Counting On Fingers: Why Some Bright And Creative People Struggle With Numbers And Maths, And How That Can Be Changed - Softcover
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Why do so many bright, creative individuals struggle with maths — and what can we do differently?
For countless children and adults, numbers don’t just feel confusing — they feel alien. Unlike dyslexia, the struggles caused by dyscalculia and poor number sense often go unnoticed or misunderstood. But what if the problem isn’t the learner, but how we teach?
In Counting On Fingers, dyscalculia expert and international lecturer Richard Whitehead, together with renowned innovator Ronald D. Davis, reveals how mathematically challenged individuals truly think and learn — why traditional instruction so often leaves them behind — and how that can be changed.
Drawing on over two decades of experience using the Davis Mastery for Maths approach, Whitehead offers a powerful alternative to rote learning. This book combines clarity, compassion, and practical tools to unlock lasting confidence in numeracy.
You’ll discover:
- Why many bright learners struggle with maths despite strong potential
- How to understand the mindset of a dyscalculic thinker
- Scripted, field-tested strategies used by educators and families worldwide
Whether you're a parent, teacher, tutor, or curious learner, Counting On Fingers will transform the way you think about numeracy challenges — and reveal how mathematical ability can take off, often dramatically, when it’s taught in the right way.
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Paperback. Condition: New. There are many bright and innovative individuals who grapple with numbers and mathematics. Yet astonishingly, in a world where numbers are so important, their difficulties have a remarkably low profile. In the educational world overall, there is very little discussion of how mathematically challenged individuals naturally think and learn. By comparison with dyslexia and literacy difficulties, the debilitating effects of dyscalculia and poor number sense - their implications for adult life, career prospects and household management - are too often ignored.When someone struggles with maths, it is often assumed they are just "not a numbers person". In reality, however, numbers and mathematics have not been presented in a way that matches how the individual thinks and learns. When this is done, mathematical ability can take off very quickly, and what was assumed to be a lifelong learning difficulty can become a thing of the past.In this book, former Special Educational Needs Coordinator and Davis Methods specialist Richard Whitehead explores how dyscalculic individuals typically think and learn, and why traditional approaches to mathematics instruction so often fail to reach these individuals. He reveals the core principles of the Davis Maths Mastery Programme in which he has specialised for the past two decades, and he provides a number of scripted procedures which he uses to help mathematically challenged individuals achieve new and unexpected success. Read more Continue reading Read less. Seller Inventory # LU-9781912355075
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