First Announcement
To commemorate the International Day of Dyslexia, The Malta Dyslexia Association is organising a conference on Friday 6 November and Saturday 7 November 2015.
The conference will open on the Friday with a key note speech by Dr Giannis Karagiannakis entitled 'Dyscalculia Vs Mathematical Learning Difficulties Vs Low Maths Achievement: Are there distinct borderlines?'
On Saturday there will be research presentations by Dr Ann Dowker, Dr Ninette Pace Balzan, Ms Rita Micallef and Ms Esmeralda Zerafa followed by a series of three workshops out of which participants may choose two.
The themes of the workshops are as follows:
- Intervention strategies for Mathematical learning difficulties focusing on each student's strengths by Dr Giannis Karagiannakis
- Mathematics anxiety – What is behind it? by Ms Claire Francica
- Multisensory approaches to teaching mathematics to pupils with dyscalculia by Ms Esmeralda Zerafa
A plenary session will be presented by Dr Ruth Falzon and Ms Esmeralda Zerafa concerning the University experience without the MATSEC Mathematics certificate.