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[quote=Anonymous]This is dyslexic PP here - there are two things that I have noticed about math and dyslexia that are challenging, and so you might just check and see if these things are tough for your daughter: working memory and attaching meaning to symbols. Working memory is the ability to hold info in your head and manipulate it - to do math operations without dots or counters or whatever you need to be able to hold the numbers in your head and remember them while you manipulate them. The other, attaching meaning to symbols, is the ability to look at, say, 13, and know it is the same as that pile of 13 beans. Just the way dyslexics have trouble connecting the sound "ah" with the letter A, we have trouble remembering what pile of beans goes with which number - what the number MEANS. Add working memory problems - which makes memorizing math facts agony - to problems with associating meaning to symbols, and early math is torture. However, since dyslexics are fantastic with concepts and making connections and meaning out of ideas, higher level math, statistics, and science are all rewarding...if she can slog her way though lower level math. Good luck! Sorry for the long post.[/quote]

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