ABSTRACT

This book provides classroom and special education teachers with an overview of maths disorders, and provides a wide range of appropriate intervention strategies. It addresses the issues in a very direct and user-friendly way, and provides an invaluable resource for teachers, TAs, and parents to ‘dip into’.

Although written in a very straightforward, accessible style, the book is pedagogically sound and will strike chord with professionals. It takes readers through the cognitive process that’s underpins success in mathematics and gives examples of why difficulties occur in individual students. Readers are taken step-by-step through each stage of the maths curriculum and each section is followed by a comprehensive list of ‘action plans’. The advice is down-to-earth and achievable.

part |1 pages

SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO DYSCALCULIA

chapter 1|15 pages

Understanding dyscalculia

part |1 pages

SECTION TWO: EFFECTIVE TEACHING A - EFFECTIVE LEARNING

chapter 2|6 pages

The biological basis of learning

chapter 3|11 pages

Making mathematical connections

chapter 4|5 pages

Assessment

chapter 5|8 pages

Individual differences and mathematics

chapter 6|5 pages

Confidence and mathematics

part |1 pages

SECTION THREE: UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBER SYSTEM

chapter 8|7 pages

Counting

chapter 9|4 pages

Understanding the base 10 system

chapter 11|4 pages

Composition and decomposition of numbers

part |1 pages

SECTION FOUR: UNDERSTANDING OPERATIONS

chapter 13|2 pages

Dyscalculia and operations

chapter 14|5 pages

Understanding algorithms

chapter 15|9 pages

Addition

chapter 16|5 pages

Subtraction

chapter 17|3 pages

Multiplication

chapter 18|3 pages

Division

chapter 19|4 pages

Learning number facts

part |1 pages

SECTION FIVE: MEASUREMENT AND RATIONAL NUMBERS

chapter 20|4 pages

Measurement

chapter 21|5 pages

Rational numbers