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| minime23 |
Posted on December 30 2011 02:36 AM
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Hi,
I think I might suffer from dyscalculia and I think I got away with it for so long because I sat the back of my classes and just copied off the person next to me, except in exams I would get so bad but two years ago I moved schools and to a private school where the classes were smaller, my teacher then started helping me because I'd just sit in the class and I couldn't understand what I had to do with the numbers.
This teacher really helped me and so did this CD in which I started following a chronological order, this then resulted in me get a high grade in my GCSE.
I then went on to do maths A-level because I thought I suddenly grasped it all but from that first lesson onwards I was stuck. I couldn't answer simple questions, I still hadn't grasped anything that isn't the 2,3,5 and 10 timetables and above all I couldn't add or takeaway and pretty much divide.
I felt so stressed out I only got U's in all my tests, I then came across dyscalculia and was wondering whether I suffered from this on the basis I find it very hard even though my schooling was pretty good.
What can I do to find out whether I suffer from dyscalculia?
P.S any tips on how I can learn to add and subtract without using my fingers or a number line.
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on December 30 2011 03:26 AM
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welcome, minime23!
looks like you may in England or somewhere outside U.S.? Since I'm in U.S., I don't have much for you in terms of resources but we DO have folks from various countries on here who may be able to direct you more clearly. I just wanted to say hey
I'm in my 30's and was diagnosed with dyscalculia at my university after continually failing remedial math there. I still count on my fingers and have difficulty with spatial orientation, units of measurement, telling time, Left and Right and other things.
have to go to bed but welcome! Glad you found us and hope you stick around for others to greet you |
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| justfoundout |
Posted on January 02 2012 03:11 AM
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Hi minime,
So glad you've found us. No, number lines aren't something that I use for addition or subtraction. Good thing that I've still got all ten of my fingers. Here in the US, a psychologist gives us a test, usually the Wechsler, to identify and diagnose dyscalculia. The Wechsler is an IQ test. Another test that is sometimes used is the Woodcock Johnson. Most of us are very glad when we get the diagnosis, as it explains so many of the things that we've always had trouble with. Again, welcome. - jus' |
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| Ladyhawke |
Posted on January 02 2012 04:49 AM
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Hi Minime23!
Welcome to the forum. Sorry to read that you're feeling stressed. I'm sure many of us felt or feel the same way you do. Part of dealing with the stress is learning you have a disorder in the first place. You've definitely taken a good first step by learning about Dyscalculia and questioning whether you have it or not.
I hope you are able to get the help and/or diagnosis you seek. Good luck and keep us posted!
Ladyhawke
Algebra? When I learn decimals and fractions, you're welcome to try teaching me, but unless you have the patience of a saint and are very long-lived, good luck with that... |
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| heathermomster |
Posted on January 02 2012 07:23 PM
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I can't provide the info that you require to seek testing; however, I wanted to mention that I hope that you are able to find a tutor who has experience with multi-sensory teaching techniques and maths disorder.
The fact that you know your 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's times tables plus can use a number line to add and subtract is very encouraging. Number lines can be used to teach a mental math technique called "bridging". "Bridging" allows you to add with number lines and turns subtraction into addition with the benefit of eliminating borrows.
I'd like to recommend you review that math CD that you mentioned. The problem with maths disorder is that you require constant review to make information permanent in long term memory.
Sousa wrote a book titled "How the Brain Learns Math." This book explains learning math in an easily understood format. I use that book as a reference when working with my DS,
Happy New Year and I wish you success. Blessings, Heather
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| priscillarose |
Posted on January 08 2012 01:32 PM
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Hi Minime23, I am in the uk and had never heard of dyscalculia until a year ago. I am 33 and just thought I was a bit slow in maths and that I slipped through the net at school. It was embarrasing and I have hidden it for many years until I decided to tell my doctor about it and that I wanted to work but felt stupid when i couldnt do many tasks, not been able to work out time and money etc. He told me it sounds as if I have something called dycalculia!!! He is going to arrange a test.So maybe you could go to your doctor too?
good luck x |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on January 11 2012 02:54 PM
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welcome, minime23!
I was diagnosed with math LD in college after continually failing remedial college math. I was also tired of having such issues with analog clocks and so I read up on the possibility and self-referred to Disabled Student Services. I was born a couple of months premature and was in Special Ed as a kid for speech and language and in a "special" gym class spontaneously arranged during my 7th or 8th grade years, for kids who didn't "fit"/perform average or well in that class. It was held in a large utility room where they stored the weight equipment and mats etc. The teacher would come in and give us - about 6 -8 of us - our assignment and then go back out to the main floor where everybody else was. It was a mixed group of "outsiders" and "just-not-popular" kids - a very obese girl, someone who was electively mute etc . A couple of the kids who were in there were one of my many bullies on the "outside" and they themselves were also bullied. My mom found out about arrangement that and was she pissed.
So, I've always had trouble with sequence, spatial orientation, some motor skills <putting gloves on and learning to suck through a straw as a young child for example>, handwriting issues in elementary grades....didn't learn to tell time or count money til high school. Still have difficulty with those things and have never worn a watch. I was also allegedly born with missing inner ear bones.
Always in highest reading and writing groups, took AP English and Bio in high school and went to an arts specialty high school.
I still count on my fingers - and don't hide it. I take extra time in line and often get change wrong.
I tend to think in pictures and have difficulty with spoken or written multi-step directions...units of measurement mean nothing to me <feet, inches>. I don't know how to use a ruler.
But LD was never caught.
I graduated from my university with a double major in Spanish and Sociology and for a time was case manager working with people with cognitive disabilities and on the severe end of the autism spectrum.
Diagnosis really has the potential to hold the key to putting someone with LD on the same level starting point as their peers. I was tested free through my Vocational Rehab agency as my parent's dependent, and also based on family income. |
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on January 11 2012 02:55 PM
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hey again - mini I suppose I actually double-posted in a sense - I copied and pasted a longer welcome to you before realizing I'd already greeted you, so I guess now you have initial "hello" and now the "un-abridged" version of me...oops.... |
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