Paula Beardell-Krieg is an innovative math educator and paper artist who brings all types of math wonder and discovery in her work as a math educator. As an example, check out her flexagon below. I recently had the chance to talk with her about her experiences...
Social entrepreneur Kate Griggs from the UK has a new book called "This is Dyslexia." Recently, Fernette had the chance to catch up with Kate Griggs, founder of the global charity Made by Dyslexia. It's mission is to "help the world to understand, value and...
What You May Not Have Heard About Dyslexia From Dyslexic Advantage's first Conference on Dyslexia and Talent Brock Eide MD MA Dyslexic Advantage, Fernette Eide MD Dyslexic Advantage, Gerry Rittenberg, CEO Party City, Jack Horner, Dinosaur Hunter and MacArthur Genius...
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For many, math is a somewhat mysterious subject. From an early age, some students may stand out from others in their mathematical ability whereas others don't and some may seem to have bewildering difficulty with even basic aspects of numbers and math quantity. The...
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WRITING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TROUBLE STARTING Dyslexic writers who have difficulty beginning to write often suffer from knowing too much and not too little. There will be challenges of spelling and putting ideas into words, but more often there are larger structural...
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"Substantial evidence shows that dyslexic readers have problems with rapid naming of visual items. Early research assumed that this was a consequence of phonological processing deficits, but recent findings suggest that non-phonological processes may lie at the root...
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"The life narratives of these research mathematicians describe a non-direct pathway to becoming a research mathematician. They describe barriers that could have limited their process, such as calculus focused on memorization, or classes such as organic chemistry...
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"Your genetics is not your destiny." - George Church Harvard Professor George Church was shaking things up 3 decades ago when he fathered the human genome project and put himself first in line to have his genome sequenced. The world knows a lot about him,...
Congratulations to Steven Erickson and his brother Mark for winning the title of Lego Masters! We previously interviewed Steven in our June 2021 issue where he talked about his dyslexia and how making things always came easy to him although reading and spelling...
"I truly believe dyslexia made me the achiever I am in my art, and it made me who I am as a person..." - Jerry Pinkney It is with great sadness that we learned that Jerry Pinkney, one of the greats of children illustration passed away in October at the age of...
"When I first heard that I had dyslexia, I was overwhelmed by emotions; I was angry, sad, and very confused. With time, I began to see my diagnosis as a self-affirmation. I had been correct in suspecting that I had a problem with learning, when many of the adults...
How often do individuals with dyslexia also have dyscalculia, a specific disability in math? As many as 60% of of dyslexic students may also be dyscalculic, but math difficulties are rarely tested for in schools, so specific needs for a particular student are rarely...
