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What is Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia can sometimes be referred to as math dyslexia and can be associated with other learning disorders such as ADHD, executive functioning issues and math anxiety. But they are not the same conditions. Dyscalculia is a math disorder that negatively affects one’s ability to comprehend everything from simple arithmetic to complex math. Math tutoring is crucial for success.
Understanding math is not the only problem for a student with dyscalculia. It also comes with many challenges that impact their ability to perform everyday tasks such as counting change, telling time, distance, or speed. Even remembering numbers can be difficult. This brain-related math disability limits the capacity to quickly compute basic math facts. Math tutors can help!
WHAT IS DYSCALCULIA? – MATH’S DYSLEXIA – SIMPLE EXPLANATION AND SOLUTION
Does Your Child Have Dyscalculia or a Math Learning Disorder?
Symptoms of dyscalculia may vary for each student depending on their different stages of learning math. It is estimated that 5%-7% of elementary school children may show symptoms of dyscalculia. It is yet to be known whether it is more common in boys or girls.
- Difficulty with time, directions, recalling schedules, a sequence of events, trouble keeping track of time, and frequently late.
- The poor recollection of names, name-face association, substitute names beginning with the same letter.
- Difficulty learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Bad at financial planning and money management.
- Mistakes in writing, reading, and recalling numbers. A student with dyscalculia may add a number, substitute, transpose, omit and do reversals of digits.
- Unable to perceive and remember math concepts, rules, formulas, sequence (order operations), and basic math facts.
- Inconsistent ability to solve math problems. May be able to accomplish math operations today but unable to do the same on the next day, able to do book work but have difficulties remember math facts during tests.
- Unable to imagine or picture mechanical processes. Reduced ability to visualize or picture the location of numbers on a clock, geographical areas of states, countries, oceans, streets, etc.
- Gets lost or disoriented quickly, lacks a sense of direction.
- May lose things often, seems absent-minded, may have a poor memory where things are placed.
- Trouble keeping up with dance steps and exercise routines, difficulty in motor sequencing which will be noticeable in athletic performance.
- Trouble remembering how to keep score in games, like bowling, cards, etc. Often loses track of whose turn it is.
- Experiences anxiety during math tasks.
- Uses fingers to count, loses track when counting, difficulty with mental math, add with dots, or tally marks.
- Numbers and math seem like foreign languages.
- Confused when counting (for younger students).
- Trouble linking words with corresponding numbers. Children may experience difficulty recognizing that the symbol 5 is the same as the word five.
What are the Causes of Dyscalculia?
The causes of dyscalculia are still to be discovered. Some of the possible causes include:
- Dyscalculia tends to run in the family, the genes have an impact on whether a child has it or not.
- Brain Development. The brain structure of individuals with dyscalculia is different in areas where the brain functions less efficiently in handling numbers.
- Brain Injury. Injuries to a certain part of the brain may cause acquired dyscalculia.
Other factors that may cause dyscalculia are:
- Premature birth
- Low birth weight
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
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Should You Have Your Child Assessed for Dyscalculia?
An evaluation is required to determine whether a student has dyscalculia. A child must show a considerably lower than expected capacity in mathematics based on their age, intelligence, and background. A licensed neuropsychologist should perform the evaluation.
Several tests are conducted to assess the student:
- Computational skills
- Math fluency
- Mental computation
- Quantitative reasoning
What are the Strategies in Coaching and Tutoring Students with Dyscalculia?
Introducing the Students New Concepts/Lessons
- Review what the student already learned before teaching new skills.
- Teach students to “self-talk” through solving problems.
- Let the student write out charts or draw sketches to solve problems.
- Use graph paper to help line up numbers and problems.
- Give the student a list of the math formulas taught in the class.
- Use coins, blocks, and puzzles to teach math ideas.
- Use attention-getting phrases like, “This is important to know because….”
- Use concrete examples that connect math to real life.
- Check-in frequently to make sure the student understands the work.
Giving Students Instructions and Assignments
- Create separate worksheets for word problems and number problems.
- Highlight or circle keywords and numbers on word problems.
- Allow extra time on tests.
- Give step-by-step instructions and have the student repeat them.
- Provide charts of math facts or multiplication tables.
- Use visual aids or manipulatives when solving problems.
- Let the student use a calculator when the computation isn’t what’s being assessed
- Give a rubric that describes the elements of an assignment.
- Use an extra piece of paper to cover up most of what’s on a math sheet or test to make it easier to focus on one problem at a time.
- Give more space to write problems and solutions.
- Break down worksheets into sections.
Themba Tutors Offers Dyscalculia Coaching and Tutoring Services
- Private 1-on-1 tutoring and coaching
- Online tutoring and coaching for children and students
- Tutoring and coaching for students with math disorders for all ages!
- Our learning specialists can tutor and coach children and students of all ages elementary school, middle school, high school, and college students and including adults!
Subjects We Can Cover for Students with Dyscalculia
Different methods are used to determine learning levels
- Allow use of fingers and scratch paper
- Create diagrams and draw math concepts
- Provide peer assistance
- Encourage the use of graph paper
- Usage of colored pencils to set apart number problems
- Work with manipulatives
- Draw pictures of word problems
- Use of mnemonic devices to understand math concepts
- Use rhythm and music to teach math facts and to set levels to a beat
- Schedule use of computer for the student to practice
What is the Best Math Tutoring Approach for Students with Dyscalculia?
Tutors, parents, teachers and the neuropsychologist must work together to support students with math disorders in the following ways:
- Personalized teaching plans based on the specific needs of each student
- Foundational skills coaching to advance students to higher-level math
- Introducing and encouraging math-based games
- Usage of graph paper to help to learn math
- Present new math-related skills through explanations and examples before moving on to abstract interpretations
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At Themba Tutors, We collaborate with a learning specialist, doctors, and parents to customized a program that will give your child the results that you’re looking for. Themba Tutors is invested in driving your child to achieve academic success. If your child is facing challenges and needs help with math due to dyscalculia and other learning disorders, we can offer our support to help them overcome these challenges. We can start tutoring your child as soon as you want.
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Dyscalculia: An Online PD for Teachers
In this video, you will learn about the development, training, and support groups for those with dyscalculia.
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