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Web App Enhancing Numerical and Calculation Skills

Activities for addressing arithmetic difficulties and developmental dyscalculia

Enrico Savelli, Svano Pulga, Andrea Biancardi

Product: Software

ISBN: 9788859039402

Publication date: 01/11/2024

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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Children with developmental dyscalculia often struggle with automatizing counting procedures, applying and executing an effective calculation strategy, and number transcoding processes. Enhancing Numerical and Calculation Skills is a tool designed to support these difficulties by offering activities that help train counting procedures in a simple and fast way. Children can work with Arabic numbers, pictograms, and playing cards through customizable activities, making them flexible and responsive to each child’s specific needs.

Web app
The Web App offers a digital environment divided into 12 sections:

  • 6 activities related to number;
  • 6 activities related to calculation.

The proposed activities help practice element counting, number line positioning, number ordering, signs, and calculations with the four operations. All activities are customizable, making the learning path suitable for all children and adaptable to specific needs.

The guide
A ready-to-use guide to the contents and functionalities of the web app. It describes each exercise and provides a theoretical overview of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) — with a particular focus on developmental dyscalculia and the importance of using software and technology to support skill recovery.


Introduction
An overview of Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Developmental dyscalculia
The importance of using computers in education: the web app Enhancing Numerical and Calculation Skills
Navigation guide