Category Archives: Treatment

Why are so many children in special ed?

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The number of students in special education in the United States has doubled over the past four decades, with schools responsible for providing special services to a growing segment of their student bodies. This article tries to find out why.

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So you got your diagnosis for dyscalculia, but where is the support?

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Good article from Seattle, where they discuss that eventually now the tide is turning and more assessments and diagnoses of dyscalculia take place, however the question then becomes, what will you do with that assessment? Does the school have the capacity to support the student?

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A dyscalculia toolkit

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The good people from mathematicshed.com share their version of a dyscalculia toolkit with lots of interesting activities you can do to help your child with their math troubles.

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End of analogue time?

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How did the old Egyptians do Fractions?

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Mathigon shares this interesting lesson with lots of visuals:

In this lesson, students explore how Ancient Egyptians wrote fractions 4000 years ago. They compare the unit fractions and express any given fraction as the sum of unit fractions. Working on the task will help students improve their skills in adding and subtracting fractions.

This activity can be used with younger students by working on the numerical examples also with the older students by finding general rules to create the unit fraction sums.

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