Mathematics

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Mathematics And Learning Difficulties
By Rebecca Evans
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Outline

• The Specific Learning Difficulty Profile
• Dyscalculia
• How the Profile Conditions Affect
• Mathematical Ability
• Adapting Teaching Methods

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What is the Specific Learning Diffculties
Profile (SpLD)?
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Visual Perceptual Skills
Numeracy Skills
Music
Behaviour
Communication
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Conditions Covered by the Profile

• Dyslexia
• Dyspraxia
• Dyscalculia
• Central Auditory Processing Disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficits

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Mathematical Learning Difficulties
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L
2 (3 x 6) - (4 x 5)
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Matematikin dili kavramaga zoriyor, degil mi?
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Mathematical Learning Difficulties
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20 84
2 3 6 12 32 14
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Other Difficulties Experienced

• Naming, reading and writing mathematical symbols

• Writing the same number just after writing it eg
  4 x 2 2

• Writing incorrect numbers because they are next
  in the series eg 6 4 5

• Difficulty in understanding absolute and relative
  positions eg 2.3 23 and 23

• Difficulty understanding concepts without
  concrete apparatus

• Difficulty remembering numbers

• Difficulty with times tables

• Difficulty remembering number bonds

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Difficulties in Everyday Life

• Reading maps

• Following recipes

• Remembering telephone numbers

• Judging time and distance

• Interpreting dials

• Reading the time

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The Other Conditions in the SpLD Profile
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The Investigation

(57 x 66) (56 x 67) 10
(n 10) (n 1) n (n 11) 10
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The Results
(s-1)2 x 10 d
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Problems with this Investigation

• The mathematical language

• Planning the task

• Recognising the sequence

• Attention for prolonged task

• Understanding the algebra

• Recalling previous work

• Writing up of the mathematical information

• Writing up of the explanations

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Teaching