Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Thanks @the_mini_adhd_coach for publishing these slides.
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Well known people with Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Having dyscalculia does not have to mean that you cannot succeed in life. In fact you can reach your full potential as the well known people listed on the numberdyslexia blog have shown.
Dyscalculia does not have an impact on your IQ, how smart you are, it just means that your brains are wired different and you may come up with other things than most people. This is why the industry starts to wake up to the value of neurodivers people and starts to recruit specifically for them.
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Not just bad at math but so much more
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Amanda and Lexi talk with expert Daniel Ansari about why dyscalculia is underdiagnosed. And they hear from parents who called in to share what math challenges are like in their family.
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How far does the counting of animals go?
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Honeybees count landmarks when navigating toward sources of nectar. Lionesses tally the number of roars they hear from an intruding pride before deciding whether to attack or retreat. Some ants keep track of their steps; some spiders keep track of how many prey are caught in their web. One species of frog bases its entire mating ritual on number: If a male calls out — a whining pew followed by a brief pulsing note called a chuck — his rival responds by placing two chucks at the end of his own call. The first frog then responds with three, the other with four, and so on up to around six, when they run out of breath.
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One of our favorite tools
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Certainly in this day and age of virtual classes it is difficult to give the children with dyscalculia a sense of how to work with manipulatives. Well the polypad from mathigon is a great tool and one of our favorites. See someone in the link for today demonstrate it.
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