Case Synopsis
Assessment and management of dyscalculia in 10 year old boys.
Dyscalculia also referred to as a mathematics disorder or disability, affects an estimated 1-5 % of general population, Overtime there have been a number of neural or brain based reasons attributed to dyscalculia. Dyscalculia may result of an acquired brain injury/pathology where there is damage to the angular gyrus
Dyscalculia may be developmental in nature and of genetic origin, in which the complexity of inter connecting brain regions of function must be considered
Basic signs:
Difficulty in Addition, Subraction, Multiplication, Division
Persistent errors of these operations
Problems with counting, comparison, quantity and magnitude
Difficulty in remembering basic …show more content…
Ability grouping; Dividing children into ability groups, thus reducing the level of individual variation in any given class. This may involve children being placed in separate schools or classes according to supposed overall ability; or in 'sets' specifically for mathematics. This avoids some of the problems that occur when individual differences are totally ignored.
2. Observation; By the teacher provides the opportunity to discover individual strategies and working patterns during school mathematics lessons, and to ask the children questions about their written work which may lead to reflection and reconsideration. Thus, observation can involve both diagnosis and intervention
Views on the case: Other activities to be include
Rehearsal cards; which include mathematical facts (5 x 4 =20),Each individual child is given a small set of cards to practice each day under adult supervision.
Counting activities; These include general practice in counting objects. They also include practice in grouping objects, especially into tens. Children may count objects into groups of ten; find individual numbers on a ten-structured track or a structured bead ring; build tracks of selected numbers using base ten
Assessment and management of dyscalculia in 10 year old boys.
Dyscalculia also referred to as a mathematics disorder or disability, affects an estimated 1-5 % of general population, Overtime there have been a number of neural or brain based reasons attributed to dyscalculia. Dyscalculia may result of an acquired brain injury/pathology where there is damage to the angular gyrus
Dyscalculia may be developmental in nature and of genetic origin, in which the complexity of inter connecting brain regions of function must be considered
Basic signs:
Difficulty in Addition, Subraction, Multiplication, Division
Persistent errors of these operations
Problems with counting, comparison, quantity and magnitude
Difficulty in remembering basic …show more content…
Ability grouping; Dividing children into ability groups, thus reducing the level of individual variation in any given class. This may involve children being placed in separate schools or classes according to supposed overall ability; or in 'sets' specifically for mathematics. This avoids some of the problems that occur when individual differences are totally ignored.
2. Observation; By the teacher provides the opportunity to discover individual strategies and working patterns during school mathematics lessons, and to ask the children questions about their written work which may lead to reflection and reconsideration. Thus, observation can involve both diagnosis and intervention
Views on the case: Other activities to be include
Rehearsal cards; which include mathematical facts (5 x 4 =20),Each individual child is given a small set of cards to practice each day under adult supervision.
Counting activities; These include general practice in counting objects. They also include practice in grouping objects, especially into tens. Children may count objects into groups of ten; find individual numbers on a ten-structured track or a structured bead ring; build tracks of selected numbers using base ten