Q: My 15 year old daughter was recently found to be severely dyslexic. Her public high school has set her to enroll her in an online high school because her local school can't meet her needs. We've been told that her vocabulary is weak. What program would you...
Learning doubles math facts can help with number flexibility. After learning how to count and "count on", doubles may be the next skill to learn. Origo Education has a nice post about how to introduce and practice doubling facts with students. First, students look for...
"The ability to recognize objects from various view-points has advantages in perceiving one's environment, allowing one to identify a potential threat from many different views...(however) this trait of the object recognition system is disadvantageous for reading...."...
Every operating system has its text to speech, but many people like Google Docs' Voice Typing system for its simplicity. Like many text to speech programs, you still need to speak the punctuation, like saying, "comma', or "period." Some errors do occur, but the system...
WHY DECIMALS ARE HARD There are many confusing aspects to decimals that are helpful to recognize when helping students. Contrary to working with whole numbers, longer sequences of numbers are not larger than shorter ones. For instance, with whole numbers, 245 is...
Dr. Jean-Luc Velay was kind enough to share his paper called E-book reading hinders aspects of long-text comprehension for adults with dyslexia. The paper's an important read as there is substantial evidence that reading on a screen and reading a printed book is not...
Once students have made significant progress with single word decoding, reading fluency practice can be rolled into reading practice with phrase cueing. HERE is a nice review of reading fluency approaches that includes a discussion of phrased reading. Phrase scooping...
After writing The Dyslexic Advantage and co-founding this non-profit, why did you decide to create this innovative dyslexia screening app? After 20 years working in this field it's become clear that the biggest problem facing dyslexic people is access. That includes...
We don't spend enough time thinking about how much working memory overload could be impact in learning. In math, the issue is especially dire. CALCULATIONS In the early grades, working memory overload can occur when basic math facts can't be learned to the point of...
I recently had a chance to talk with Voice and Acting Professor Petronilla Whitfield, author of an intriguing new book called Teaching Strategies for Neurodiversity and Dyslexia in Actor Training. This book has wonderful strategies and examples that will...
"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...
"Apprentices at the Eli Whitney Museum learn to work with their hands." Bill Brown leads 'tinkering' workshops at the Eli Whitney Museum. Students ages 13-18 become apprentices where they receive a stipend and learn how to use master tools and conduct workshops for...
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