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A child counts on fingers, struggles with mental sums and cannot read a clock face. Which difficulty fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Dyscalculia is mainly a difficulty in learning what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does subitizing mean?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of people is estimated to have dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →Dyscalculia is linked with dysfunction near which brain region?Read the answer and worked solution →In the United Kingdom, dyscalculia is classified as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which habit is a common symptom when young children add numbers?Read the answer and worked solution →Which task is especially hard for many people with dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →What may long-term anxiety do to a student with dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →The approximate number system orders numerosities along what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair do typically developing people compare more slowly and less accurately?Read the answer and worked solution →The magnitude representation hypothesis blames a core deficit in what?Read the answer and worked solution →The access deficit hypothesis says the child cannot map magnitude onto what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is true of diagnostic criteria for dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is mathematics called a cumulative subject?Read the answer and worked solution →Which condition most often occurs alongside dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →The semantic memory subtype involves poor retrieval from which store?Read the answer and worked solution →Geary found children with maths disabilities may rely on what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which weakness was found in children with dyscalculia on memory tasks?Read the answer and worked solution →Which classroom method has long been used to remediate basic number concepts?Read the answer and worked solution →What advantage do computer adaptive training programs offer?Read the answer and worked solution →Games like The Number Race improved which task in children?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Slovak researcher's 1974 work led to recognition of dyscalculia?Read the answer and worked solution →The Greek prefix dys- in dyscalculia means what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does mathematical anxiety interfere with?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale in 1972?Read the answer and worked solution →How does maths anxiety harm performance, by one account?Read the answer and worked solution →Which testing practice raises anxiety most for maths-anxious pupils?Read the answer and worked solution →What does maths avoidance lead to over time?Read the answer and worked solution →Maths anxiety is often linked with which other anxiety?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A child counts on fingers, struggles with mental sums and cannot read a clock face. Which difficulty fits?

  1. Colour blindness
  2. Dysgraphia
  3. Stammering
  4. Dyscalculia
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Correct answer: D. Dyscalculia

1. Trouble with mental calculation, time and finger counting are listed symptoms of dyscalculia. 2. Dysgraphia concerns handwriting and stammering concerns speech. 3. Colour blindness does not affect arithmetic. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, Signs and symptoms_

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Dyscalculia is mainly a difficulty in learning what?

  1. Spoken grammar rules
  2. Musical rhythm skills
  3. Handwriting speed only
  4. Arithmetic and numbers
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Correct answer: D. Arithmetic and numbers

1. Dyscalculia is a learning disorder affecting arithmetic and number understanding. 2. Grammar, handwriting and rhythm are different skills. 3. So the answer is arithmetic and numbers. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, Lead section_

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What does subitizing mean?

  1. Counting backwards by twos
  2. Memorising times tables
  3. Rounding to nearest ten
  4. Instantly seeing small counts
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Correct answer: D. Instantly seeing small counts

1. Subitizing is knowing, from a brief glance and without counting, how many objects are in a small group. 2. Skip counting, tables and rounding all need steps. 3. So it is instant recognition of quantity. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, Signs and symptoms_

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