Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The internet is full of surprises. We found a page of images with brains affected by dyscalculia.
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How to teach kids 5-8 years numeracy skills
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal has an interesting article with suggestions for educators on how to best get children from 5 to 8 years of age to understand and develop numeracy skills. You can only see the preview for free but I guess many libraries may have the journal or maybe able to get you a copy.
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Just get your children to think they are good at math
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
New research shows that people who are not good at math but think they are, stick to difficult tasks more than people who are not good at math and also believe they are not good at math. So I guess in order to encourage your child to stick with the math tasks, feed their perception that they are not bad at math and they will build up the confidence to stick with a difficult problem.
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Your native tongue may help your math skills!
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
A pretty surprising discovery is that learning numbersense in Japanese, Chinese or Turkish seems to be easier than doing the same in English. This may be part of the explanation of why children from that region seem to have less issues mastering math.
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Brain studies may help Dyscalculia
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Researchers at Benasich’s lab in Newark, N.J. study patterns in the brain waves of infants and toddlers. They try to come up with models that predict later academic success based on brain activity at a young age. Eventually we might be able to establish how a kid needs to learn by scanning their brain before they enter school. Read the great article in the Scientic American in the link for today.
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