Primary Numeracy: Develop Cardinality and Number Sense
A student with dyslexia who is confused by typical math instruction can excel when instructed in a way that always shows the big picture first, uses visual-spatial images, and directly examines how the parts are connected to the whole. This program is quite different from how most of us were taught math, and it is different from most modern curriculum approaches as well. Number sense is developed by establishing a robust understanding of quantities so that their values may be compared. The methodology to be presented enables such comparison by limiting demands on language processing, working memory, and executive function skills.
Learning and memory research tells us that multisensory integration is absolutely vital for children who have learning difficulties, as well as the best way to teach all students. Experiential, gross-motor activities provide a powerful approach to interact with recognizable whole-to-part visual models. Students develop language skills necessary to describe math concepts and relationships as they perceive and process them. Simply put, students take patterns apart, then reassemble them while describing the process. Various games and activities involving both fine and gross motor skills will be demonstrated, and supported with free online materials.
Offered in three formats: 1.5 hour overview, 1 day seminar, or 2-day hands-on workshop
Contact Chris@Woodinmath.com to arrange a presentation at your school or event.
Graduate Course Handouts
Course Schedule and Graduate Credit Information
Teach Numeracy: Addition and Subtraction from Whole-to-Part
The skill base covered in this course is traditionally taught from Pre-K through grade 2, however, these skills are frequently underdeveloped or lacking in students with LBLD at higher grade levels.
A significant number do not acquire these skills without this specific prescriptive remediation.
Course Objectives
As a result of engaging in the technology demonstration, the participant will be able to show how to access and download online materials from the WoodinMath website.
As a result of engaging in various activities, the participant will be able to demonstrate how to prompt a student to produce oral addition and subtraction facts using a visual, or tactile-kinesthetic prompt.
As a result of engaging in various activities, the participant will be able to demonstrate how to prompt a student to perform a regrouping step using patterns of base ten manipulatives.
As a result of practicing various fluency exercises, the participant will be able to assess whether a student is functionally fluent within a given addition fact family.
Relevant Research-Based Articles and Links
Read more about the program by clicking on the links below.
Subitizing: What Is It? Why Teach It? Clements, Douglas H. Teaching Children Mathematics, March 1999
Subitizing and Visual Counting in Children with Problems in Acquiring Basic Arithmetic Skills. Fischer B, Gebhardt C, Hartnegg K. College of Optometrists in Vision Development. 2008:39(1):24-29.
Effects of Daily Practice on Subitizing, Visual Counting, and Basic Arithmetic Skills. Fischer B, Köngeter A, Hartnegg K.
College of Optometrists in Vision Development. 2008:39(1):30-34.
The fusiform face area: a cortical region specialized for the perception of faces. Kanwisher N, Yovel G. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2006;361(1476):2109-2128. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1934.
Subitizing Is Sensitive to the Arrangement of Objects. Experimental Psychology. Krajcsi, Attila & Szabo, Eszter & Morocz, Istvan. (2013). 60. 1-8. 10.1027/1618-3169/a000191.
Number Sense and Dyscalculia, Wilson,W., Dehaene, S. 2007 INSERM-CEA Unit 562 « Cognitive Neuroimaging » Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot CEA-DRM-DSV Orsay, France appearing in: Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Atypical Development. Edited by Coch D, Dawson G, Fischer K: Guilford Press, New York 2007.
The WoodinMath Number System is currently being used in an increasing number of public and private schools worldwide.
Increasing numbers of general education, grade level programs are using it to drive the K-2 Common Core Curriculum Frameworks.
Other remedial programs are using it with students who failed to develop numeracy with traditional part-to-whole methodology.
