Dificuldades de aprendizagem: um estudo sobre a discalculia

Abstract

At first, this monograph points that the learning disability influences the process of teaching and learning in school and therefore aims to elucidate, through references, which is Dyscalculia and its relation to the performance of students. For this, it is necessary to distinguish the terms School Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, and Learning disorders from the origin of these problems and experts in each context. This work also examines the academic skills of the students with Dyscalculia and what the position of their teacher about it. Besides other issues discussed throughout the text relate to teacher education, laws and guidelines for special education, and how technology can help not only in the identification of students with difficulties, but also as an alternative methodology in the classroom. This research points the need of discussing this issue within schools and in the training courses for teachers, since they are the first professionals to have contact with students' learning. Furthermore, this study suggests the need of reviewing the laws that support teacher, student and school about learning disorders, but mainly to improve the researches related to methodological options for teachers in relation to students with Dyscalculia.