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Dyscalculia: Could struggling with mathematics point to a learning difficulty?
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A possible sign of dyscalculia is difficulty in learning basic operations in mathematics, such as addition and subtraction.
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- After Mr Jason Wang’s daughter struggled with maths, she was diagnosed with dyscalculia, a learning difficulty affecting number understanding, similar to dyslexia.
- Dyscalculia, affecting 3 to 7 per cent of people, is often missed, with symptoms including poor number sense and difficulty with basic operations.
- Early assessment is crucial to provide support, prevent mislabelling, and implement strategies to address learning and emotional needs.
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SINGAPORE – When Mr Jason Wang’s daughter failed all her tests in Primary 3, he was worried and got her tuition for all the subjects.
When her grades did not improve by the end of that year, Mr Wang, 48, who is head of Asia-Pacific in a fintech company, started to help her in mathematics and noticed that she was not able to grasp the basic patterns of numbers.
