dyscalculia

[dis-kal-kyoo-lee-uh]

noun

1. a learning disability that impacts a person's ability to understand, process, and utilize numerical information and mathematical concepts.

dyscalculia

/ ˌdɪskælˈkjuːlɪə /

noun

1. severe difficulty in making simple mathematical calculations, due to cerebral disease or injury

Word History and Origins

Origin of dyscalculia¹

First recorded in 1950–55; dys- + calcul(ate) + -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of dyscalculia¹

C20: from _dys- + Latin calculare to calculate

Example Sentences

Despite that, less than 0.5% of people with dyscalculia are recognised in schools.

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Without more widespread knowledge of and support for dyscalculia, many parents have had to look for specialists and tutors on their own, which they say can be particularly challenging and costly.

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Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of students face challenges learning math due to disabilities like dyscalculia, a neurodevelopmental learning disorder caused by differences in parts of the brain that are involved with numbers and calculations.

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Margie Howells, an elementary math teacher in Wheeling, W.Va., first went researching best practices because there weren’t as many resources for dyscalculia, a math learning disability, as there were for dyslexia.

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While dyscalculia was an issue for many, having confidence with numbers was a wider issue that affected about a third of the population, said Mr Milner.

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