Growing research in Dyscalculia

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The Dyscalculia Blog has a nice page with the latest research into dyscalculia. Great initiative. We need more research, so there will be more awareness, so there will be more interest, so there will be more options for teachers to become dyscalculia tutors.

Read all about it: HERE

4 P’s and 3 R’s

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A nice article from the UK provides some ideas to improve motivation and engagement in a classroom setting. Although not specific related to dyscalculia, still a very good read.

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Causes of Dyscalculia

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Two hypotheses attempt to explain the main cause of dyscalculia. The first hypothesis suggests that a problem with the core mechanisms of perceiving (non-symbolic) quantities is the cause of dyscalculia (core deficit hypothesis), while the alternative hypothesis suggests that dyscalculics have problems only with the processing of numerical symbols (access deficit hypothesis).

Read all about it: HERE

Subitizing

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Great story by Donna Boucher about how subitizing develops in our young children

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Some color to the operations helps

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Interesting research that shows that if you put some color or highlight to the operations in a mathematical challenge, the students improve their solving capabilities. This is a too short summary of this interesting article so please see the full story in our link for today.

Read all about it: HERE