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Which mathematical concepts would be more widely understood if better explained ?

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I have dyscalculia. I can count with 1:1 correlation and I do understand some numbers are larger as I count up, and smaller as I count down. I just don’t understand their relationships. And I cannot remember numbers because there is no emotional association. I also have synesthesia and my memory is connected to emotions. That is, if I have no feelings about an event I saw or heard  I don’t remember it. Math is too cold for me to focus upon. I wish it could have been taught in a way that made it matter. I surround myself with people who can do math and from an early age my children did all my math for me. Now I just ignore it entirely.

The concepts which would be better understood by the general public if better explained are the relationships between numbers — how they relate to one another. For example, I see people who can look at a profit and loss statement and immediately understand how a business can be improved. I wish I had that ability, and I wish that kind of understanding were taught or could be taught more effectively and more explicitly.

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The Dyscalculia Assessment

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In this important new book, Jane Emerson and Patricia Babtie lay out in a clear and systematic way how teachers can identify dyscalculic learners, and how they can help them achieve proficiency inbasic arithmetic. Jane and Patricia are both very experienced special needs teachers whose recom-mendations are built on many years of teaching dyscalculic learners. Both of the authors, like me,have learnt a great deal about how best to do this from Dorian Yeo, perhaps the deepest thinker inthe field of dyscalculia intervention

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everyone can be a winner in the numbers game

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Think you’re rubbish at maths? Think again – without arithmetic, everyday life would defeat us. With a little confidence the world of figures is at your fingertips, says Sue Nelson.

 I believe that at least some of these problems are easily solved. Because the British can count; it’s our growing lack of confidence that is the issue. The good news is that new psychological tricks may be enough to open up the world of numbers to millions.

Mathematics is perceived as “hard” – impossible to master unless you have the “right” sort of brain. Maths, like playing chess at a high level, has a geeky, cerebral image that can be intimidating. But the reality is that we do maths all the time; modern life would be impossible without it.

Our brains are constantly at work adding and subtracting, dividing and multiplying. Visit any town on market day and stallholders use mental arithmetic fast enough to rival Carol Vorderman. Shoppers evaluate supermarket offers and bargain-hunters rapidly calculate the potential savings on a 25 per cent discount.

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