This course looks at why children can find word problems challenging and offers effective strategies to support them. It also introduces the bar model as a strategy for solving word problems.
Author: Judy Hornigold
Judy is an educational consultant specialising in Maths and learners with dyscalculia and dyslexia. Her teaching career started in primary schools before she moved into teaching children with special needs. Judy delivers key notes, workshops and training in Dyscalculia, Dyslexia and Maths Mastery across the world, including New Zealand, Australia and Dubai.
Judy co-founded the Dyscalculia Association alongside Professor Steve Chinn in 2018.
Publications
Help! My Child Has Dyslexia (LDA), 2011.
Dyscalculia Lesson Plans Books 1 and 2 (TTS) 2014
Dyscalculia Pocketbooks (Teachers’ Pocketbooks) 2015
Making Maths Visual and Tactile (SEN Books) 2016
Understanding Maths Difficulties (OUP) 2017
Can I tell you about Dyscalculia? (JKP) 2020
Awesome Activities for Kids with Numeracy Difficulties (JKP) 2021
Strategies for those who learn differently: GCSE Maths Publication-due late 2021