Category: dyslexia
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The value of insider narratives
I love research. I do it, I write about it, and I read it daily. I absolutely love learning about education well studied. It is one way I learn about disability and neurodiversity. But I also have learned a tremendous amount from people in my circle: family, neighbors, friends, and…
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Research Breakdown: Teaching Math to SwD during Emergency Remote Teaching
Just uploaded a preprint (before peer review, so not final!) of a study I did this spring with Rachel Schuck, a doc student at UCSB in Special Education. I was working on a research study on UDL with some exceptional special educators. After schools were closed, some of the teachers…
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Research Breakdown: “Indefensible, Illogical, and Unsupported”; Countering Deficit Mythologies about the Potential of Students with Learning Disabilities in Mathematics
For over two years, I have had a word document on my computer entitled, “Myths in Teaching Mathematics for SwD.” I kept adding bits of writing, particularly when I encountered another myth. Imagine my excitement when Jo Boaler sent out a call for a special issue of Education Sciences on…
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Project based learning, science, maker spaces and dyslexia
This post below presents the story of a student with dyslexia who fell in love with science through an inquiry-based classroom. I love how the writer highlights how his teacher’s relationship was the core support for learning. When a teacher is attuned to students, anything is possible, and students (like…
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Mathematics and Dyslexia Part I
What do we know about teaching meaningful mathematics to students with learning disabilities, particularly those with profound difficulties learning to read, otherwise known as dyslexia? Here is a great place to start: a blog post by a mathematician with dyslexia who lists some of the many strengths of people with…
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