Dyscalculia: News from the web:
A great article by Donna Boucher where she lists a number of categories of students who all at some time receive intervention for math, the question however is how effective that is and if there are better or different solutions that may be tried.
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Researchers seem to have found the place where to look for dyscalculia, here is their abstract:
Mathematical learning deficits are defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder (dyscalculia) in the International Classification of Diseases. It is not known, however, how such deficits emerge in the course of early brain development. Here, we conducted functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiments in 3- to 6-year-old children without formal mathematical learning experience. We followed this sample until the age of 7 to 9 years, identified individuals who developed deficits, and matched them to a typically developing control group using comprehensive behavioral assessments. Multivariate pattern classification distinguished future cases from controls with up to 87% accuracy based on the regional functional activity of the right posterior parietal cortex (PPC), the network-level functional activity of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and the effective functional and structural connectivity of these regions. Our results indicate that mathematical learning deficits originate from atypical development of a frontoparietal network that is already detectable in early childhood.
Ulrike Kuhl,
Sarah Sobotta,
Legascreen Consortium ,
Michael A. Skeide
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Spatial reasoning can predict mathematical achievement at an early age.
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
See the wonderful Instagram post of @dwdyscalculia where they provide the symptoms most people with dyscalculia can encounter.
Read all about it: HERE for an interview with the maker behind dwdyscalculia by dyscalculiablog
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Recommendations from recent research in Nigeria are listed below. Please read the full report in our link for today:
Based on the discussions of the findings, the following recommendation were made:
Dyscalculia test should be adopted by parents, school administrators and counselors to
assess students who may be having difficulty in mathematics or arithmetic for proper
diagnosisAssessment instruments used within the school system be it at primary, secondary or higher
institutions should be subjected to the DIF analysis for bias item analysis as this would
provide the necessary statistical evidence that a particular assessment instrument is not
bias.
Read all about it: HERE
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