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Dyslexia and Maths/Numeracy

An overview of the nature of dyslexia can be found by clicking on the ‘dyslexia’ link on this site.

Literacy and numeracy skills are, quite rightly, given equal ‘weighting’ as essential skills. Although there is now, generally, a greater understanding of the impact of dyslexia on the acquisition of literacy skills, it is often not recognised that dyslexia can impact on maths learning. Some research suggests that 60% of those with dyslexia will experience difficulty, to varying degrees, with maths.

Dyslexia can affect maths learning in many aspects of maths including:

Mental arithmetic

Remembering times tables/formulae

Forgetting or 'getting lost' in complex or lenghy explanations of concepts

Remembering mathematical language/terminology

Reading -terminology and worded problems

Place value and ordering numbers

Reading graphs/diagrams/timetables

Constructing graphs/diagrams/tables

Transposing numbers or 'mixing up' symbols

Getting lost in sequences of operations

Dyslexia can affect everyday numeracy and can cause difficulty in the following areas:

Money/change

Weighing (e.g.in cooking)

Estimating (e.g. distance)

Measuring

Time

Basic calculations

Home finances/budgeting

Contacts

NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics)

www.ncetm.org.uk