Dyscalculia- prerequisite skills for mathematics
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Frequently Asked Questions —
Date posted:
March 9th, 2012
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What are the prerequisite skills for mathematics?
Students need to have the ability to:
- relate size to quantity eg learning that 5 is greater than 3
- understand more or less, and relate this to the symbol < >
- know that 2 different size shapes can weigh the same (concrete by 6yrs and abstract by 10 yrs)
- see that two lines are the same length, curved or straight ( 7 yrs)
- understand differences in shapes/ size of the container of a given amount of liquid does not alter the amount within it (9yrs)
