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high level math achieved
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| dlynnhi |
Posted on June 03 2011 08:48 AM
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Oops I think I posted my initial query in the wrong forum (FAQ) so here goes again...
My daughter is soon to graduate with a math degree from U of C Berkeley. Far as can be determined, she'll be the first Dyscalculia student to have majored in math at the school and made it. A graduate student at the university has done a case study and will be presenting the paper about my daughter's efforts at an LD conference 6/3/11.
We (she) had to figure out alternative learning strategies over the years as she tackled ever increasing math complexity. She wasn't diagnosed until her junior year of college. Till then, we never knew there was such a thing as Dyscalculia.
Do you know of anyone who's managed to reach 'high level' mathematics? Like to compare learning (coping) experiences. |
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| toastydeath |
Posted on June 03 2011 04:57 PM
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I'm following a similar route, though not at a school nearly as prestigious as Berkeley.
I just switched majors from a physics program to mathematics, with the intent to follow the BS in mathematics with a BE in mechanical engineering.
I strongly identify with the alternative learning strategy comment, but did not figure out any of the things I now do until my second attempt at college. As a result, I barely made it out of high school and failed out of college my first time around.
My experiences and observation with the dyscalculia community is that it largely focuses on mitigation and avoidance. Unlike dyslexia or other learning disorders, there is little to no support for overcoming or adapting to difficulties with math, especially for higher level math. In my opinion, this makes the resources and community largely useless for someone who wants to do anything where math cannot be avoided.
This is unfortunate; a dyslexic person can enjoy the content and ideas in literature, despite having large difficulties with the method of presentation if they seek help. No one mistakes the glyphs themselves in a novel for the actual intellectual content.
The same is currently not true of mathematics. Culturally and academically, the ideas in mathematics are not separated from the presentation.
"Five times seven is thirty five" is viewed as math, not the underlying reasoning and logic that leads to such a statement.
I'd love to hear what your daughter has learned and done, as I'm still working out my methods as time goes on. |
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| internationalmama |
Posted on June 03 2011 08:27 PM
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Hi both of you,
I´m delighted to read about the achievements of your daughter, dlynnhi, and the progress you made yourself toastydeath.
Right now, I am completely hopeless after a day trying to help my daughter (11 years) understand different kind of issues related to messures. No way, even at the basic decimal levels.
Your thread gives us hope and I´m willing to hear about coping strategies -not for going into further math studies- but to deal with everyday life. |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on June 03 2011 11:51 PM
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welcome, dlynnhi!
I have no higher-level math help for you but wish to offer
congratulations for both you and your daughter |
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| eoffg |
Posted on June 04 2011 09:10 AM
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Toasty, you wrote:
"My experiences and observation with the dyscalculia community is that it largely focuses on mitigation and avoidance. Unlike dyslexia or other learning disorders, there is little to no support for overcoming or adapting to difficulties with math, especially for higher level math. In my opinion, this makes the resources and community largely useless for someone who wants to do anything where math cannot be avoided."
But you wont find any support here for overcoming or adapting to lower level math either?
You raise an important point about the focus being on mitigation and avoidance. Where Dyscalculia can really be redefined as a different way of doing math. |
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| thinkerED |
Posted on August 22 2012 12:34 PM
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Practice can only lead you to achieve heights in math. Solving hundreds of examples of a same type can ensure it. |
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