GCSE Maths for Neurodivergent Learners: Build Your Confidence in Number, Proportion and Algebra

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I actually enjoy teaching and using Napier’s bones with Key Stages 2 and 3, so I was delighted to see them used here…the problem is, sitting in a GCSE exam, it isn’t one of the allowable items of equipment you can put in your clear plastic pencil case.

Their self-esteem improves, their motivation improves and their mindset changes from a fixed ‘I can’t do maths’ mindset to a ‘I can’t do it yet, but soon I will be able to. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Their attitudes to education and their own self-belief will have been formed and informed by their experience of school up until that point. GCSE Maths for Neurodivergent Learners has been written to enable children to understand their neurodiversity better and to understand how it impacts on their learning.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A valuable addition to any maths teacher's bookshelf, this contains clear, strategic advice on a range of strategies to support learners, depending on the obstacles they face. We really need to kick that notion into the long grass and have these simple manipulatives available for all children, all the time.

I could get on board with this chapter, the grid method is common, easily used wherever I am (even if my hand drawn grids look a little tipsy) and quite simply, simple. With everything tailored to suit young people who think and learn differently, this GCSE maths study guide has all you need to improve your maths skills. Whilst manipulatives for maths are commonplace in primary school, they are much scarcer in secondary school and if used at all will be often associated with the stigma of ‘having to use the equipment’ something that is reserved for the children that don’t understand. Further chapters of the book focus on factors and primes, directed numbers, indices, ratio and proportion, algebra, equations and inequalities, and even quadratics.I teach a L3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Program and all my TAs have to pass level 2 functional skills in Maths and English before the end of the program (or have a suitable alternative qualification. I am a specialist dyscalculia teacher (ADT) and although I am originally a trained primary teacher, I often help older pupils with maths difficulties. It provides valuable insight (for the learner and those working with them) into the challenges being neurodiverse can have on the acquisition of maths, but then offers essential tips on overcoming these challenges to achieve success. Packed to the brim with useful strategies and practical tips, it is aimed at those overlooked by more traditional styles of teaching. Students are given a better chance of grasping the material that is being presented thanks to the use of visual aids and activities that require them to use multi-sensory approaches.