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Learning to overcome a learning disability #dyscalculia

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Have you ever heard about the learning difficulty known as dyscalculia? Chances are if you are like most people, then you may have heard the term, but you aren’t quite sure what it means or even how it might affect someone. It is much more than just struggling with math. Many children that experience this, tend to have high anxiety with the subject.

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Dyscalculia is much more than struggling in math.

Dyscalculia makes it difficult to process math concepts. This is true no matter how many times and how many ways someone tries to explain the process to them. The more connections that you have in the brain, the easier it is to grasp a concept. Dyscalculia is found that people have fewer connections and have to work hard to create those connections.

Key takeaways

  1. Dyscalculia is much more than just struggling with math.
  2. It makes it difficult to process math concepts.
  3. Those with dyscalculia don’t have enough bridges and must work in order to build those bridges to understand in ways another can.
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Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.