Math_Disability

Math Disability There seem to be many problems within the American educational system today. Most of the problems refer back to the differences in the students that undergo the education system. Some of these students are handicapped, some are not motivated either at home or by themselves, and some have learning disabilities. The world of learning disabilities is large and seems to receive the least amount of attention. Learning disabilities are apparent in some children while in others they remain hidden. One example of a learning disability exists in children that speak languages different from English, which is spoken the most in schools today. Children that speak different languages seem to have the most trouble in math because their memory works differently, their organizational skills are different and they lack the symbolic understanding that English speaking children possess. Psychologists have also found that there is a link to children with language disabilities, their mathematical skills, and their reading skills. This is especially seen in word problems. “When solving story problems, children must understand complex language and solve problems presented in meaningful contexts.” (Jordan p. 569) The most apparent problem found amongst children that are children, problems, memory, problem, grauberg, language, learning, skills, very, understanding, seem, numbers, symbolic, information, because, while, teachers, one, number, disabilities, organization, lack, students, recall, organizational, found, child, word, understand, symbols, mathematical, main, long-term, difficulties, different