by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Dyscalculia, dyslexia, Dyslexic Advantage Magazine, Math, Premium, Premium Content, Strategies
Working memory mistakes in math include mistakes such as losing place in problems, errors due to missed steps or key information, and calculation errors like near-misses or reversed digits, directional errors, or procedural errors like errors of grouping or carrying....
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | dyslexia, Math, Teaching
For dyslexic students, the problem with word problems isn’t just the fact that they have to be read without error – but that there are many aspects of the language commonly found in word problems that will frustrate many dyslexic students if they...
by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Advocacy, Dyscalculia, Education, Math, Premium, Premium Content, Teachers
“There is nothing in the IDEA that would prohibit the use of the terms dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia in IDEA evaluation, eligibility determinations, or IEP documents.” – Michael Yudin, Department of Education “Dyscalculia is not...
by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Accommodations, Dyscalculia, Math, Psychology
Dyscalculia, or a math learning disability is important to identify because formal identification can qualify a student for accommodations both in the classroom and for high stakes tests. It can co-occur with dyslexia and it is under-recognized. We previously reviewed...
by Fernette Eide | | Education, Math, Premium, Premium Content, Teachers
‘If a child does not learn the way you teach then teach him the way he learns.’ Two American school teachers noticed that their students tended to prefer one of the two ways their teachers explained math. The inchworm style was part-to-whole, dutifully performing...
by Fernette Eide | | Accommodations, Advocacy, College, Dysgraphia, Math, Premium, Premium Content, Reading, School, Stealth Dyslexia, Writing
The new SAT started March 2016. From the New York Times, “What’s true of the writing section is true of the new SAT in general: There’s much more to read. “The most fundamental change is that there are many, many more words,” said Aaron Golumbfskie, education...