Dyscalculia:
Difficulty in making arithmetical calculations.
Difficulty in making arithmetical calculations.
Dyscalculia is the name given to the learning difficulty that means a person struggles with maths.
Even if a person does have accurate pictures for maths words (eg. Multiplication) and symbols (=) they may not be able to do Mathematical problems because there are some basic Maths concepts missing.
Essentially what do all maths problems require a person to do?
Don’t know?
Consider this answer: ‘determine the consequence of a particular action’
To understand ‘consequence’ a person has to understand that something happens before something else and that the two events are linked- cause and effect. They need to be able to identify the ‘change’ that has taken place and in doing so be able to measure it.
This involves a concept of ‘time’. It also involves the concepts of ‘sequence’ and ‘order’.
Davis says ..’all these (maths) problems are solved using the same four basic concepts. Remove one or more of them, and you have removed the possibility of understanding how maths works. Doing math will then be reduced to only the memorization of rote procedures, with no real understanding of its purpose’ The Gift of Learning 2003.
Essentially what do all maths problems require a person to do?
Don’t know?
Consider this answer: ‘determine the consequence of a particular action’
To understand ‘consequence’ a person has to understand that something happens before something else and that the two events are linked-
Davis says ..’all these (maths) problems are solved using the same four basic concepts. Remove one or more of them, and you have removed the possibility of understanding how maths works. Doing math will then be reduced to only the memorization of rote procedures, with no real understanding of its purpose’ The Gift of Learning 2003.
