Stable measures of number sense accuracy in math learning disability: Is it time to proceed from basic science to clinical application?

• Published in: PsyCh journal Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 218 - 225
• Main Authors: Júlio-Costa, Annelise, Starling-Alves, Isabella, Lopes-Silva, Júlia Beatriz, Wood, Guilherme, Haase, Vitor Geraldi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Accuracy; Achievement; Algebra; Anxiety; Child; Childrens mathematics puzzles; Cognition Disorders; developmental dyscalculia; Dyscalculia - diagnosis; Female; Humans; Learning disabilities; Learning Disorders - psychology; Male; mathematical learning disabilities; Mathematics - education; Memory, Short-Term; Neuropsychological Tests; number sense; Phonetics; single-case study; Teaching methods; Weber fraction; single-case study; developmental dyscalculia; number sense; mathematical learning disabilities; Weber fraction

Math learning disability (MLD) or developmental dyscalculia is a highly prevalent and persistent difficulty in learning arithmetic that may be explained by different cognitive mechanisms. The accuracy of the number sense has been implicated by some evidence as a core deficit in MLD. However, researc...