Posted by alexandra_k on December 4, 2005, at 14:59:50
In reply to Re: ...I should've added... » alexandra_k, posted by Larry Hoover on December 4, 2005, at 0:40:37
> And, perhaps to get a grounding in population study, and the individual. Very useful.
ya.
i was impressed with the text book. about the first sentance was: 'statistics is not math. it is a set of procedures for (i forget)'. that helped :-) but no. there are still numbers in it :-(
> > letters are okay...
> > but numbers are funny.
> > is number dyslexia a disorder - anyone?
> Dyscalculia. Hundreds of thousands of hits on Google. Lots of stuff about how to manage/cope.ooh.
can you get a math transcriber like you can get a reader / writer for arts and soc. sci courses?
> > i'm serious...
> So am I.hmm.
> > i think i have issues reading and transcribing numbers...> > 3's become 8's
> > and 6's become 5's etc
> > even when it's typed
> > and so i put them into my calculator all wrong
> > :-(
> > and get a novel answer everytime i do an equation :-(> Ya, that's what would happen. And that's an example I could have seen, straight from the first website I looked at. "Students with dyscalculia have a very difficult time visualizing numbers and often mentally mix up the numbers, resulting in what appear to be 'stupid mistakes.'"
ah. yes, thats me. full of 'stupid mistakes'. and... i never learned the stuff you needed to learn by rote (so no calculation is involved) - like my times tables. and like adding single numbers together. so that means... i need to calculate everything (in my head or with a calculator). but i do the same thing with them in my head as i do with them trying to key them into the calculator. and reading them too... doing check sums (of peoples marks through the course) was a bit tricky for me... i managed to do it :-) but had to try it 5 or 6 times to get three consistent answers...
(never had a complaint about that i should say - and i'd match it to what the secretary got)
> When you're less busy, we can talk about it, if you'd like.yeah. that'd be cool
:-)
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