Math Disorders Flashcards
What term is used to describe a basic understanding of more than and less than, as well as a rudimentary understanding of specific ordinal relationships? a. dyscalculia b. acalculia c. subitizing d. ordinality
Answer: Ordinality
What term is used to describe the ability to determine the quantity of small sets of items without counting? a. dyscalculia b. acalculia c. subitizing d. ordinality
Answer: -Subitizing
All of the following are examples of how working memory and the visual-spatial sketchpad work with math skills except one, which one? a. retrieval of math facts b. mental math c. magnitude comparisons d. geometric proofs
Answer: -Retrieval of MAth Facts
In this subtype of dyscalculia children have slow computational processing speed and they make frequent calculation errors. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: -Procedural Dyscalculia
This subtype of dyscalculia is characterized by poor number-symbol association and math fact automaticity. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: -Semantic Dyscalculia
A child with this subtype of dyscalculia would have difficulty with aligning a column of numbers. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: visual-spatial dyscalculia
The visual-spatial subtype of dyscalculia is often associated with this disorder. a. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder b. autism c. nonverbal learning disabilities d. seizure disorders
Answer: -NVLD
This subtype of dyscalculia is characterized by the inability to use language-based procedures to assist in arithmetic fact retrieval skills. a. semantic dyscalculia b. procedural dyscalculia c. verbal dyscalculia d. visual-spatial dyscalculia
Answer: -Verbal Dyscalculia
Using fMRI, verbal dyscalculia has been localized in what part of the brain? a. left angular gyrus b. horizontal intra-parietal sulcus c. posterior superior parietal lobe d. bilateral occipital-temporal regions
Answer: Left Angular Gyrus
This part of the brain is hypothesized to contain a non-verbal representation of numerical quantity, analogous to a spatial map or “number line” a. left angular gyrus b. horizontal intra-parietal sulcus c. posterior superior parietal lobe d. bilateral occitipal-temporal regions
Answer: horizontal intra-parietal sulcus
