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Today a link to the Listening, Learning and Development centre from Calgary. They have a very nice post with information about Dyscalculia. Check out the warning signs by age.
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A great overview article about Dyscalculia has appeared on sheknows.com, a parenting website. They go over the general description of Dyscalculia and offer some practical advice and options for further reading. Links to math games are also included. Great initiative.
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Scientists of University College London have conducted a study that offers definitive proof that the right parietal lobe is indeed responsible// for dyscalculia or in layman terms the inability to ‘do math’. The researchers hope the findings will aid in the diagnosis and management of the disorder, through remedial teaching.
“This provides strong evidence that dyscalculia is caused by malformations in the right parietal lobe and provides sold grounds for further study on the physical abnormalities present in dyscalculics’ brains. It’s an important step to the ultimate goal of early diagnosis through analysis of neural tissue, which in turn will lead to earlier treatments and more effective remedial teaching.”
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1 in 10 Children suffers from working memory problems, causing educational problems. One tool to test children is the Automated Working Memory Assessment (AWMA; Alloway, 2007 published by Pearson). The benefit of the AWMA is that it is designed to provide a practical and convenient way for non-expert assessors such as teachers to screen their pupils for significant working memory problems, with a user-friendly interface. The automated presentation and scoring of tasks provide consistency in presentation of stimuli across participants, thus reducing experimenter error.
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Another comprehensive explanation of how you can get your Dyscalculia tested.
This ehow explains the most common methods however you need to bear in mind that in order to get certain benefits from your school district, you need to check with the counselors what diagnose they accept to provide facilities to your dyscalculic child.
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