What are typical challenges students with math-related learning disabilities face?

Some common challenges faced by learners with Dyscalculia, a learning disability that affects performance in mathematics include:

• Mistakes such as number additions, substitutions, transpositions, omissions, and reversals in writing, reading, and recalling numbers.
• Difficulty with abstract concepts of time and direction.
• Inability to recall schedules and sequences of past or future events.
• Being chronically early or late.
• Inconsistent results in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Inability to visualize; appearing absentminded or lost in thought.
• Difficulty remembering math facts, concepts, rules, formulas, sequences, and procedures.
• Inconsistent mastery of math facts.
• Difficulty with left and right orientation.
• Difficulty following sequential procedures and directions in math steps.
• Slowness in understanding math concepts in word problems.
• Confusing operations signs or performing them in wrong order.
• Difficulty keeping score during games.
• Limited strategic planning ability.

This list is adapted from Dyscalculia.org.

For more information on Dyscalculia, consult Accommodating Math Students with Learning Disabilities.