Category Archives: Dyscalculia Overview

An MIT finance prof with Dyscalculia

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Andrew Wen-Chuan Lo has dyscalculia, yet he’s a finance professor at MIT. It’s inspiring. His story offers relief to anyone learning math or anything else in an ableist world that still treats IQ test as a science.

Ayurvedic Perspectives and Interventions in Specific Learning Disorders: A Focus on Dyslexia and Dyscalculia

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Ayurveda offers a promising, holistic framework for the supportive management of learning disabilities. Integrating Ayurvedic strategies with modern approaches may enhance cognitive development, reduce emotional burden, and improve the quality of life for affected children.

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Facts and Myths about Dyscalculia

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Strengths supporting resilience in individuals with learning disabilities

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Having a learning disability heightens an individual’s risk of developing mental health concerns, decreased educational attainment, and decreased workplace and academic performance. Although the negative impacts of learning disabilities are well-defined, little is known about the internal strengths and external resources that foster resilience in individuals with learning disabilities. In this scoping review, we synthesized research on resilience and learning disabilities using the Resilience Portfolio Model. 

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No mobile phones in school improves student’s concentration

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Dutch phone ban in schools having ‘wonderful effect’
While countries clamour to ban smartphones in schools, fresh research from the Netherlands – one of the first to do so – suggests that its ban has made students more sociable, improved their focus and boosted academic performance.

According to a study commissioned by the Dutch government, three-quarters of the 317 surveyed high schools said that the ban had boosted students’ concentration, while nearly two-thirds noted an improvement in the social climate. One-third reported better academic performance.

“Less distraction, more attention to the lesson, and more social students – no more mobile phones in the classroom is having wonderful positive effects,” Marielle Paul, state secretary for primary and secondary education, told Reuters.

The Dutch ban of digital devices in schools came into effect on 1 January 2024, inspiring other nations to follow suit, notably France, Hungary and Finland. Many UK schools have implemented their own bans, thanks partly to the fast-growing Smartphone Free Childhood movement, as featured in the new issue of Positive News magazine.

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