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Dyslexia and Mathematics
How the publisher describes it:
“In this revised and fully updated second edition of the classic bestselling text, the formidable team of expert contributors, inluding Professor Tim Miles OBE, draw on their extensive experience in the field. The outcome is a wealth of material based on individual case studies supported by practical and accessible teaching strategies.”
Review by Ros Hyde
In brief:
This book would make a very useful addition to departmental resources and interesting reading for those with a particular interest in this area. The challenge becomes, of course, implementing these ideas in a mainstream classroom with thirty students!
“Plenty of practical ideas for working with dyslexic pupils”
This is a very readable and interesting book peppered with helpful examples. It argues for a multi-sensory approach to teaching mathematics for pupils with dyslexia, which I think benefits all pupils anyway. The authors have included plenty of practical ideas for working with dyslexic pupils, many of which would be beneficial to a wider range of pupils. The book also includes chapters of identification of dyslexia, and covers thinking styles, and the importance of kinaesthetic and visual approaches to the learning of mathematics. Writers also emphasise the role of pattern and structure in support pupils with their learning. There is also a very useful chapter on reading and writing in mathematics.
This book would make a very useful addition to departmental resources and interesting reading for those with a particular interest in this area. The challenge becomes, of course, implementing these ideas in a mainstream classroom with thirty students!
Ros Hyde • University of Southampton
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (1 July 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0415318165
ISBN-13: 978-0415318167
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
