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Teaching Math – No Need for Speed

by Fernette Eide | | Education, Math, Social and Emotional

"What do teachers need to know about teaching math? Strategy over speed, and math thinking over rote memorization." - Stanford Professor Dr Jo Boaler Check out Jo's tips from her new article, Speed and Time Pressure Block Working Memory (below). "I was always deeply...

Could Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Affect IQ Scores? [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Dysgraphia, dyslexia, Premium, Premium Content

From our Community: Can Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Affect IQ Scores? My son got officially diagnosed with both dyslexia and dysgraphia this week. I suspected he would come back with the diagnosis. What surprised me a bit were his IQ scores. The scenario is a common one – one sibling is dyslexic while the other is not. […]

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How to Become More Resilient

by Fernette Eide | | Psychology, Social and Emotional

"Do you conceptualize an event as traumatic, or as an opportunity to learn and grow?..." Resilience is a topic that's one of our favorites because although people may temperamentally vary in how much they have of it, science shows that it is trainable, it helps people...

Never Give Up [PREMIUM]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Entrepreneur, Premium, Premium Content, Work

“Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve. Officers and men alike will put forth their uttermost strength.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War Ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu recognized that […]

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Fighting February Blues [Premium]

by Dyslexic Advantage Team | | Accommodations, College, dyslexia, Education, Premium, Premium Content

FIGHTING FEBRUARY BLUES There are seasonal issues that can make February an especially difficult month for everyone. The holiday rush and start of the new term are over, the daylight hours are shorter, and midterms are looming large. Work may pile up as students fall...

What’s the Most Stressful Time for Dyslexic Students?

by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Being Dyslexic, dyslexia, Education, Parents, Psychology, Social and Emotional, Teachers, Teaching

ANSWER: Grades 3-5 in Elementary School. If we know this, are we doing everything we can to help students emotionally and socially in these grades? There are many pressures that converge on the 3-5th grade (see The 3rd Grade Wall), and developmentally, it is a...

Effect of Strength-Based Coping on Children’s Stress and Coping

by Sarah from Dyslexic Advantage | | Parents, Psychology, Uncategorized

From Australia: "Strength-based parenting is an approach where parents deliberately identify and cultivate positive states, processes and qualities in their children," Professor Waters said. "This style of parenting adds a 'positive filter' to the way a child reacts...

Research: Classroom Culture Matters – Effects on Reading Performance [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Education, Language Arts, Premium, Premium Content, Psychology, School, Social and Emotional, Teachers, Teaching

In the latest issue of the Journal of Learning Disabilities, researchers from Harvard and Greece found that classroom culture, and in particular LD students’ perceptions of their classrooms motivational framework had sudden, significant, and unpredictable effects on reading performance and students’ emotional state. From the authors: “The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the […]

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Dyslexic Advantage Premium – Issue 11 Organizing Creativity [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Being Dyslexic, Dyslexic Advantage Magazine, Learning, Memory, Premium, Premium Content, Stealth Dyslexia, Strategies, Teachers, Technology

Premium Issue 11 October 29, 2016 Organizing Creativity, Stealth Dyslexia, Dyslexia and Self Image, Memorizing for School, What Worked for 2E Gifted Dyslexics, Art Therapy for Dysgraphia, Hands-On Math for Fractions, More Interactive Reading Strategies, Mastering Foreign Languages and More This issue has memory strategies that seem to be helpful for a majority of dyslexic folk […]

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Dyslexia and IMPOSTER Syndrome [Premium]

by Fernette Eide | | Being Dyslexic, Careers, Premium, Premium Content, Psychology

“It’s only because they like me.” “I just got lucky.” “I just work hard.” “If they really knew me…” Recognize this? It’s a the voice of self-doubt, fear, and anxiety. It’s a feeling like you’re a fraud and that any time, you might be found out. Imposter syndrome was first characterized in 1978 when Clance […]

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The Wisdom of Pooh and Dyslexia

by Fernette Eide | | Being Dyslexic, Memory, Parents, Reading, Research, Social and Emotional, Teachers

"You are braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh's advice is smarter than we may think when it comes to encouraging young readers. What's better than reading intervention and working memory...