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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I hear what you are saying about Math and how if that is not his thing, then he should not hope to study engineering. The tricky part of this is that he has an incredible visual-spatial ability, strong understanding of systems, and loves learning about how things work. He has been doing robotics and coding since 2nd grade and excelled. And he has always been one of those 'builder' kids who just adores taking stuff apart and then putting it back together.

Engineering is his only interest honestly. Sigh.

The reason Math has not been his thing so far is that he has poor working memory and lower-level math seems to tax his dyslexia pretty highly. It requires a lot of rote recall of math facts. And it also requires things to be done in a specific order. There is no visual component and limited creative problem solving. I was hoping this would get better as he got to higher-level math which seems more creative and spatial. DS scores very high on fluid reasoning, visual spatial index, and verbal intelligence. He has poor working memory and processing speed. Could his math struggles possibly get better as he gets older allowing him to achieve his engineering dream? [/quote]

Possibly. It’s worth trying. Higher level math and physics are more abstract. Maybe that will work to his advantage. For lower level math, he should build in a ton a practice and consider getting him a tutor. Encourage him to be flexible and see how it goes [/quote]

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