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Re: ...I should've added... » alexandra_k

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 4, 2005, at 0:40:37

In reply to Re: ...I should've added..., posted by alexandra_k on December 3, 2005, at 22:21:09

> ew.
> and i was contemplating enrolling in stats 101 over summer school to try and get over my phobia of numbers...

And, perhaps to get a grounding in population study, and the individual. Very useful.

> letters are okay...
>
> but numbers are funny.
>
> is number dyslexia a disorder - anyone?

Dyscalculia. Hundreds of thousands of hits on Google. Lots of stuff about how to manage/cope.

> i'm serious...

So am I.

> i think i have issues reading and transcribing numbers...
>
> 3's become 8's
> and 6's become 5's etc
> even when it's typed
> and so i put them into my calculator all wrong
> :-(
> and get a novel answer everytime i do an equation :-(

Ya, that's what would happen. And that's an example I could have seen, straight from the first website I looked at. "Students with dyscalculia have a very difficult time visualizing numbers and often mentally mix up the numbers, resulting in what appear to be 'stupid mistakes.'"

When you're less busy, we can talk about it, if you'd like.

Lar

 

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