Dyscalculia: News from the web:
A new program has launched to help children with their math troubles. In our link for today some games from the program that can give you an idea how they work.
Read all about it: HERE
Category Archives: Tools
Summer math party
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
read how Dr Stephanie Henry developed a successful Math Party Program.
Read all about it: HERE
Help for anxiety
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Some of the students with anxiety can be helped if you use white boards. The fact that all their answers can quickly be erased when wrong gives them a feeling of security and the courage to try something more. It’s just a little tool. In our link for today we include an advertisement for wipe workbooks where you can register to get a free one.
Read all about it: HERE
Math shelf a useful program
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
A substantial number of childrendtypically those living in lowincome communitiesdstart kindergarten with inadequate mathematics knowledge (Griffin, 2002; Jordan, 2007; Siegler, 2009;
Starkey & Klein, 2008). Effective and scalable mathematics interventions for economically disadvantaged preschoolers are
needed because math knowledge measured at school entry predicts both secondary school academic success and future economic
opportunity (Duncan et al., 2007; Geary, Hoard, Nugent, & Bailey,
2013; Watts, Duncan, Siegler, & Davis-Kean, 2014). This study
tested Math Shelf, a tablet computer curriculum designed to
improve at risk preschoolers’ mathematics performance
Read all about it: HERE
Assistive Technology and the challenges
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The use of assistive technology has helped many people with learning disabilities cope with their condition. Two issues however continue to play a role here; only one in ten people with learning disabilities gets diagnosed and only one in ten then can afford the cost of assistive technology. This is a larger challenge in Africa at the moment.
Read all about it: HERE