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.
Read all about it: HERE
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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Distance learning is not that bad
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Lots of debate about the topic but in our link for the day an article from Holly White at Edgenuity and she explores the benefits of distance learning for students.
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The language of Math
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
An article written by Erin Null, from Corwin mathematics, and she talks about the language of Math and how some words or phrases can be confusing and what alternatives to use instead.
Read all about it: HERE