyscalculia legislation proposed

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New, or altered, legislation has been introduced in the state of West Virginia.

It calls for all students in Kindergarten to be screened for dyslexia and dyscalculia. Also children in grade 1 through 6 ( I guess if they missed the screening earlier) Next when they find something they need to provide a real assessment and effective intervention. Also money is made available to provide Professional Development for teachers on the topics. Great news!

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