| Dyscalculia is a lesser known but a specific learning | | | | . Language acquisition like reading, writing, speech and |
| disability associated with difficulties in Mathematics. | | | | poetic ability is normal or accelerated. Good in areas |
| These difficulties normally vary from individual to | | | | of creative arts, geometry and science. Good in logic |
| individual. Reading problems associated with Dyslexia | | | | bad with formulas. |
| correspond to mathematical problems associated with | | | | . Difficulty in keeping track of time, therefore, most |
| Dyscalculia. Individuals who suffer from Dyscalculia are | | | | often end up being late for appointments, problems |
| of normal intelligence. | | | | with direction that is left from right and north, south, |
| In Dyscalculia, Dys in Greek means "badly" and | | | | west and east even if compass is available. |
| Calculia in Latin means "to count" which adds up to | | | | . Recollection of names and faces is poor. |
| "counting badly". | | | | . Lose things easily and seem to be absent minded. |
| Recent studies show that Dyscalculia is genetically | | | | Some causes of Dyscalculia are: |
| linked and not as originally thought to occur only in | | | | . To be good in mathematics one has to have the |
| individuals who had arithmetic disabilities owing to | | | | ability to be able to visualize numbers and general |
| specific regions of the brain being damaged. Today, | | | | maths situations. Weakness in Visual Processing is the |
| some educational specialists label individuals with any | | | | most common cause of difficulty in mathematics. |
| sort of mathematical difficulty as having Dyscalculia, | | | | Students with this learning disorder often mix up |
| as this learning disability cannot be assessed reliably | | | | numbers mentally because they lack what it takes to |
| and has no clear-cut criteria. | | | | visualize numbers and therefore end up in making |
| Some symptoms of Dyscalculia are: | | | | "stupid mistakes". |
| . Confusion between the multiplication, addition, | | | | . Sometimes owing to lack of self-confidence, |
| subtraction and division signs. Difficulty in doing | | | | previous negative experiences etc they develop a |
| mathematical calculations mentally like figuring change | | | | fear for mathematics therefore leading to Dyscalculia. |
| due back. Unable to balance checkbooks. . Difficulty in | | | | . Inability to remember formulas and facts for |
| aligning numbers into their proper columns and also | | | | mathematical calculations are often as a result of |
| may have spatial problems. . Difficulty in reading the | | | | having difficulty in organization of detailed information |
| time from analogue clocks. | | | | or difficulty in sequencing. |
| . Difficulty in following activities, which have | | | | Other causes are: |
| sequences such as dance steps, events of the past, | | | | . Studies have also indicated that some hereditary or |
| rules of games, difficult in keeping scores during a | | | | congenital disorders may also be a cause but it is not |
| game. Loosing track of whose turn it is during games | | | | known for certain yet. |
| like cards or even board games. | | | | . Calculations made difficult owing to reduction or |
| . If there are two numbers, they find it difficult to | | | | disturbed short-term memory. |
| say which is larger of the two and also they tend to | | | | . It can be due to either of these two factors or a |
| confuse numbers that look similar, for instance, 8 and | | | | combination of these two factors. |
| 3, 9 and 7. | | | | |