15 questions
Which of the following is the correct definition for dyscalculia?
A variety of reading disabilities
A group of mathematical learning disabilites
The inability to focus attention in a social setting
The inability to sit still for extended periods of time
Signs of Dyscalculia in Kids
Difficulty with learning to count and organizing logically
Difficulty with -recognizing printed numbers
Difficulty with reading
Difficulty with connecting idea of number to relation in real world
Difficulty with writing
Dyscalculia is ....
only found in children
a specific learning disability in math
a problem with a calculator
always diagnosed
Students with dyscalculia struggle with
telling time
remembering math facts
understanding greater than / less than
all of the above
What strategies help students with dyscalculia?
using physical objects
talking out the problem
breaking tasks down into subsets
all of the above
Extended time is an example of a(n) ___?
Accommodation
Modification
ALL students with a Specific Learning Disability are the same.
True
False
Which are the following learning disabilities can be found in a child?
Dyslexia
Discalculia
ADHD
Dypraxia
Mental retardation
Treating Math LD: Select all that applies
USe Multisensory procedures (visual/auditory/motor/tactile/talking through)
Give LOTS of practice in different contexts
making child copy from peer notes
Special educator solving problems for the student
For Challenge problems (easy to solve using the strategy intended to be taught
Lexical dyscalculia: cannot DECODE math symbols or numbers
True
False
graphic dyscalculia:cannot WRITE math symbols or numbers
False
True
verbal dyscalculia:
cannot DECODE math symbols or numbers
cannot identify/understand the names of numbers
cannot learn and/or apply rules and algorithms for operational math
cannot do concrete or manipulative activities with numbers
Cannot learn and/or apply rules and algorithms for operational math
ideagnostic dyscalculia
practognostic dyscalculia
primary acalculia
operation dyscalculia
cannot do concrete or manipulative activities with numbers
practognostic dyscalculia
operation dyscalculia
cannot identify/understand the names of numbers
cannot WRITE math symbols or numbers
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True
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