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Butterworth argued digital games should let learners do what with quantities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Slovak researcher's work led to recognition of dyscalculia in 1974?Read the answer and worked solution →The word dyscalculia roughly means what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Butterworth argued digital games should let learners do what with quantities?

  1. Only watch them
  2. Manipulate them
  3. Memorise them
  4. Ignore them
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Correct answer: B. Manipulate them

1. Butterworth criticised games that simply give the right answer. 2. He favoured games like The Number Bonds, where learners manipulate rods. 3. Watching, memorising or ignoring gives no active manipulation. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, Treatment_

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Which Slovak researcher's work led to recognition of dyscalculia in 1974?

  1. Ladislav Košč
  2. Stanislas Dehaene
  3. Jean Piaget
  4. Lev Vygotsky
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Correct answer: A. Ladislav Košč

1. Dyscalculia was not fully recognised until 1974. 2. Slovak researcher Ladislav Košč did the work and called it a structural disorder of mathematical abilities. 3. Dehaene, Piaget and Vygotsky are not the Slovak researcher. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, History_

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The word dyscalculia roughly means what?

  1. Counting twice
  2. Counting badly
  3. Adding slowly
  4. Number fear
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Correct answer: B. Counting badly

1. Dys- is a Greek prefix meaning badly. 2. Calculia comes from the Latin calculare, to count. 3. Together the word means counting badly. _Source: Wikipedia, Dyscalculia, Etymology_

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