DROR DOTAN - Key Persons
I'm a linguist and a Hebrew teacher for adult immigrants. As such, my main interest is the verbal representation of numbers, and its similarities and differences from other (non-number) words. My research examines the interaction between linguistic and numerical syntactic systems, in order to understand the underlying processes involved in saying, reading and writing multi digit numbers.
I am a special education teacher specializing in remedial teaching in English, Hebrew and mathematics. Working with children with a wide range of difficulties has taught me that quite often, skills that may be perceived as simple and obvious are actually not that simple for some children. This is how I got interested in the cognition of basic learning skills. My MA research identified central cognitive processes involved in writing multi-digit numbers, and the learning disorders arising from deficits in these processes.
I am an English teacher, teaching all kinds of students - those who are ahead, those who are behind, and those with special needs. I decided to study for a master's degree in learning disorders in order to bridge students' academic gaps and gain confidence with positive mentoring. I am interested in language, so my MA thesis examines the similarities and differences between short-term memory mechanisms for words and numbers.