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Mathematics for dyslexics and dyscalculics : a teaching handbook / Steve Chinn and Richard E. Ashcroft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chinn, Stephen J., author.
- Ashcroft, Richard E., author.
- Standardized Title:
- Mathematics for dyslexics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematical ability.
- Dyslexic children--Education.
- Dyslexic children.
- Acalculia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Edition:
- 4th edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A seminal handbook in the field for more than 20 years, this new and updated edition of Mathematics for Dyslexics and Dyscalculics contains the latest research and best practices for helping learners with numerical and mathematical difficulties. Provides a complete overview of theory and research in the fields of dyslexia and dyscalculia, along with detailed yet pragmatic methods to apply in the classroom Contains enhanced coverage of place value and the role of the decimal point, why fractions can challenge a developed logic for arithmetic, and the complexity of time along with new material on addressing anxiety, fear, motivation, and resilience in the classroom; and links to new resources including standardized tests and recommended reading lists Written by two mathematics teachers with 50 years of teaching experience between them, much of it in specialist settings for students with specific learning difficulties Offers effective teaching strategies for learners of all ages in a structured but accessible format
- Contents:
- Dyscalculia, dyslexia and mathematics
- Factors that may contribute to learning difficulties in mathematics
- Cognitive (thinking) style in mathematics
- Testing and diagnosis
- Concept of number
- Addition and subtraction : basic facts/number combinations
- The times tables facts/number combinations
- Computational procedures for addition and subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division : whole numbers
- Fractions, decimals and percentages : an introduction
- Operating with fractions
- Decimals
- Percentages
- Time
- Teaching the full curriculum
- Attacking and checking questions
- Important elements of a teaching programme.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781119159988
- 1119159989
- 9781119159995
- 1119159997
- 9781119159971
- OCLC:
- 969740118
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