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Dyscalculia
Dyslexia Teaching Assistant CourseDecember 2010
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Is dyscalculia ‘dyslexia with maths’?
There are many reasons why a person may be bad at Maths.
There will not be an instant or simple cure because there is no one reason
Many people fail with Maths and not all will be dyscalculic
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What is Dyscalculia? Developmental Dyscalculia was first
recognised by Dept for education and Skills 2001 and defined as
‘a condition that affects the ability to acquire arithmetical skills. Dyscalculic learners may have difficulty understanding simple number concepts, lack an intuitive grasp of numbers and have problems learning number facts and procedures. Even if they produce a correct answer or use a correct method they may do so mechanically and without confidence.’
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Dyslexia and Dyscalculia There is a growing acceptance within the
research that there are some pupils who present:
Dyslexic characteristics Dyscalculic characteristics Aspects of both conditions
And there are pupils who Appear to have aspects of both but are
actually suffering from the side effects of Dyslexia rather than ‘pure’ dyscalculia
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What distinguishes dyscalculia from just problems with Maths?
It all depends on the definition! It depends on the perseverance of the
difficulty –like all skills if you stop practising then you lose skills and how many of us practice Maths?
Therefore having a difficulty with maths should not automatically earn you earn the label ‘dyscalculic’
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How do I recognise a child who has Dyscalculia?What are the symptoms and how does this differ from Dyslexia with numbers?
As a basic indicator, the child will be performing below teacher’s expectations with no obvious reason such as illness
This underachievement may manifest itself in specifics such as knowing the value of numbers, realising 9 is 1 less that 10
They may have no understanding of why or what the result means in a sum
Do not be surprised that those who have difficulties in decoding and understanding written words and learning patterns involving symbols also experience in learning facts, symbols which are used in Mathematics
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The Language of Maths
Problems with Maths often show in Year 3 or 4 .One reason for this is that most of the work done in the early years is oral and only when they have to write down their methods that problems appear.
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Dyscalculic pupils may: Have sound technical reading skills but fail to understand
the mathematical language Difficulty linking mathematical words to numerals Difficulty transferring from the concrete to abstract thinking Difficulty understanding mathematical concepts Difficulty choosing the correct strategies to solve word
problems Fails to remember the sequence of calculations in multi-step
word problem Difficulty linking the Maths terms to their abbreviations Forget the formula Unable to read the time Have trouble recognising symbols and abbreviations Difficulty interpreting Data patterns Difficulty with mathematical language of money
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Dyscalculic pupils may: Find remembering Maths rules and formulae difficult Find sequencing the order and the value of numbers
difficult Can have difficulty tracking up and down the number
line Are inconsistent from day to day in what they know
and can do Are confused when to use basic symbols Are not confident and avoid estimating and checking
their answers Have learning difficulty learning times tables and not
able to achieve automatic recall of table facts Forget how to round up and down with regard to place
value May forget the properties of shape
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Dyscalculic pupils:
Are worried that they work more slowly and incorrectly
Lack confidence – even when they produce the correct answer
Will adopt avoidance strategies Often develop ’learned helplessness’
strategies Dislike whole group interactive
sessions
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Ok, I’m dyscalculic . So what?A few golden rules Don’t create anxiety Experiencing success reduces anxiety Experiencing failure increases anxiety Understand your pupils as individuals ‘Teach more than one way to do things’ rule Remember where each topic leads mathematically Understanding is a more robust outcome than just
recall Try to understand errors ….don’t settle for ‘wrong’ Prevention is better than cure all the above rules have exceptions
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Mathematics Assessment Example of pupil questionnaireQuestion Response Comment/ strategy count on in ones from 1 count back in ones from 20 count on in ones from 7 count back in ones from 17 Count on in tens from 0 Count back in tens from 100 Count on in twos from 0 Count back in twos from 20 Count the beans (up to at least 20)Throw 10 beans. How many red?How many white?How many altogether?
Which colour has more beans?How do you know?Which colour has fewer beans?How do you know?
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Be cautious in labelling children as
Dyscalculic!
Pinpoint the difficulty and use multisensory approaches to
teach and overlearn mathematical concepts