Home schooling your child with a math disability

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Many parents who do not get the support they deserve for their dyscalculic child in the schools, choose to go the homeschool route.

The https://ihomeschoolnetwork.com/ website gives some tips on how to work with the math troubled child.

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Great way to teach fractions

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Following the slogan: ” They need to get it into their hands before they get it into their heads” and “do not drill what has not been conceptually understood” Mashup math gives a great activity to teach fractions.

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Retrieval practice

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Research has learned us that it is good to use retrieval of previously learned content to be able to long term store that information, instead of restudying it. Children with Dyscalculia need to have the “spiral review” regularly to ensure the information about math topics remains current. In our link for today a good article about retrieval practices and how it can go wrong and how to ensure you get it right.

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How to help dyscalculic learners?

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The learning success blog gives us a great infographic today with five top tips to help students with dyscalculia. Real simple and immediately ready to put in place. See them in our link for today.

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When Algebra holds you back

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Algebra is a gatekeeper. For the 6% of students with dyscalculia (i.e.,
mathematical learning disabilities), an inability to pass algebra may significantly limit academic and career opportunities. Unfortunately, prior
research on dyscalculia has focused almost exclusively on elementary-aged
students’ deficits in speed and accuracy in arithmetic calculation. This case
study expands our understanding of dyscalculia by documenting how one
college student with dyscalculia understood algebra during a one-on-one
design experiment.

Read all about it: HERE