Rachel
You are already miles ahead of the game with your realisation that "ask
the student to kick off with" is the #1 strategy, but so that you have
something to which to relate what he tells you (I'm so into the
disastrous syntax of this sentence that I'm leaving it), try:
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/dyscalcula.html
There are hundreds more websites that mention dyscalculia, many are the
www-usual 'talking nonsense, selling something' kind. Many (like the
one above) will be based in the USA.
HTH
Iain
On Fri, 16 May 2003 11:33:06 +0100 Rachel Long <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I am doing a PhD in maths at Oxford Brookes, and have been asked to provide
> additional maths support for an undergraduate student with dyslexia.
>
> As I know nothing about either dyslexia/dyscalculia (but am keen to learn),
> can anyone recommend and books or websites as a starting point. I am
> assuming that the best person to ask about specific help required will be
> the student himself, but I could use some background information and ideas.
>
> Thanks
> Rachel Long
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