Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

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 ...

Dyscalculia, which signifies a learning disability in mathematics, affects 4-7% of the world population. Dyscalculia or Learning Disabilities in Mathematics, is recognized by the World Health ...

Record numbers of U.S. students severely struggle with math, but only a fraction of them receive screening and support targeting potential math disabilities. While math teachers in a nationally ...

Whitney Donielson’s troubles with math started when she was in second grade. Her class was learning the multiplication tables — an exercise in rote memorization that her teacher would test using timed ...

Described as the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, dyscalculia is a little-known disorder that makes it extremely difficult to learn math. While dyslexics struggle with reading and interpreting ...

Chances are you’ve heard of the reading disability dyslexia. It reportedly affects up to 15 percent of the population, and public figures from the fictional Jaime Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones to ...

There are some people—incredibly intelligent people, no less—for whom a grasp of numbers is entirely elusive. Is 6 bigger than 5? What is halfway between 200 and 400? If I give you $10 for a $7.50 ...

For instance, the child could portray good ability in verbal language, reading, writing and may even dabble with poetry. May also display good visual memory for the printed word and may be good in ...

Many children struggle with math, but for some the difficulties go beyond a little bit of frustration. If a child’s math troubles are serious – and persistent – they may be a sign of a learning ...