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 of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Explore MyTouchMath: Our Student-Facing Digital Interface
Explore MyTouchMath: Our Student-Facing Digital Interface The changing landscape of technology in education can be overwhelming, but also offers opportunities for math learning like never before. At TouchMath, we wanted to step in and close the gap with an easy-to-use platform that is also interactive and student-facing. You may have heard that we have launched […]
5 Autism Facts for Autism Acceptance Month
5 Autism Facts for Autism Acceptance Month April is Autism Acceptance Month and to celebrate, we decided to share some facts about Autism Spectrum Disorder that we found compelling. Children with autism often demonstrate superior math skills compared with neurotypical children in the same IQ rangeMany assume that children with neuro-differences, such as those […]
Hands-On is Key to Accelerating Learning as Students Return to In-Person Instruction
Hands-On is Key to Accelerating Learning as Students Return to In-Person Instruction In the early months of the pandemic, the response to the shift to virtual learning was nimble and adaptive. Educators worked closely with families to better understand what students needed as they learned from home. Administrators adapted expectations to ensure educators had the […]
Ensuring Equity During Distance Learning
Ensuring Equity During Distance Learning Over the last two decades, technology has played an increasingly pivotal role in learning. Yet, with nearly one in five students between kindergarten and 12th grade lacking access to computers or speedy internet connection, the sad reality is that inequity surrounding technology exists in our educational landscape. This inequity has […]
Effective Intervention and Remediation Must be Personalized
Effective Intervention and Remediation Must be Personalized Even with talented educators and solid plans, there will always be students who do not fully understand a concept the first time they learn it. Without addressing those gaps in knowledge, students are unable to form the foundation needed for future success. Imagine never mastering counting from one […]
