Hello, the following advice is not from a psychologist or a
psychology student but only proven with Tein Chui Shan Crystal from
results in tuition sessions.
I would just like to share with you that I read students with
dyscalculia know numbers in dots. eg: 1= .
First method: Playing with Dice
Therefore, I play dice with them. I throw the dices and we take
turns in addition. I try to explain 6+4=10 or 5+5=10
I ever make a student add up till seven dices as he got better
with it.
Next, I take two dices and we add then subtract continuously,
and next subtract then add.
Second Method: Counting too 100 forwards and backwards.
Most elementary students can count forwards to 100 but many
stumble when counting backwards. If you teach tuition, you will
realise there are certain numbers students grapple with; it's
obvious when they count backwards.
Keep the students counting and next attack their weakness by
setting them questions with the numbers they have difficulty with.
You can start with questions dealing with the four operations.
Third Method:
Play "Blink". This is a game of patterns, numbers and shapes. It
is a good educational game to play especially when the student is
feeling bored.
In general, as a tutor, during the first lesson, set them a quiz
on the subjects they are being tutored and read their completed
school assignments and assessment books. Simply read the wrong
answers, those questions marked with a cross and if you can glance
through the correct ones.
Then, attack their weaknesses. Normally, there is a pattern to
the type of questions the students get wrong, which means a lack of
clarification in certain theories of the subject. Finally, just
discover those patterns of weaknesses and clarify the theories.
Like I said, there is a pattern if you track the student's
homework.
