Basic Topics in Mathematics for Dyslexia

by Henderson, Anne; Miles, Elaine

• ISBN13: 9781861562111
• ISBN10: 186156211X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The aim of this book is to offer some help to teachers who are not very confident of their own understanding of mathematics, but want to give some basic help to dyslexics and others in the particular areas needed by them. To that end the chapters give separate topics with clear explanations for the teacher of the content to be taught, suggestions about how to teach it, exercises with answers, and in the Appendix a list of helpful materials and software. Teachers can pick out a topic without necessarily following the order in the book.

Author Biography

Anne Henderson is a lecturer on Mathematics and Dyslexia for Masters and Diploma courses at UCW Bangor, Wales, as well as Educational Consultant for BEAM mathematics and Numicon. She has provided training all over the world.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
General Advice on Teaching	1	(6)
Estimation	7	(6)
Understanding Number	13	(14)
Addition Magic Squares	27	(8)
Substraction	35	(6)
Multiplication Multiplication Tables	41	(16)
Division	57	(6)
The `equals' concept and sign	63	(6)
Summary of four operations	69	(2)
Calculators	71	(8)
Money	79	(6)
Time	85	(6)
Fractions	91	(6)
Decimals	97	(6)
Changing between fractions and decimals Correction to significant figures	103	(6)
Percentages	109	(6)
Probability	115	(6)
Ratio and Proportion	121	(6)
A useful procedure for tackling mathematics problems	127	(2)
Appendix	129	(23)
A1 The National Numeracy Strategy	129	(3)
A2 100 number square and number grid	132	(1)
A3 Times table exercises	133	(1)
A4 Table practice lists	134	(5)
A5 Coinage	139	(1)
A6 Clock faces	140	(1)
A7 Fraction diagrams	141	(1)
A8 Answers to practice examples within chapters	142	(2)
A9 More examples of problems	144	(3)
A10 More general practice	147	(5)
A11 List of materials, books and computer software, together with addresses of suppliers	152