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Dyscalculia Mar 2 Tips for Managing Teens’ Stress This article examines the topic of teenage stress and identifies various strategies that can help combat stress. It explains that hormonal changes coupled with school and social pressures create teenage… Dyscalculia Mar 2 Homework Helper: Math Tips for the Common Core #dyscalculia This article is about the controversy surrounding the current common core math technique. It seems as though lots of parents need help understanding it so that they can better help… Dyscalculia Mar 2 Brzezinski’s Helping ‘Twice Exceptional’ Learners #dyscalculia Students who are “twice exceptional” – those who are both highly intelligent and who struggle with learning disabilities – often fall through the cracks of the educational system. To meet… Dyscalculia Mar 2 Why a four-day school week means higher math scores This article implies that a shorter school week helps students in many ways. These ways include lower absenteeism for both student and teacher, and also rejuvenated optimism for the teachers.… Dyscalculia Mar 2 Increased Internet access at school results in lower math & reading scores #dyscalculia We live in a technological world, so it’s no surprise that most schools have implemented online usage in the classrooms. Unfortunately, it seems to be having a negative rather than… Dyscalculia Mar 2 iPad Game System Osmo Wants To Make Learning Math Fun Osmo is a new way of getting and keeping children interested in learning. It offers ways for multiple answers to be used for the same problem. It rewards with animations… Dyscalculia Mar 2 ‘Superman’ a hero at connecting music, math and reading #dyscalculia Teachers at IPS are coming up with new ways to improve teaching in their classrooms by combining art studies and traditional academics. One teacher uses names of superheroes like Batman… Dyscalculia Mar 2 The Impaired Visions of Hispanic Rural America #dyscalculia Hispanic immigrant children living in rural areas often suffer from learning disabilities caused by visual dysfunctions. They remain undetected for a number of reasons. School screenings usually only check for… Dyscalculia Mar 2 Making the Grade:School with math, science focus has balanced students This article is about a young woman who has attempted to get into a college. At the current time she is having anxiety because she would really like to start… Dyscalculia Mar 2 3 Math Facts All Kids Need to Know Mathematics is notorious for its emphasis on the “little details”, neglecting which can mean the difference between failure and a passing grade, not just for young students but even for…