More Trouble with Maths: A Complete Manual to Identifying and Diagnosing Mathematical Difficulties

ISBN-13: 9780367862169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Steve Chinn

Opis

Now in a third edition, this resource takes a practical approach to identifying and diagnosing many factors that contribute to mathematical learning difficulties and dyscalculia. It provides a range of standardised tests and diagnostic activities designed to reveal common error patterns and misconceptions to form a basis for intervention.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Diagnosis, assessment and teaching: The benefits of linking.  3. The Dyscalculia Checklist  4. Starting the assessment/diagnosis  5. Short term memory and working memory  6. Tests of basic facts  7. Mathematics anxiety  8. The 15-minute norm-referenced mathematics test  9. Errors and the 15-minute mathematics test  10. Cognitive (thinking) style  11. Estimation  12. Mathematics vocabulary and word problems  13. Criterion-referenced (formative) tests  14. Speed of working  15. Two Sample Reports.  Appendix 1  Appendix 2  Appendix 3