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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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Don’t write teens off as math failures

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See the issue that is current in the UK:

GCSE maths exams are deliberately designed to fail a third of all young people, according to the education charity National Numeracy.

The charity wants to see a new benchmark – a numeracy equivalent of the driving test – which sets out the essentials of practical maths that teenagers will need for adult life and the workplace. Unlike GCSE, this would be something that all young people would be expected to achieve as part of their maths education and that could be embedded within the existing curriculum and exam pathway.

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Braintraining but not for dyscalculia

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Interesting story today. We have all heard about the computerized training modules that aim to train your brain to do things faster or better. Although the vendors usually report amazing results, science continues to be sceptical. In our link for today however a story from the Netherlands where one of their major league soccer teams trains their juniors with computer games for the match on the field!

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