Problemi speciali
La discalculia evolutiva o disturbo specifico del calcolo
DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA OR SPECIFIC CALCULATION DISORDER: DEFINITION, CHARACTERISTICS AND DIAGNOSIS
Daniela Lucangeli, Sara Caviola
Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e dei Processi di Socializzazione, Università di Padova
Aprile 2011 - pagg. 229 -235
Abstract
It is evident how our everyday life is permeated by numbers; we continuously use numbers:
in the morning when the alarm clock rings, to fix our appointments or when we check the
change after shopping. Then, why mathematics is so difficult? Through the analysis of the
development processes, scientific research helps us understand why children have so
many problems in learning mathematics. The present work describes the most recent researches
on the development of the numerical intelligence and calculation ability. The
reasons that led to the Consensus Conference (2009) to identify possible cognitive profiles
in the developmental dyscalculia are also described.
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Corrispondenza: daniela.lucangeli@unipd.it