Mahesh Sharma

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BIO:

Professor Mahesh Sharma is the founder and President of the Center for Teaching/Learning of Mathematics, Inc. of Wellesley and Framingham, Massachusetts and Berkshire Mathematics in England. Berkshire Mathematics facilitates his work in the UK and Europe.

He is also:

-Former President and Professor of Mathematics Education at Cambridge College where he taught mathematics and mathematics education for more than thirty-five years to undergraduate and graduate students and provided teacher training

-Internationally known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics learning problems and education, particularly dyscalculia and other specific learning disabilities in mathematics.

-Author, teacher and teacher-trainer, researcher, consultant to public and private schools, as well as a public lecturer.

-Former Chief Editor and Publisher of Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, an international, interdisciplinary research mathematics journal with readership in more than 90 countries, and the Editor of The Math Notebook, a practical source of information for parents and teachers devoted to improving teaching and learning for all children.

He provides direct services of evaluation and tutoring for students (children as well as adults) who have learning disabilities such as dyscalculia or face difficulties in learning mathematics. Professor Sharma works with teachers and school administrators to design strategies to improve mathematics curriculum and instruction for all.

Services Provided:

Center for Teaching/Learning of Mathematics

Programs and Services

CT/LM has developed programs and materials to assist teachers, parents, therapists, and diagnosticians to help children and adults with their learning difficulties in mathematics. We conduct regular workshops, seminars, and lectures on topics such as:

How does one learn mathematics?

This workshop focuses on psychology and processes of learning mathematics—concepts, skills, and procedures. The participants study the role of factors such as: Cognitive development, language, mathematics learning personality, pre-requisite skills, and conceptual models of learning mathematics. They learn to understand how key mathematics milestones such as number conceptualization, place value, fractions, integers, algebraic thinking, and spatial sense are achieved. They learn strategies to teach their students more effectively.

What are the nature and causes of learning problems in mathematics?This workshop focuses on understanding the nature and causes of learning problems in mathematics. We examine existing research on diagnosis, remedial and instructional techniques dealing with these problems. Participants become familiar with diagnostic and assessment instruments for learning problems in mathematics. They learn strategies for working more effectively with children and adults with learning problems in mathematics.

Content workshops

These workshops are for teachers and parents on teaching key mathematics milestone concepts and procedures. For example, they address questions such as: How to teach arithmetic facts easily? How to teach fractions to students more effectively? How to develop the concepts of algebra easily? In these workshops, we use a new approach called Vertical Acceleration. In this approach, we begin with a very simple concept from arithmetic and take it to the algebraic level.

We offer individual diagnosis and tutoring services for children and adults to help them with their mathematics learning difficulties and learning problems, in general, and dyscalculia, in particular. We provide:

Consultation with and training for parents and teachers to help their children cope with and overcome their anxieties and difficulties in learning mathematics.

Consultation services to schools and individual classroom teachers to help them evaluate their mathematics programs and help design new programs or supplement existing ones in order to minimize the incidence of learning problems in mathematics.

Assistance for the adult student who is returning to college and has anxiety about his/her mathematics.

Assistance in test preparation (SSAT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, MCAS, etc.)

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