A fifth grader who can’t read an analog clock or make change. A 13-year-old who can’t tell if $20 million is greater than $200,000. A first grader who doesn’t recognize that the numeral 5 is greater ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Did you know there’s a learning disorder that makes it difficult for some people to do math? Just as dyslexia can make it difficult for some people to read, dyscalculia ...
Laura Jackson became seriously concerned about her daughter and math when the girl was in third grade. While many of her classmates flew through multiplication tests, Jackson's daughter relied on her ...
Counting bears are frequently used in early childhood classrooms and may be especially useful for students with math disabilities as they learn that numbers correspond with a certain quantity of items ...
BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...
Educators and reading specialists have known for many years about dyslexia, which is why schools regularly use screening tools that can identify students with this reading disability and give them the ...
Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Here, an educator, a researcher, and a student with dyscalculia share their ...
A specific learning disability, also known as a specific learning disorder, is a neurological condition that affects an individual’s ability to learn and process information in a specific area, like ...
An “invisible” learning or language difficulty could be what is holding your child back. As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, ...
Victoria Beckham said she “struggled academically enormously” as a child, telling Alex Cooper during an Oct. 22 appearance on Call Her Daddy that she has dyscalculia The learning disorder affects how ...
Throughout his early life, Meng Xingchen had no idea his brain works differently to most other people. He’s unable to visualize even simple concepts in mathematics and science, nor can he conjure ...