Kalkmonster - Dyscalculia CD-ROM 2000
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<B>Information for parents and teachers<BR>
CD-ROM KALKMONSTER</B><BR>
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<U>What part of the school curriculum is covered by this CD-ROM?<BR>
</U>Of the 32 games only 3 are directly related to the skills that are <BR>
normally taught at schools. They test and train mental arithmetic.<BR>
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What is actually tested and trained in the other games?<BR>
</U>Many of the games train number recognition. The player either hears or sees a number and has to find an object with the same number. <BR>
These objects - racing cars, airplanes, boats, skiers or others - are identified by numbers, similar to real life situations. In many games finding the right object starts a small animation.<BR>
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<U>Is number recognition such a difficult task?<BR>
</U>Normally not, but too slow or faulty number recognition is one of the causes of <U>dyscalculia</U> math learning difficulty . <BR>
A very frequent error in reading or transferring numbers is wrong sequence, e.g. 34 instead of 43 Symbol .<BR>
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<U>What else is tested and trained?<BR>
</U>Recognizing written and spoken numbers is essential for most math skills. <U>Counting is a basic skill </U>which is trained in some of the games. Kids with learning difficulties often find it difficult to understand that counting doesn't always go from left to right. Like in all of these games <U>different strategies can be tried</U> in order to see how you get the best result faster. Recognizing quot;face 6 quot; of a dice is faster than counting dots. <BR>
Another important educational objective is the development of the <U>memory span for numbers</U>. In the table these games carry the symbol .<BR>
A <U>combination of skills</U> is needed for games like quot;pedalos quot; where<BR>
the missing pedalo out of numbers 1 to 10 must be determined.<BR>
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Paying or changing money</U> using predetermined value units is trained by moving EURO-c
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