5. Break Up Tasks
If you ever struggled at math in school, then you understand the issue of overwhelm caused by misunderstanding a concept or problem. However, students with dyscalculia experience severe frustration and confusion when they cannot break through and grasp the issue at hand.
As a result of this misunderstanding, the student may decide to give up on their studies, resulting in a decline in their participation in class. One of the most effective strategies for dealing with this issue is to break up the problem into smaller chunks that allow the student to digest each component of the problem, helping them to overcome the challenge.
Separating a math problem into its components, and then working through them one-by-one in a systemic manner, may help to improve the student’s level of understanding. By using this approach, teachers do not overload the student with data that they cannot process, helping them to see connections between the elements involved in problem-solving strategies.