Abstract
This article is a literature review about Dyscalculia and Ageometria which are part of specific learning disabilities (LD) in Mathematics. Initially, some possible causes of LD are presented. Types of dyscalculia are then listed and the article goes on focusing on Working Memory (WM) and Mathematical Anxiety which play an important role in students’ performance in Mathematics.
Highlights
In recent years efforts are being made to identify and define the causes of dyscalculia and ageometria
Graphical dyscalculia or Numeral dysgraphia: Graphical dyscalculia is a difficulty with writing mathematical symbols and it usually coexists with dyslexia and dysgraphia
24 DD children, math anxiety (MA) children, and TD children, ages between 6th and 8th grade. They looked into working memory (WM) performance and verbal and visual-spatial short-term memory (STM) in children with MA and DD
Summary
In recent years efforts are being made to identify and define the causes of dyscalculia and ageometria. Types of dyscalculia are listed and the article goes on focusing on Working Memory (WM) and Mathematical Anxiety which play an important role in students’ performance in Mathematics. VisuoSpatial sketchpad Central executive Phonological loop Short-term memory Semantic loop VisuoSpatial sketchpad It is suggested that children with mathematic learning disabilities have poor visual-spatial WM which plays an important role in cognitive, neurobiological, and developmental models of typical and atypical mathematical skill acquisition.
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