DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA AND DYSCALCULIA IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BY ABUBAKAR SALIHU MADA KADUNA POLYTECHNIC‚ KADUNA Abstract: Dyslexia is a learning disability that manifest itself as a difficulty with the visual notation of speech or written language‚ particularly with reading‚ while dyscalculia is a learning difficulty in which a person has unusual difficulty in solving mathematical problems and grasping mathematical concepts‚ memory of
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are very different problems. There are many definitions of dyslexia. The International Dyslexia Association states that; “dyslexia is a neurologically based‚ often familial‚ disorder which interferes with the acquisition and processing of language” .[2] British Dyslexics say simply “individuals….struggle to learn through the medium of written or spoken language” ‚[3] but have a list of definitions from other sources which include “dyslexia is the ability to see multidimensionally‚ all at once‚ or
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post centers on possible causes of learning disabilities‚ specifically that of dyslexia. Common symptoms of dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). Physical differences
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essay will address Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) with particular focus on Dyslexia. Dyslexia is one of the more widely recognised of Spld’s and has been defined as a difficulty with written language skills and phonological processing even in the presence of adequate learning opportunities and IQ. This essay aims to highlight the influence that developmental psychology has had on our understanding of Dyslexia and how this has translated practically in our treatment of it. As well as the course
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principal that ×Ishaan needed time to learn because he has dyslexia. He gives him his time‚ patience‚ care and he ultimately helps ×Ishaan find himself. As time goes by‚ ×Ishaan had a great improvement and he even won in the painting contest. In that time‚ at the end of the school‚ his parent went there and has a great evaluation about their child. Reflection/ reaction We all have individual differences‚ as well as ×Ishaan in the movie that has dyslexia. He is a person that just cannot seem to get anything
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Interestingly‚ some researchers compare the abilities of developmental phonological dyslexics and developmental surface dyslexics. For example‚ Hanley and Gard (1995) conducted various tests and found that Mandy and Gregory scored significantly low on reading and spelling tasks. Gregory was found to score lower than Mandy on nonword reading tests and phoneme counting tasks. Thus‚ both the patients were suffering from different types of reading and spelling deficits. These results indicate that Gregory
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Learning Difficulties and it is these SPLD’s that are common in most mainstream schools i.e. dyslexia‚ dyscalculia‚ and dyspraxia. Most commonly these are difficulties with reading‚
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the classroom each week and policy news and information on the Department of Education resources. Most publications require payment so I don’t understand what you get for the money you pay. Part 2: Dyslexia Basics URL: http://www.ldonline.org/article/Dyslexia_Basics Summary: Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects many language skills especially in reading. No causes of the disability have been found but dyslexics can learn
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The article is called “On Being 17‚ Bright‚ and Unable to Read” by David Raymond. An editorial article publication by Bedford/ St. Martin’s in March 2009. This author tells his dyslexia experience how he felt through high school and tells people take easy to people who had dyslexia. One time‚ a substitute picked Raymond to read aloud from the textbook front of the classmate‚ but he told that he don’t want to read the book. The teacher getting mad because she think that he was acting smart so teacher
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Advanced Spelling and Grammar Correction Method 1888PressRelease - The Ghotit 2-step correction process for people with dyslexia who want to increase their typing speed while still producing error-free text. It’s known that the best text correction for people with dyslexia is done by human proofreading. However‚ if we adopt this approach‚ those with dyslexia will never gain their writing independence. There are three major assistive technologies that enable writing independence: 1.
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