How to Screen for Dyscalculia
Unlocking Dyscalculia: How to Screen for this Different Learning Ability This blog is an excerpt from How to Identify, Screen, and Support Students with Dyscalculia, a summarization of The Transformative Potential of Early Screening for Dyscalculia, The Discounted Specific Learning Disability by Dr. Sandra Elliott and Sam Wertheim, Doctoral Candidate. Screening for Dyscalculia Research shows that identifying dyscalculia is […]
Dyscalculia: In and Out of the Classroom
Dyscalculia: In and Out of the Classroom Dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects one’s ability to learn mathematics, may cause difficulty with counting, working memory for numbers, ability to recognize patterns, time, sense of direction, estimation of distance and volume, math facts, and procedures. When we talk about learning disorders, we sometimes don’t think […]
What is Dyscalculia?
What is Dyscalculia? This blog is an excerpt from How to Identify, Screen, and Support Students with Dyscalculia, a summarization of The Transformative Potential of Early Screening for Dyscalculia, The Discounted Specific Learning Disability by Dr. Sandra Elliott and Sam Wertheim, Doctoral Candidate. What is Dyscalculia? Students with dyscalculia have difficulty understanding and manipulating numbers, estimating quantities, […]
10 Common Signs of Dyscalculia
10 Common Signs of Dyscalculia Dyscalculia is a learning disability that affects one’s ability to learn mathematics, as compared to same age peers who receive identical instruction. It may cause difficulty with counting, working memory for numbers, ability to recognize patterns, time, sense of direction, estimation of distance and volume, math facts, and procedures. Dyscalculia […]
Five Ideas for Teaching Math to Special Education Students
Five Great Ideas for Teaching Math to Special Education Students Empower Students to Excel Special Education students deserve the same opportunities to showcase their academic skills as their peers. As Toni Barton wrote for Getting Smart in 2019, “… exceptional learners should be empowered to master grade-level content…While it’s important to provide remedial instruction to […]
We’re Attending Bett UK 2023 in London!
We’re Attending Bett UK 2023 in London! We’re proud to announce that we’ll be exhibiting at Bett UK in London later this month! Bett is the global community for education technology with a mission to spark ideas, create connections and accelerate trade, driving impact and improving outcomes for teachers and learners. As TouchMath approaches our 50th anniversary, we’re […]
We’re Attending AESA 2022 in Atlanta!
We’re Attending AESA 2022 in Atlanta! We are excited travel to AESA in Atlanta November 30 – December 2! We will demo our NEW cutting-edge digital learning platform, TouchMath Pro. TouchMath Pro is a powerful personalized learning tool for General Education and Special Education student populations. With four dynamic learning modes, TouchMath Pro can be […]
MyTouchMath + New Key Foundational Skills
MyTouchMath + New Key Foundational Skills The changing landscape of technology in education can sometimes be overwhelming, but also offers opportunities for math learning like never before. One of the challenges we have heard repeated often is that student-facing learning platforms often have a steep learning curve for educators to implement. At TouchMath, we decided […]
Build Student Portfolios in TouchMath Hub
Build Student Portfolios in TouchMath Hub One of the things we have heard from educators time and again is that managing student assignments, records, and data can be challenging. Questions abound on how best to keep track of a combination of digital and printed assignments. We took this challenge to heart when we designed TouchMath […]
Craft Personalized Learning Plans with the Proficiency Slider
Craft Personalized Learning Plans with the Proficiency Slider Every math learning journey is as different and unique as each student. For some students, math equations are as fluent as their native speech. For others, even simple math concepts can seem foreign. Whether your students are more advanced or having difficulty remembering basic math concepts and […]
