Kanak-Kanak Bermasalah Pembelajaran (Learning Disablity)

PENGENALAN

Kanak-kanak bermasalah pembelajaran adalah mereka yang mempunyai masalah neurologikal hingga menjejaskan pemahaman, penggunaan bahasa, pertuturan, penulisan, berfikir, membaca, menulis, mengeja dan bermatematik.


 
DEFINISI

Kanak-kanak bermasalah pembelajaran merujuk kepada kanak-kanak yang mengalami halangan psikologikal atau neurologikal terhadap gerak balas bahasa, samada tulisan, perpsepsi kognitif atau aktiviti psikomotor. (sumber diolah daripada Buku Perkembangan Kanak-Kanak yang ditulis oleh Mok Soon Sang)

TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES (LEARNING OUTCOMES 3)

DYSCALCULIA

Although dyscalculia may be difficult to diagnose, there are strategies that teachers and parents should know about to aid students in learning mathematics.

Dysgraphia

What is Dysgraphia?


By: National Center for Learning Disabilities (2006)



Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects writing abilities. It can manifest itself as difficulties with spelling, poor handwriting and trouble putting thoughts on paper. Because writing requires a complex set of motor and information processing skills, saying a student has dysgraphia is not sufficient. A student with disorders in written expression will benefit from specific accommodations in the learning environment, as well as additional practice learning the skills required to be an accomplished writer.

LETTER TO MY MATH TEACHER

Dear Math Professor:

(1.) On tests, please allow me scrap paper with lines and ample room for uncluttered figuring.

(2.) I need instant answers and a chance to do the problem over once if I get it wrong the first time. Often my mistakes are the result of "seeing" the problem wrong. To AVOID this, you would have to watch as I went through each problem and correct any mistakes in recording as they happened.


(3.) Problems written too closely together on the page cause me mental confusion and distress.

(4.) Please make the test problems pure, testing only the required skills. They must be free of large numbers and unnecessary distracting calculations. These side-track me into a frenzy!

(5.) Please allow me more than the standard time to complete problems and please check to see that I am free of panic (tears in my eyes, mind frozen).

(6.) If possible, please allow me to take the exam on a one-to-one basis in your presence.