DDIG Event
Dyscalculia and Numeracy Testing
Tuesday December 4th 2007
Digby Stuart College, Roehampton University
12:30 to 4:30
This event is the first in a series of three workshops covering different aspects of dyslexia,
dyscalculia and the teaching of mathematics. This workshop will focus on the difficulties students
with dyscalculia face when required to complete numeracy tests as part of their course. It will
particularly highlight the needs of student teachers and nurses, but the workshop will be
applicable to those who work with other students who have to pass a test of numeracy during
their course or when applying for employment.
The event is designed to be a workshop format, with 2 hours set aside for working in groups and
a relevant task will be set. We hope that the group situation will provide an opportunity for
delegates to develop concrete strategies and resources that will prove invaluable. We wish to keep
the working groups to a manageable size; consequently there will be only a very limited number of
places available.
12:30 – 1:00 Registration and coffee
1:00 – 1:40 Introduction and Welcome
Presentation by Bridget Middlemas,
Course Convenor, PGCert Learning & Teaching in
Higher Education, Froebel College,
Roehampton University
1:40 – 3:40 Group Workshop (Tea/Coffee)
3:40 – 4:30 Report back and food
The cost of the event is £40
On-line booking at
http://mathstore.ac.uk/workshops/ddig_dec2007/index.shtml
Closing date Friday 23rd November 2007
Other planned workshops in this series are
Friday 14th March 2008, Leeds University,
“Climbing up the Slippery Slope – Helping the dyslexic engineer master the peaks and troughs of
calculus”
June 2008, venue to be confirmed
“Dyslexia and the Mathematics of Management”
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