Table of Contents

List of illustrations

1. Introduction: Mathematics Learning Difficulties and dyscalculia
2. Factors that affect learning
3. What the curriculum asks pupils to do and where difficulties may occur
4. Cognitive style in mathematics
5. Developmental perspectives. A pragmatic approach
6. The vocabulary and language of mathematics
7. Anxiety, attributions and communication
8. The inconsistencies of mathematics
9. Manipulatives, materials and visual images: multisensory learning
10. The nasties. Long division and fractions

Appendix 1 Further reading

Appendix 2 Checklists

Appendix 3 Resources

References and notes Index