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A Math Look from Dyscalculia.org
DYSCALCULIA What makes math so hard?
Presented byRenee Hamilton-Newman
M.S.-Special Education, M.Ed.-Instructional DesignMasters Specialist Cert, Distance EducationDyslexia and Dyscalculia Diagnostician and Therapist Michigan, USA
DYSCALCULIA TOPICS
AUDIENCE POLL
DYSCALCULIA?
SPEAKER INTRO
WORKING MEMORY
SEQUENCING
WHY MATH's HARD
AUDITORY MEM
VIS-SPACE-DIR-SEQ
VISUAL MEMORY
EMOTION+HISTORY
COGNITIVE LOAD
SOLUTIONS
EXPERIENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
High school honors, college at 14, early admission to university. Engineer goal was laughed at: 7y/4y degr! Dx- Dyscalculia in college. Dyslexic genius husband. 4 kids: LDs, engineers
Precocious speaking & reading, yet struggled with tying shoes, sports, keeping track when counting, number lines, memorization of math facts, place value and zero, time and planning, calendars and clocks, and math rules and procedures.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hospital Data Security and Privacy Analyst School Board PresidentDeveloped A Math Look Program to Visualize Decimal System, Model Numbers with Money, Orient to Decimal Point, See Language & Number Relationships, & Calculate. (Wks w CI)
32 y Diagnostics & Therapy + Dyslexia +Dysgraphia + Dyscalculia + Training + Materials + Dyscalculia.org College Instructor
AUDIENCE POLL
Who? Why? What do you need to know?
DYSCALCULIA SYNDROME
PERSISTENT DIFFICULTIES: - TIME - CLOCKS - CALENDARS - SCHEDULES - DATES - NUMBER SEQUENCES - DIRECTION (L/R, NAVIGATION) - VISUAL-SPATIAL PROCESSING - VISUAL MEMORY - PROCEDURAL MEMORY - MOTOR SEQUENCING (TYING, DANCE, SPORTS)
DYSCALCULIA SYNDROME
29-yo Counselor with Severe Dyscalculia - No mental math - Tally marks represent digits - Working Memory Impairment - Percerveration: 3 - Procedural Memory Impairment - Slow math processing speed - Counting errors - Reasoning errors - Embarrassment - Red face, perspiration, tears
Dyscalculia Performance Profile 29-yo
- Exceptional Reading Skills - Exceptional Speaking Skills - Good Written Expression + Spelling - Average Listening Comprehension - Weak Phonological Processing - Impaired Math Skills - IQ 102 Average
Severe Dyscalculia 29-yo Counselor
- distrust of procedural memory - 10 minutes - counted repeatedly - persistence! - attention! - focus!
25-yo College Student
- poor procedural memory - visual-spatial uncertainty - repeatedly subtracted to divide - persistent! - Math F 3x
29-yo counselor
- cannot hold numbers in mind - marks hold numbers - does not trust count - recounts - very time-consuming - primitive strategy - working memory overwhelmed -> forgot operations - 5 x 2 = 7 (added) - persistent! - normal IQ - tallying scores at work takes inordinate time
18-yo girl high IQ
-quickly solves basic math problems, and easy algebraic equations - high IQ 131 - talented writer, speaker, reader, artist, musician, dancer, playwright. - when math threshold overwhelmed -> panic attack - private, exclusive boarding schools K-11 - HS drop-out: math-shamed, humiliated - long division and double-digit multiplication: * visual-spatial-directional-sequential ambiguity * poor procedural memory * working memory overwhelmed: forgot operation - attends college (no degree program) - Goal: sound engineer - can't pass math portion of GED
15-yo girl grade 9
- above-average IQ - talented writer & illusrator - poor procedural memory - limited understanding of place value - no monitoring for reasonability - limited understanding of decimal point - accurate multiplication
"Math Dyslexia"
college student age 25
Research Timeline 1808-2020
Research Timeline 1808-2020
Brian Butterworth - Subitizing - Number Sense - Neurology of Dyscalculia
cm
Mb
SOLUTIONS
kg
Language - Vision - Big Picture Relationships - Tools for Reasoning & Calculation
Tb
5 - Solutions - A Math Look
5 - Solutions - A Math Look
Express many ways.
Strategies
Solutions
- Mask to reduce visual stimuli
- Authentic / Constructive Assessments
- Reason Verbally
- Color-code and Illustrate
- Chunk and Simplify
- Instant access to references to free up processing capacity
- Positive Experiences!
- Reduce cognitive load with tools that preserve number, visualize number relationships, model quantities, facilitate calculation, and encourage deep understanding and math language fluency (reading, writing, speaking, and reasoning).
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QUESTIONS?
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A Math Look
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10
A Math Look from Dyscalculia.org
DYSCALCULIA What makes math so hard?
Presented byRenee Hamilton-Newman
M.S.-Special Education, M.Ed.-Instructional DesignMasters Specialist Cert, Distance EducationDyslexia and Dyscalculia Diagnostician and Therapist Michigan, USA
DYSCALCULIA TOPICS
AUDIENCE POLL
DYSCALCULIA?
SPEAKER INTRO
WORKING MEMORY
SEQUENCING
WHY MATH's HARD
AUDITORY MEM
VIS-SPACE-DIR-SEQ
VISUAL MEMORY
EMOTION+HISTORY
COGNITIVE LOAD
SOLUTIONS
EXPERIENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE
High school honors, college at 14, early admission to university. Engineer goal was laughed at: 7y/4y degr! Dx- Dyscalculia in college. Dyslexic genius husband. 4 kids: LDs, engineers
Precocious speaking & reading, yet struggled with tying shoes, sports, keeping track when counting, number lines, memorization of math facts, place value and zero, time and planning, calendars and clocks, and math rules and procedures.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hospital Data Security and Privacy Analyst School Board PresidentDeveloped A Math Look Program to Visualize Decimal System, Model Numbers with Money, Orient to Decimal Point, See Language & Number Relationships, & Calculate. (Wks w CI)
32 y Diagnostics & Therapy + Dyslexia +Dysgraphia + Dyscalculia + Training + Materials + Dyscalculia.org College Instructor
AUDIENCE POLL
Who? Why? What do you need to know?
DYSCALCULIA SYNDROME
PERSISTENT DIFFICULTIES: - TIME - CLOCKS - CALENDARS - SCHEDULES - DATES - NUMBER SEQUENCES - DIRECTION (L/R, NAVIGATION) - VISUAL-SPATIAL PROCESSING - VISUAL MEMORY - PROCEDURAL MEMORY - MOTOR SEQUENCING (TYING, DANCE, SPORTS)
DYSCALCULIA SYNDROME
29-yo Counselor with Severe Dyscalculia - No mental math - Tally marks represent digits - Working Memory Impairment - Percerveration: 3 - Procedural Memory Impairment - Slow math processing speed - Counting errors - Reasoning errors - Embarrassment - Red face, perspiration, tears
Dyscalculia Performance Profile 29-yo
- Exceptional Reading Skills - Exceptional Speaking Skills - Good Written Expression + Spelling - Average Listening Comprehension - Weak Phonological Processing - Impaired Math Skills - IQ 102 Average
Severe Dyscalculia 29-yo Counselor
- distrust of procedural memory - 10 minutes - counted repeatedly - persistence! - attention! - focus!
25-yo College Student
- poor procedural memory - visual-spatial uncertainty - repeatedly subtracted to divide - persistent! - Math F 3x
29-yo counselor
- cannot hold numbers in mind - marks hold numbers - does not trust count - recounts - very time-consuming - primitive strategy - working memory overwhelmed -> forgot operations - 5 x 2 = 7 (added) - persistent! - normal IQ - tallying scores at work takes inordinate time
18-yo girl high IQ
-quickly solves basic math problems, and easy algebraic equations - high IQ 131 - talented writer, speaker, reader, artist, musician, dancer, playwright. - when math threshold overwhelmed -> panic attack - private, exclusive boarding schools K-11 - HS drop-out: math-shamed, humiliated - long division and double-digit multiplication: * visual-spatial-directional-sequential ambiguity * poor procedural memory * working memory overwhelmed: forgot operation - attends college (no degree program) - Goal: sound engineer - can't pass math portion of GED
15-yo girl grade 9
- above-average IQ - talented writer & illusrator - poor procedural memory - limited understanding of place value - no monitoring for reasonability - limited understanding of decimal point - accurate multiplication
"Math Dyslexia"
college student age 25
Research Timeline 1808-2020
Research Timeline 1808-2020
Brian Butterworth - Subitizing - Number Sense - Neurology of Dyscalculia
cm
Mb
SOLUTIONS
kg
Language - Vision - Big Picture Relationships - Tools for Reasoning & Calculation
Tb
5 - Solutions - A Math Look
5 - Solutions - A Math Look
Express many ways.
Strategies
Solutions
Gb
uni-
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS?
www.DYSCALCULIA.ORG renee@dyscalculia.org
mm
tera-
dyscalculia.org/webinar