Information processing or metacognition can be confusing because children that have this type of learning disability have trouble relating information that they previously learned and relating it to new information (Friend, 2011). Other academic characteristics include reading, oral language, written language, and mathematics. Reading difficulties include fluency, comprehension, phonological awareness, and dyslexia (Friend, 2011). Oral language difficulty may be caused by not using the correct sounds for words, beginnings and endings of words, rules of grammar and spelling, and interactions with others may be difficult (Friend, 2011). Writing may pose as a challenge because the student may have a hard time completing thoughts or organizing thoughts in a sequential arrangement (Friend, 2011). They may also not know when to use capital and lower case letters when writing (Friend, 2011). Finally, students my struggle in math or dyscalculia. This type of learning disability leads to difficulty with basic math facts or computational skills, principles of estimation, mental calculations, fractions, decimals, geometry, problem solving, measurement, and words problems (Friend,
Information processing or metacognition can be confusing because children that have this type of learning disability have trouble relating information that they previously learned and relating it to new information (Friend, 2011). Other academic characteristics include reading, oral language, written language, and mathematics. Reading difficulties include fluency, comprehension, phonological awareness, and dyslexia (Friend, 2011). Oral language difficulty may be caused by not using the correct sounds for words, beginnings and endings of words, rules of grammar and spelling, and interactions with others may be difficult (Friend, 2011). Writing may pose as a challenge because the student may have a hard time completing thoughts or organizing thoughts in a sequential arrangement (Friend, 2011). They may also not know when to use capital and lower case letters when writing (Friend, 2011). Finally, students my struggle in math or dyscalculia. This type of learning disability leads to difficulty with basic math facts or computational skills, principles of estimation, mental calculations, fractions, decimals, geometry, problem solving, measurement, and words problems (Friend,