AN ANALYSIS OF DYSCALCULIA IN RELATION TO ANXIETY, ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

The present study intends to find out the students who are having learning difficulties in Mathematics especially dyscalculia students, attitude toward Mathematics, anxiety towards Mathematics and Mathematics performance. Here the treatment was planned to give for dyscalculia students studying sixth standard. The students with symptoms of dyscalculia were identified through a diagnostic test conducted by the researcher. Based on the test scores, they were categorized as students with symptoms of dyscalculia in Mathematics. The experimental design includes one group pre-test and post-test design. The findings show that there is no significant difference between boys and girls,  English medium and Tamil medium  students with dyscalculia in the pre-test scores in Mathematics performance, pre-attitude and pre-anxiety scores in Mathematics. The present research indicates that motivating children by acknowledging and praising them, as well as using techniques that help them to overcome their math anxieties are proven to be effective in supporting those students.

Key Words: Dyscalculia, Learning difficulties, Mathematics, experimental study.