Dyscalculia and Long Division
by Anna Super, guest blogger Growing up with Dyscalculia was lonely. Everyone expects students not to like math and, traditionally, many people make the false assumption that more girls dislike math than boys. So when I voiced my concern and stress over learning math...
Homework Ideas for Students with Learning Disabilities
By guest author Anna Super. As a child growing up with a diagnosed but unspecified learning disability, I was often told that I was intelligent but that I learned differently. I believed that wholeheartedly until I was in high school. In high school, I began to...Helping or Hovering?
One important issue that we often see when teaching students with special needs is the difference between helping students to complete tasks themselves and hovering over them. The Council for Exceptional Children published a study that addresses and clarifies this...