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Understanding Dyscalculia and Numeracy Difficulties: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals
Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that affects the acquisition of numerical skills. A far larger number of pupils, while not dyscalculic, fail to acquire the basic numerical skills required for everyday life. Whatever the cause of poor numeracy it is essential that these difficulties are identified and addressed. This book looks at how adults can help identify each child's specific areas of difficulty and describes a multi-sensory approach that can be adapted for the needs of each student to help them better understand numbers and apply that understanding to solve problems. It covers the origins of number sense and how the brain deals with numbers, assessment, planning intervention, what to teach and how to teach it, and how parents can help their children. This straightforward guide will be essential reading for any parent, teacher or education professional working with a child with dyscalculia or numeracy difficulties.
222 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 21, 2015
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August 15, 2021
The book itself is an interesting take on an individual with dyscalculia but this book is written more as a guide for parents or teachers who have a pupil or child with dyscalculia.
The boasts being straightforward for any 'normal person' and that's probably true. However, as a person who actually has dyscalculia and wasn't diagnosed until their adult life the book has very little to offer. It also uses words such as "failure" which, I personally find quite negative, whilst people with dyscalculia can't achieve the basic grasp on maths, it's hardly a failure.
The cover looks a little dated and doesn't really give an inspiration or motivation making it seem a little prehistoric, that said, I'm guessing this would be useful for a parent, or even a teacher. My parents would have probably referred to a book like this.
The boasts being straightforward for any 'normal person' and that's probably true. However, as a person who actually has dyscalculia and wasn't diagnosed until their adult life the book has very little to offer. It also uses words such as "failure" which, I personally find quite negative, whilst people with dyscalculia can't achieve the basic grasp on maths, it's hardly a failure.
The cover looks a little dated and doesn't really give an inspiration or motivation making it seem a little prehistoric, that said, I'm guessing this would be useful for a parent, or even a teacher. My parents would have probably referred to a book like this.
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