Constructive struggle

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Best way to teach students math is to work on their learning, their deep understanding and that is best done by having them experience finding the solution, with some guidance, themselves instead of relying on rote memorization.

The Math Medic blog says it well:

 “It would be so much easier if they would just tell us what we need to know.” One parent even said, “My child learns better when you spoon feed her.”

No, they don’t learn better, they memorize better.

What we explained to parents was the value that came with the struggle. Students develop a stronger, more long-lasting understanding when they discover the concepts on their own. What we did realize from this experience was the importance of being transparent about this process with students. It’s so important that students understand that they are supposed to struggle! And struggling does not mean that they are failing, it means that they are growing.

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Fraction is child’s play

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Not new but a good reminder that children are capable of getting introduced to fractions and equivalency at a young age. The Erikson Institute show three children’s books that package the feeling for fractions in nice stories with great pictures.

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Accommodations for college students

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Thank you Diagnostic Learning for sharing this great resource.

How to Help a Special Needs Child with Dyscalculia?

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The Hope for Special blog has posted a great page with lots of information about Dyscalculia, the signs, the treatment, tips and referrals and countering some myths about dyscalculia.

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Comorbidity in learning disabilities

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ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia are comorbid. Also, the underlying continuous traits are correlated (ADHD symptoms, reading, spelling, and math skills). This may be explained by trait-to-trait causal effects and/or shared genetic and environmental factors.We studieda sample of ≤19,125 twin children and 2,150 siblings from the Netherlands Twin Register,assessed at ages 7 and 10.Children with ADHD were more than 2 times as likely to have a learning disorder and children with one learning disorder were 3-4 times as likely to have the second learning disorder. Still, most children with ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia (86%) had just one disorder.Cross-laggedmodellingsuggested thatthe trait correlations are due togenetic influencescommon to all traits, rather than causal influences. Thus, ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia seem to be comorbid due to overlapping genetic risks, rather than causality.

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