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

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This is the first GCSE maths study guide (covering number, proportion and algebra) that uses engaging multisensory methods of learning for students with specific learning differences. It is the driving force behind successful strategies and interventions for many neurodiverse children.

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. Teaching would be very simple if every child in the class were identical in every respect, but they are not and that is what makes teaching so challenging and, ultimately, so rewarding. When it comes to acquiring mathematical knowledge, certain adjustments are required for neurodiverse students.Potentially more useful for teachers (and parents) looking for ways to teach, than for the students themselves. When she was Senior Lecturer in Inclusion at Edgehill University, she was responsible for developing a PGCE in Dyscalculia and she wrote the British Dyslexia Association's courses on Dyscalculia. It’s intriguing that the focus is on the numerical side of things rather than on more abstract concepts like probability or shape and space. We have all, as teachers, experienced the frustration of just not knowing how to get through to a child. If you have been struggling with maths and find working with numbers particularly tough, this is the go-to GCSE maths study guide to help you ace your exams.

With a range of study strategies and fun activities, the guide covers topics from fractions, multiplication and division to algebra, quadratics and percentages. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Addressed to the learner, it also contains approaches for specific key topics, meaning learners can dip into the sections as they need to support their learning. Packed to the brim with useful strategies and practical tips, it is aimed at those overlooked by more traditional styles of teaching. Further chapters of the book focus on factors and primes, directed numbers, indices, ratio and proportion, algebra, equations and inequalities, and even quadratics. We can all learn maths, we just need the right environment, the right support, and the right mindset. 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.

When used correctly, as objects to think with, manipulatives can have a profound effect on a learner and not only in terms of their understanding. The focus on readers learning how and why a method works and the positive 'can do' attitude that permeates the whole text make the book an absolute boon to anyone who feels that maths is not for them.Since she has trouble with decimals, fractions, and percentages, I had my TA read through that section of the book. I was hoping to find some exam advice on adapting the use of Napier’s bones or perhaps something I hadn’t thought of other than scribbling out my timestables on a piece of squared paper and surreptitiously folding it over. The conventional approaches to education are ineffective for many people, which may result in feelings of exasperation and inadequate performance on the part of the student.