What exercises help with dyscalculia?
There are a variety of offers for dyscalculia exercises on the market. They are based on various learning systems, such as flashcards, boxes and software. Let the specialists in charge advise you on the selection of suitable dyscalculia exercises!
Structure of the exercises
Once mastered, arithmetic operations are usually permanently understood, but repetition is nevertheless an integral part of an exercise concept.
In the context of dyscalculia exercises, individual arithmetic steps are verbalized again and again. If the affected person has no difficulty describing the arithmetic process verbally, he or she has understood it. Mnemonic devices are not recommended as a rule, since they do not solve difficulties but skip them.
Contents of the exercises
One important exercise, for example, is positioning a number on the number line. With this exercise, the person concerned should get a feeling for the number space. He also learns operational strategies for dealing with mathematical challenges.
Evaluation of the exercises
Complementary software programs
It is often helpful for those affected to use appropriate learning software programs in addition to the exercises from therapy. They offer children in particular a playful approach to learning. However, the use of learning software and computer-assisted learning programs in no way replaces professional therapy.
A selection of programs based on the findings of medical guidelines and scientifically tested can be found, for example, on the website of the BundesverbandLegasthenie und Dyskalkulie e.V. (German Association for Dyslexia and Dyscalculia).
Is prevention through exercises possible?
What are the goals of the dyscalculia exercises?
The supervisor discusses the goals of the dyscalculia exercises in detail and defines them together with the person concerned. This is very important, especially for children, to give them a clear and realistic perspective. The choice of exercise material is made in close consultation with all the helpers involved. The dyscalculia exercises specifically promote those sub-areas in which the affected person shows weaknesses.
The goal of dyscalculia practice with a child is for him or her to catch up with math instruction in his or her class and acquire the level of mathematical understanding needed for everyday life.
For adults, it is sometimes the case that they have developed tactics over the years to avoid certain math problems. They must now confront these strategies. The exercises help to break up patterns that have been learned incorrectly and to learn arithmetic steps anew and correctly.
