Assistive Technology is very excited to have found the team of three from New Plymouth, who have been creating resources to support students with dyscalculia and maths anxiety.
Gary Sharpe
Math Guru, Developer and Dyscalculia Researcher
Hannah Hughson
Dyscalculic
Keitha Sharpe
Student Support and Admin
“Hannah is a real inspiration”
Gary and Keitha
Hannah struggled with Maths – full stop.
Gary worked with Hannah to find out what she needed and researched the difficulties and found solutions.
The tools that were created to support Hannah led on to lots of people being helped.
She works with numbers now and knowing she is not good at it, makes her super particular and very precise.
We are constantly being asked for tools to support dyscalculia and finally we have a comprehensive bundle with so many resources to assist.
The Bundle
A series of 38 A4 Laminated Cards
Each card has a QR code linked to a video explaining how the resource works. Some of the cards are designed to be cut up.
Featured Items
Clothesline – Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
5 Pages
A series of cards labelled with matching fractions, decimals and percentages for users to arrange in sequenced steps on a line, giving clues to patterns and conversions.
Areas of Triangles
1 Page
Calculating areas of different shaped triangles
Number Line
1 Page
Basefold out number line of integers only (-30 to 120), a key tool for dyscalculics.
Place Value Slider
1 Page
Resource to assist with place value, conversions between decimals and percentages.
Working with Fractions
1 Page
A colour coded resource to assist with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Triangles
12 Pages
Three sets of 24 triangular cards with matching sums and solutions.
DM Clock
1 Page
An interactive analogue clock to support reading time, recording time and converting between analogue and digital time.
Calculating Ratios
2 Pages
Examples of calculations of Part to Part and Part to whole ratios
Working with Circles
2 Pages
Terms, calculating circumference, area and volume, and converting between these
Multiply & Divide Positive and Negative Numbers
2 Pages
“How to” for working with positive and negative numbers
Working with Non-Right-Angle Triangles
1 Page
Calculations using sin and cosine rules, calculating missing measurements of triangles
Working with Right Angle Triangles
1 Page
Calculating lengths of sides and angles using trigonometry
Working with Squares and Rectangles
1 Page
Calculating perimeters, areas and volumes
Working with Statistics
1 Page
Terms, calculating key information from statistical data, terms relating to commonly used graphs
Working with Right Angle Triangles
1 Page
Calculating lengths of sides and angles using trigonometry
All Items
Areas of Triangles
Calculating areas of different shaped triangles
Calculating Ratios
Examples of calculations of Part to Part and Part to whole ratios
Working with Circles
Terms, calculating circumference, area and volume, and converting between these
DM Clock
An interactive analogue clock to support reading time, recording time and converting between analogue and digital time
Fractions Decimals and Percentages
A series of cards labelled with matching fractions, decimals and percentages for users to arrange in sequenced steps on a line, giving clues to patterns and conversions
Multiplying and Dividing Positive and Negative Numbers
“How to” for working with positive and negative numbers
Working with Fractions
A colour coded resource to assist with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Working with Non-Right-Angle Triangles
Calculations using sin and cosine rules, calculating missing measurements of triangles
Number Line
Basefold out number line of integers only (-30 to 120), a key tool for dyscalculics
Place Value Slider
Resource to assist with place value, conversions between decimals and percentages
Working with Ratios
Part to Part and Part to Whole ratios and how to calculate amounts of products to be mixed
Working with Right Angle Triangles
Calculating lengths of sides and angles using trigonometry
Working with Squares and Rectangles
Calculating perimeters, areas and volumes
Working with Statistics
Terms, calculating key information from statistical data, terms relating to commonly used graphs
Working with Triangles
Triangle facts, perimeters, areas and volumes
Triangle Puzzle
Calculations and solutions that fit together, used as a memory check for commonly used terms and solutions
Triangle Puzzle Formulae
Various formulae that are considered common in calculations
Triangle Puzzle Open
Learner or tutor resource to be used as memory check for topics that are proving a challenge
Mini Cards
A number of credit card sized memory jogs and how to’s fit in a pencil case or what ever for the dyscalculic or high maths anxiety learner
