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Dyscalculia and working memory deficits in Moroccan children

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: Dyscalculia, a specific learning disorder, impairs number comprehension and arithmetic skills and is often associated with working memory deficits.
Salahddine Zerouali, Hamid Kaddouri, Abdelouahed El-kamia, Smail Alaoui   +3 more
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Improving Procedure Completion and Engagement of Neurodivergent Patients in Medical Imaging: A Systematic Review

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Neurodivergent patients face barriers in accessing and engaging with medical imaging services. This systematic review aims to identify strategies in the literature to improve imaging procedure completion among neurodivergent patients. ABSTRACT Introduction Neurodivergent conditions such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ...
Rheann Wickramasinghe, Glenda McLean
wiley   +1 more source

‘I used to walk around the playground wondering where all my friends had gone’: The reflections of how adults with developmental prosopagnosia made friends in childhood

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Current research into developmental prosopagnosia (DP) estimates a high prevalence rate in the general population, but there exist many gaps in the research. More needs to be learned about the lived experience of those with DP and how to identify it in children. Using reflexive thematic analysis, this study explored the lived experience of how
Alison Shorer
wiley   +1 more source

The Added Value of Eye-tracking in Diagnosing Dyscalculia: A Case Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
The present study compared eye movements and performance of a nine-year-old girl with Developmental Dyscalculia (DD) on a series of number line tasks to those of a group of typically developing (TD) children (n = 10), in order to answer the question ...
Sietske eVan Viersen, Esther M. Slot, Evelyn H. Kroesbergen, Jaccoline E Van 't Noordende, Paul P.M. Leseman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

State-of-Science review: learning difficulties: SR-D4: Dyscalculia [PDF]

, 2008
Low numeracy skills in general and developmental dyscalculia (DD) in particular constitute a severe handicap. This review examines the causes and behavioural manifestations of numeracy deficits, their neuropsychological correlates and the limits to our
Butterworth, B.
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Clock reading: an underestimated topic in children with mathematics difficulties [PDF]

, 2011
Recent studies have shown that children with mathematics difficulties (MD) have weaknesses in multiple areas of mathematics. Andersson (2008), for example, recently found that children with MD perform significantly worse than other children on clock ...
Burny, Elise, Desoete, Annemie, Valcke, Martin   +2 more
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Beyond performance: Emotions before and after semi‐high‐stakes mathematics testing among school‐aged students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Previous research has shown that testing differs significantly from other classroom activities and is associated with heightened negative emotions and lower levels of positive emotions. However, relatively little is known about students' emotions surrounding testing, particularly in higher‐stakes assessment settings. Aims This study
Reetta Kyynäräinen, Santeri Holopainen, Jari Metsämuuronen, Umar Bin Qushem, Mikko‐Jussi Laakso, Katarina Alanko   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematics anxiety: Effects of age, gender and culture

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Many studies have indicated that mathematics anxiety is a significant problem for many people and is an important topic for research. Mathematics anxiety is multidimensional. In particular, it is important to distinguish between worry and emotionality components, and between trait and state anxiety.
Ann Dowker
wiley   +1 more source

Neurodivergence and well‐being: The fulfilment of fundamental psychological needs, work‐related stress and life satisfaction

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents two complementary studies on the impact of neurodivergent conditions such as autism, AD(H)D, dyslexia/dyscalculia and giftedness on well‐being. In Study 1, survey data from 2157 participants in a true probabilistic sample of Dutch households show that respondents with autism and ADHD report significantly lower life ...
Jan van Rijswijk, Petru Lucian Curșeu
wiley   +1 more source

DISCALCULIA E APRENDIZAGEM: UM OLHAR PSICOPEDAGÓGICO

Conhecimento Online, 2018
A discalculia é um transtorno específico da aprendizagem, causado por uma desordem orgânica e afeta principalmente a habilidade em matemática. Cerca de 3% a 6% das crianças em idade escolar tem discalculia do desenvolvimento, mas muitas vezes a disfunção
Ângela Aline Hack Schlindwein Avila, Fernanda Gabriela Schmidt, Monique Wingert, Delci Heinle Klein   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source