Böcker av Patricia Babtie

Dyscalculia experts Patricia Babtie and Sue Dillon present 100 ideas to help students with numeracy difficulties grasp the core skills required in the secondary curriculum, not just in maths but in other subjects including science, design and technology, computing and geography.Around 25 per cent of secondary school students have severe numeracy difficulties. These students are often anxious and fearful about using maths arising from a repeated failure to learn. This impacts their overall attainment. Patricia and Sue show how numeracy difficulties can be overcome using multi-sensory teaching and helping students with their study skills, revision and exam techniques. This dip-in-and-out book provides activities and games to encourage students to explore numerical ideas and discover underlying patterns across the secondary curriculum. These ideas help to develop an understanding of maths concepts and see their relevance in everyday life.100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Supporting Students with Numeracy Difficulties contains adaptable ideas that are relevant across the curriculum. It will help build confidence in learners, making it a must-have resource for all schools.

Children with dyscalculia have difficulties acquiring basic numeracy skills. A significant number of children fail to acquire the basic numerical skills required to succeed in society and the workplace. 100 ideas for Supporting Children with Dyscalculia provides specially-designed games and activities to help build firm foundations in basic number concepts. All the games and activities:- have been tried-and-tested in specialist and mainstream schools - are designed to encourage children to talk about numbers in a natural way- will help build a positive attitude to numbers The book begins with a focus on counting skills, before moving on to place value structure, multiplication and division. The aim is to teach understanding and key facts so that pupils will become flexible thinkers who can use numbers to solve a variety of mathematical problems. The ideas in the book require minimum preparation and resources, and are perfect for use in mainstream and specialist classrooms, individual tuition sessions or as homework assignments.