11/4-11/5 Improving Math Performance for Students with Learning Disorders K- 6: Number Conceptulization, Arithmetic Facts, Place Value and Fractions

Professor Mahesh Sharma will present this two day workshop Improving Math Performance for Students with Learning Disorders K- 6: Number Conceptualization, Arithmetic Facts, Place Value and Fractions at the Hampton Inn on November 4 and 5, 2010.

 

The workshop topics will include:
 
Factors Affecting Mathematics Learning
          • Cognitive Development and Mathematics Learning

• Mathematics Learning Personality
• Mathematics as a Second Language
• Levels of Knowing Mathematics Learning
• Prerequisite Skills and Mathematics Learning
 
Etiology of Mathematics Learning Problems:

• Carryover Problems in Mathematics
• Developmental Mathematics Learning Disabilities
• Dyscalculia / Acalculia / Anarithmetia / Dysgraphia
• Mathematics Anxiety
• Assessment and Diagnosis of Mathematics Learning Problems / Disabilities
 
Key Concepts, Skills and Procedures in Mathematics:

• Number Conceptualization, Arithmetic Facts and Procedures
• Representing Numbers: Place Value and its Forms
• Fractions
 
Instructional / Remedial Models:

• Characteristics of Instructional Models
• A Model for Remediation: Vertical Acceleration
• A Lesson Plan for Instruction / Remediation
 
Professor Mahesh Sharma is the founder and President of the Center for Teaching/Learning of Mathematics, Inc., of Wellesley and Framingham, Massachusetts, and Berkshire Mathematics in England. He is the former President and Professor of Mathematics Education at Cambridge College, where for more than thirty-five years, he taught mathematics and mathematics education to undergraduate and graduate students. Professor Sharma is internationally known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics learning problems and education, particularly dyscalculia and other specific learning disabilities in mathematics. He is an author, teacher and teacher-trainer, researcher, consultant to public and private schools, as well as a public lecturer.
 
LOCATION: Hampton Inn, 319 Speen Street, Natick, MA
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
 
COST includes coffee and bagels, box lunch and handouts.
 
ACCEPT Members         $250*
ACCEPT Members         $225* Teams of 3 or more
Non Members                $275
Non Members                $260 Teams of 3 or more
 
A certificate for 10 PDP’s will be awarded for attending this workshop.
 
 
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