Math anxiety and Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia; News from the web:

A team (The lead author is UChicago PhD candidate Gerardo Ramirez. Joining he and Beilock in the work are UChicago postdoctoral scholar Elizabeth Gunderson and Susan Levine, the Stella M. Rowley Professor in Psychology.) showed that a high degree of math anxiety undermined performance of otherwise successful students, placing them almost half a school year behind their less anxious peers, in terms of math achievement.

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About Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia; News from the web:

One of the better websites to go to for information and resources is the site from dr Anna Wilson, a researcher and scientist who continues to work tirelessly to bring awareness and possible solutions to the learning disability.

From 2003-2006 Anna worked withStanislas Dehaene at U562, INSERM(Paris, France) on a project to design, develop and test remediation software for dyscalculia. This software, called “The Number Race” is open-source and can be downloaded for free here. It appears to be most useful for younger children (ages 5-8).

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