This practical book draws on Ronit Bird’s teaching experience to create detailed strategies and teaching plans for students aged 9-16 who have difficulties with number. Activities and games are used to teach numeracy skills in these key areas: number components, bridging, multiplication, division and reasoning strategies.New to this edition:An updated Part I, improving the clarity and flow of the teaching ideas, including a table mapping games against specific teachin...

Written by a teacher for teachers, the second edition of Ronit Bird’s The Dyscalculia Resource Book now comes with 120 games and puzzles and a brand new section on ‘mixed operations puzzles’ which require learners to switch mentally between addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.The new edition will also provide access to an accompanying website featuring demo videos of different games and puzzles and the option to easily download and print all the game...

No matter how simple it may be, solving mathematical equations can be a challenge for quite a number of persons. Through his book titled “Secret Of Mental Math Arithmetic: 70 Secrets To Super Speed Calculation & Amazing Math Tricks”, Jason Scotts seeks to provide the solution to those mathematical problems. The main challenge has come from the fact that most persons have become used to grabbing a calculator to solve a mathematical problem. As such, the mind has become a bit lazy and it tak...

Using the proven methods he developed to overcome dyslexia, Ron Davis adapts those techniques to help sufferers triumph over a variety of common learning disabilities, including:•Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)•ADHD (the hyperactive variety)•Math deficiency (dyscalculia and acalculia)•Handwriting problems (dysgraphia and agraphia)Outlining clear instructions, the author demonstrates that through a series of mental and physical exercises called "Orie...

This book is not for everyone. It is for people with ambitions who want to advance and perfect themselves as personalities, who seek and strive for Success, who are focused on their future and insist on achieving something more in their lives. It is intended only for people who love reading and it is something very important to them, a cherished life value. Yet, there is a considerable part of people, as it is well-known, for whom the precious and fascinating pursuits are other, different ...

Fun-filled math problems that put the emphasis on problem-solving strategies and reasoningThe Algebra Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers activities for test prep, warm-ups, down time, homework, or just for fun. These unique activities are correlated with national math education standards and emphasize problem-solving strategies and logical reasoning skills. In many of the activities, students are encouraged to communicate their different approaches to other s...

Visual Thinking brings the science of perception to the art of design. Designers increasingly need to present information in ways that aid their audience's thinking process. Fortunately, results from the relatively new science of human visual perception provide valuable guidance. In this book, Colin Ware takes what we now know about perception, cognition, and attention and transforms it into concrete advice that designers can directly apply. He demonstrates how designs can be considered as...

We all learn to read at school, after a fashion. But for most of us, this is not an optimal use of our brain power. In this course you will learn to better use the left brain's focused attention combined with the right brain's peripheral attention, in close harmony. Good communication between the brain hemispheres is a pre-requisite for creative thinking and also a sense of wellbeing, where thoughts and feelings are integrated. As you probably expect, this course will also teach you to rea...

Funforms is a new math symbol system. Unlike Roman Numerals, it is iconic and ideographic. It makes the continuity between whole numbers and fractions easily understood. It is a binary tally mark place order system. It is a math second language, giving the learner the opportunity to review what s/he learned before s/he had fully developed critical thinking skills. Try it, you'll like it!

How to Reach the 9.0 is a series created by the tutors of IELTS Medical in order to complement our IELTS Academic classes for medical professionals. Writing is the third part of the IELTS exam. It takes 1 hour and consists of two parts: a report and an essay. Promoting regular practice, our tutors break down each skill with an emphasis on achieving high scores in the Writing exam. With an emphasis on tutoring students to respond to the task appropriately, we also teach Medics to write regu...

True or False? Most PowerPoint presentations are: BLcompelling BLilluminating BLinformative BLclear and to the point Answer: False Make a change following the principles of Stephen Kosslyn: BLa world authority on the visual brain BLa clear and engaging writer Making PowerPoint presentations that are clear, compelling, memorable, and even enjoyable is not an obscure art. In this book, Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist, presents eight simple principles for constructing a p...

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the first-grade level through visualization, play, and investigation.During their work with tens of thousands of t...