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Embracing Mathematics: 50 Reasons Why Math Matters

Why do we learn math? It turns out math isn't just for the classroom – it’s part of everyday life. In fact, we use math more often than we might realize, from simple daily chores to cutting-edge innovations.

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Jun 16, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Dyscalculia and Visual Memory: A Hidden Link in Learning Struggles

Numbers might be visible on the page, but for some children, they don’t stick—the shapes, meanings, and relationships between them fade as quickly as they appear. Welcome to the complex world of dyscalculia, a learning difficulty that affects a child's ability to understand numbers and math—and where visual memory often plays a far bigger role than people realize.

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Jun 14, 2025Sue du Plessis
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20 Facts About Dyscalculia

Whether you are a parent, teacher, or just curious, these 20 facts about dyscalculia offer insight into the condition — and why greater awareness is long overdue.

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Jun 2, 2025Sue du Plessis
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PANDAS, Visual-Spatial Disorder, and Dyscalculia: How They Overlap; How to Help

Among the cognitive consequences of PANDAS are difficulties in math and spatial reasoning, areas also impacted by dyscalculia and visual-spatial processing disorders. Understanding how these conditions intersect is essential for timely intervention.

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May 28, 2025Sue du Plessis
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🎯 Subitizing: A Core Deficit of Dyscalculia

Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize how many items are in a small set without counting — usually up to 6 or 7 items.

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May 1, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Understanding Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability affecting a person’s ability to understand numbers and perform mathematical operations.

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Apr 21, 2025Sue du Plessis
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Math Anxiety in Children with Dyscalculia

For many children with dyscalculia, their math problems can lead to ingrained anxiety and a fear of numbers that persist well into adulthood.

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Mar 19, 2025Chloe Kater
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11 Dyscalculia Success Stories of Children and Students

Most dyscalculia success stories in the press are of famous people who have been successful despite dyscalculia. Our students aren’t renowned. They are ordinary people who overcame or are in the process of overcoming dyscalculia symptoms and math learning disabilities.

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Nov 22, 2024The Edublox Team
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Math Learning Disabilities: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

The effects of math failure during the years of schooling, as well as math illiteracy in adult life, can seriously handicap both daily living and vocational prospects. It may slam the door on a student’s occupational dreams and undermine their aspirations to be president, doctor, or engineer.

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Aug 6, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Dyscalculia: What It Is, How to Help

Dyscalculia refers to a wide range of persistent and extreme difficulties in math. Learn what the disorder entails, the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, testing, treatment, and prognosis.

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Jul 19, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Math Struggles in Singapore: Impact on Kids and Families

For several decades, the Singapore Education System has been renowned for its unique, high-performing, and novel approach to mathematics learning. In this article, we will look deeper into Singapore Math and explore its effect on struggling children.

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Jul 4, 2024Sue du Plessis
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17 Ways to Help Your Child Get Better at Math

As a parent, one of your most important responsibilities is to support your child's math abilities. Help your child get better at math with these 17 tips.

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Jun 26, 2024Caitlin Jacobs