prairiewindmomma Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) What has been beneficial for you and your student with dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a disability which involves difficulty in understanding numbers and the value they represent "number sense", doing calculations and other "procedural" aspects of math, and in visual spatial working memory. https://www.understood.org/en/articles/what-is-dyscalculia https://childmind.org/article/how-to-spot-dyscalculia/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia https://www.additudemag.com/what-is-dyscalculia-overview-and-symptom-breakdown/ Edited June 5 by prairiewindmomma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 My dd wouldn't have learned maths at all without CSMP, and lots of translating back and forth between their pictures and standard notation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 12 minutes ago, Rosie_0801 said: My dd wouldn't have learned maths at all without CSMP, and lots of translating back and forth between their pictures and standard notation. What is CSMP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 22 minutes ago, desertflower said: What is CSMP? http://stern.buffalostate.edu/CSMPProgram/index1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Thanks Rosie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 42 minutes ago, desertflower said: Thanks Rosie! I emailed Ronit Bird about the minicomputers once and she said they were mere computational devices. I disagree. They made a wonderful foundation for future work on fractions. After all, Kid had been used to breaking numbers up and putting them back together, so it was no big deal to learn that you can break a one and put it back together too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) In elementary, Cuisenaire rods (and Miquon math books). Makes it easier to "see" concepts and manipulate numbers. Education Unboxed has great videos to use for teaching with rods, even if you don't use Miquon. http://www.educationunboxed.com/ Plain, boring, Rod and Staff math was very good for my ones that needed concepts broken down into smaller parts, with lots of review of previously learned concepts. Especially good for my one with working memory issues. These Math Reference charts were very helpful for working memory. https://christianlight.org/curriculum/support-and-resource-materials/math/math-reference-charts Key to Algebra was also good for breaking things down into smaller steps of understanding to build success. Basic Algebra (by Dolciani and Brown) was very confidence building. You can see it on archive.org... https://archive.org/details/basicalgebra00brow/mode/2up And there is Basic Geometry (by Jurgensen and Brown); also on archive.org... https://archive.org/details/basicgeometry0000jurg/mode/2up MUS has been good for algebra (1 & 2) and geometry-- easier problem sets that do not get in the way of seeing the underlying concept. Edited March 1 by Zoo Keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 Sorry it's taken me a long time to get back to adding more information on this. I'm going to edit my OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 Resources for Dyscalculia: Most of the resources I have found are published by British authors. There's been considerably less attention paid to this specific learning disability compared to others. Anne Henderson, Ronit Bird, Brian Butterworth, Stephen Chinn, Jane Emerson, Ian Thompson, and Dorian Yeo are all authors who have written books on dyscalculia and how it presents. Screening for dyscalculia: Brian Butterworth has the Dyscalculia Screener, which is a computer based test that takes about 30 minutes. Wechsler Objective Numerical Dimension (WOND): covers mathematical reasoning and numerical operations, Wechsler Individual Achievement Tests in Numerical Operations, Mathematical Fluency, and Calculations Test Woodcock Johnson IV Calculation subtest some subtests from Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test (CMAT) Remediation Materials: Ronit Bird (has several physical and e-books; we found her offerings through Apple Books to be really useful to use with an ipad Touch Math Shiller Math Curriculum for Dyscalculia Other Materials/Curricula that seem to work well for people: Math-U-See (hands on sensory components) CSMP: https://stern.buffalostate.edu (visual components) Christian Light Education (it's highly repetitive, and does a great job with weights/measures/time/money) Singapore Math (with adaptation---use cuisenaire rods, bar graphs, visual models---but be prepared to go slower. I've done the Primary Math and the updated Primary Math 2022---the 2022 version is much more visual, has fewer problems per page, and leave more room to scribe---I recommend it over the original for dyscalcic students) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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