Dyscalculia

Which of the following is the correct definition for dyscalculia?

• A variety of reading disabilities

• A group of mathematical learning disabilites

• The inability to focus attention in a social setting

• The inability to sit still for extended periods of time

Signs of Dyscalculia in Kids

• Difficulty with learning to count and organizing logically

• Difficulty with -recognizing printed numbers

• Difficulty with reading

• Difficulty with connecting idea of number to relation in real world

• Difficulty with writing

Dyscalculia is ....

• only found in children

• a specific learning disability in math

• a problem with a calculator

• always diagnosed

Students with dyscalculia struggle with

• telling time

• remembering math facts

• understanding greater than / less than

• all of the above

What strategies help students with dyscalculia?

• using physical objects

• talking out the problem

• breaking tasks down into subsets

• all of the above

Extended time is an example of a(n) ___?

• Accommodation

• Modification

ALL students with a Specific Learning Disability are the same.

• True

• False

Which are the following learning disabilities can be found in a child?

• Dyslexia

• Discalculia

• ADHD

• Dypraxia

• Mental retardation

Treating Math LD: Select all that applies

• USe Multisensory procedures (visual/auditory/motor/tactile/talking through)

• Give LOTS of practice in different contexts

• making child copy from peer notes

• Special educator solving problems for the student

• For Challenge problems (easy to solve using the strategy intended to be taught

Lexical dyscalculia: cannot DECODE math symbols or numbers

• True

• False