Fish and Dyscalculia

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if we want to study the genetics behind mathematical abilities, we might benefit from a faster growing species, such as fish.

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Child find mandate from the IDEA

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As a licensed special education teacher and disabilities advocate, one of my first and foremost responsibilities is to follow the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This law includes the mandate that districts must identify all students with disabilities in their jurisdiction, including homeless students and students placed privately.

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Children with Dyscalculia need/deserve help

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How would a student with poor eyesight fare if his glasses were removed? She could hardly follow the lessons anymore. Assignments on the blackboard would be illegible. And she would soon be getting bad grades. Since that, of course, would be unfair, students are allowed to wear glasses. And while this is still lacking, your disability is compensated in other ways, for example, reading aloud or more time to read. The same should apply to students with dyscalculia, says Dieter Budke, chairman of the “Cologne LRS (dyslexia) and dyscalculia working group”.

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A novel approach to subtypes of developmental dyscalculia

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Still unpublished work on a new approach to assess the subtypes of Developmental Dyscalculia. Something to follow and it looks promising.

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Details about the ANS

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The approximate number system is usually associated with acquiring the skill to understand larger numbers. Now this new research challenges that and finds out that the ANS cannot be responsible for children learning about the larger numbers at a young age.

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