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F10 - NUMBER CAPPED (Year 3 to Year 8) Support students with mathematics learning difficulties (MLD)
(Year 3 To Year 8)
Session Description
In this presentation, I will discuss strategies to support students with maths learning difficulties (MLD), focusing on dyscalculia as the main learning difficulty. I will outline three key factors that may influence dyscalculic students’ acquisition of numeracy and later mathematics: these are cognitive skills, mathematical language skills, and the affective domain, maths anxiety (Hornigold, 2024; Chinn, 2020). Teachers will learn about different maths learning difficulties and their impact on their students’ maths learning. They will also gain insights into strategies to support their students, such as the Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) approach. In addition to Singapore Maths pedagogy of using word problems to teach their students point of needs.
Key takeaways:
1. Teachers will learn the overlapping nature of learning difficulties. These include dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia and ADHD.
2. Teachers will learn the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract pedagogy to teach students with mathematics learning difficulties.
3. Teachers will learn how to use the Bar Model to teach their students to solve word problems.
Key takeaways:
1. Teachers will learn the overlapping nature of learning difficulties. These include dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia and ADHD.
2. Teachers will learn the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract pedagogy to teach students with mathematics learning difficulties.
3. Teachers will learn how to use the Bar Model to teach their students to solve word problems.