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Welcome to Dyscalculia and Maths Learning Difficulties

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4th National Conference

Dyscalculia and Maths Learning Difficulties

Thursday 28th June 2012

The Cumberland Hotel, London

This unique conference, now in its 4th year, brings together the worlds of research, maths teaching and SEN expertise. 3 keynote speakers, Professors Marie-Pascale Noël, Judy Sebba and Peter Bryant plus 3 breakout sessions, 5 streams, 8 workshop themes provide you with cutting edge research and opportunities to engage with leading practitioners from schools, FE and HE institutions.

For all teachers of numeracy and maths, SENCos and Learning Support teachers, LA inclusion and numeracy support teams and Educational Psychologists.

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Programme

08.45  Registration, Coffee & Exhibition

09.30  Introduction

09.40  Keynote 1: Professor Marie-Pascale Noël - Dyscalculia: from brain to education

10.40  Keynote 2: Professor Judy Sebba - Raising expectations and achievement levels for all mathematics students

11.10  Coffee break & exhibition

11.40  Breakout Session 1

1.       Assessing for dyscalculia – What to investigate - Jane Emerson, Emerson House

2.       Using Cuisenaire to develop a sense of number - Ronit Bird, Teacher and Author

3.       Language Counts in Maths: challenges faced by EAL users - Steve Cooke & Catharine Driver

4.       Teachers’ dominant cultural scripts for teaching secondary mathematics - Loris Altendorff, University of Sussex

5.       Passing from the primary to secondary education: Filling the gaps of misconceptions - Giannis Karagiannakis, University of Athens

12.30  Lunch and Exhibition

13.30  Breakout Session 2

1.       Assessing for dyscalculia – What to investigate - Jane Emerson, Emerson House

2.       Using Cuisenaire to develop a sense of number - Ronit Bird, Teacher and Author

3.       Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Mathematics difficulties- Sarah Wedderburn, Unicornmaths

4.       Teachers’ dominant cultural scripts for teaching secondary mathematics - Loris Altendorff, University of Sussex

5.       Teaching written calculation: standard or non-standard algorithms? - Prof Ian Thompson

14.20  Tea/Coffee break and exhibition

14.50  Breakout Session 3

1.           Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Mathematics difficulties- Sarah Wedderburn, Unicornmaths
2.       Maximising TA support when working with pupils with mathematical difficulties - Carol Rushworth-Little and Sarah Soley, Worcestershire CC Learning Support Team

3.       Language Counts in Maths: challenges faced by EAL users - Steve Cooke & Catharine Driver

4.       Teaching written calculation: standard or non-standard algorithms? - Prof Ian Thompson

5.       Passing from the primary to secondary education: Filling the gaps of misconceptions - Giannis Karagiannakis

15.40  Keynote 3: Professor Peter Bryant - The basic importance of children’s reasoning about mathematics

16.30  End of conference

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Exterior 2The Cumberland Hotel

Great Cumberland Place,

London

W1C 1LZ

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Fees:

Conference fees - £255 + VAT

**This Conference is now sold out, please email:
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Fees include refreshments, lunch, pre-conference resources and conference booklet

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