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Maths Interventions for Learners with Maths Difficulties

Maths Interventions for Learners with Maths Difficulties. Identify the Difficulty or Need. There are several different reasons why young people may be failing at Maths by the time they reach secondary school and any effective intervention needs to be focused on the individual’s need.

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Maths Interventions for Learners with Maths Difficulties

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  1. Maths Interventions for Learners with Maths Difficulties

  2. Identify the Difficulty or Need There are several different reasons why young people may be failing at Maths by the time they reach secondary school and any effective intervention needs to be focused on the individual’s need. • Maths Anxiety • Difficulties associated with Dyslexia • Difficulties associated with SLI • Difficulties associated with Dyspraxia • Poor Working Memory • Poor Attention skills • Dyscalculia

  3. Screeners Dyscalculia Screener, Butterworth, B. (2003). London: GL Assessment A computer programme that has 4 parts: 1. Simple Reaction Time Tests of Capacity: 2. Dot Enumeration (Numerosity) 3. Number Comparison (also referred to as Numerical Stroop) Test of Achievement: 4. Arithmetic Achievement test (addition and multiplication) http://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/products/dyscalculia-screener Once diagnosed a good follow up programme is: Dyscalculia Guidance. Butterworth, B. & Yeo, D (2004) nferNelson

  4. Screeners More trouble with Maths: a complete guide to identifying and diagnosing mathematical difficulties. Steve Chinn (2012) Routledge Really effective at the beginning of a individual intervention programme. https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415670104

  5. Screeners For assessing understanding of the underlying concepts of mathematics. Language Concepts to Access Learning (LaCAL) Maths by Wendi Rinaldi http://www.wendyrinaldi.com/wr-lacal.shtml

  6. Maths anxiety Math anxiety: Children with math anxiety are so worried about the prospect of doing math that their fear and nervousness can lead to poor performance on math tests. Recent research has shown that 1:1 tutoring can remediate Maths Anxiety. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150908180441.htm

  7. Structuring Interventions • Identify the skills that need to be developed and carry out short focused interventions on specific skills. • Use concrete materials – establish how these have been used in the past and ensure accurate understanding. • Check understanding of language. Is the problem number skills?

  8. Skills to Develop • Automaticity • Sequencing • Basic concepts (e.g. more / less, bigger / smaller) Plus 1 • http://www.powerof2.co.uk/maths-support-book-plus-1/ Power of 2 • http://www.powerof2.co.uk/

  9. Skills to Develop & Support Maths Language / Vocabulary • Use of word webs / word maps • Graphic Organisers https://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/VocabularyGraphicOrganizers.html http://www.readingrockets.org/content/pdfs/wordmap.pdf • Use of actions • Teach one word at a time Word Aware: Teaching vocabulary across the day, across the curriculum by Stephen Parsons and Anna Branagan http://www.speechmark.net/shop/word-aware

  10. Skills to Develop & Support Memory Skills • Working Memory & Learning: A practical Guide for Teachers by Susan Gathercole & Tracy Packham Alloway (2008) SAGE • Short-term Memory Difficulties in Children. By Joanne Rudland http://www.speechmark.net/shop/short-term-memory-difficulties-children

  11. Skills to Develop & Support Temporal Concepts • Complex confusing language. • Students with ADHD with impulsivity perceive time differently Time Matters by Clare Doran, Sarah Dutt & Janet Pembury http://www.speechmark.net/shop/time-matters

  12. Useful Books • Beck, I. L., McKeown, M. G. and Kucan, L. (2002) Bringing words to Life; Robust Vocabulary Instruction. New York. The Guildford Press. • Buzan, T. (2003) Mind maps for Kids. London, England: Thorsons. • Butterworth, B. (2003) Dyscalculia Screener London. NFER Nelson • Butterworth, B. and Yeo, D. (2004) Dyscalculia Guidance. Chiswick. nferNelson Publishing Company Limited. • Chinn, S (1997) What to do when you can’t learn the Times Tables. Baldock, Herts. Egon Publishers Ltd. • Chinn, S. (2004) The Trouble with Maths – A Practical Guide to Helping Learners with Numeracy Difficulties. Abingdon, Oxon. RoutledgeFalmer • Chinn, S (2009) What to do when you can’t Multiply and Divide. Baldock, Herts. Egon Publishers Ltd. • Chinn, S. (2012) Maths Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. Bracknell. British Dyslexia Association • Chinn, S. (2012) More Trouble with Maths. Abingdon, Oxon. Routledge

  13. Useful Books • Gallow, C. (2009) Getting to Grips with words problems Stafford. QEd Publications • Gathercole, S.E. and Alloway, T.P. (2008) Working Memory and Learning; A practical guide for teachers. London. SAGE Publications Ltd. • Grauberg, E. Elementary Mathematics and language Difficulties: A Book for Teachers, Therapists and Parents. (1998) Whurr Publishers Ltd. • Henderson, A. (1998) Maths for the Dyslexic: A practical guide. London. David Fulton Publishers • Kay, J. & Yeo, D. (2003) Dyslexia and Maths Abingdon, Oxon. David Fulton Publishers • MacKay, N. (2006) Removing Dyslexia as a Barrier to Achievement.(Second edition) Wakefield. SEN Marketing. • St John, P. (2012) Pre-Teaching Vocabulary (PTV) Retrieved from http://www.widgit.com/resources/classroom/pre-teachingvocabulary/index.htm

  14. Useful Websites Brian Butterworth: http://www.mathematicalbrain.com/ Steve Chinn: http://www.stevechinn.co.uk/ Dyslexia Action: http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ British Dyslexia Association (BDA): http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexic/dyscalculia Unicorn Maths: http://www.unicornmaths.com/

  15. Training Dyslexia Action: http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ BDA: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/dyslexic/dyscalculia Unicorn Maths: http://www.unicornmaths.com/ Postgraduate courses: PBM4034 Assessment and Practice for Learners with Dyscalculia PBM4032 Investigating Dyscalculia / Maths Learning Difficulties https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/courses/education/modules/

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