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RESEARCH PAPER
Exploring Teachers’ Knowledge and Students’ Status about Dyscalculia at Basic Level Students in Nepal
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Tribhuvan University, Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus, Ilam, NEPAL
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Nepal Open University (NOU), Lalitpur, NEPAL
Publication date: 2020-10-21
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2020;16(12):em1906
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Dyscalculia refers to a specific and lifelong difficulty in learning mathematics. Dyscalculia has been
observed among students from even basic levels of mathematical studies, and its effects
regarding mathematical learning are serious. This study explores teacher knowledge and student
status of dyscalculia at a basic level schools in Nepal. It was constructed by using the descriptive
survey design. The study consists of 150 basic level school teachers and 500 students from Ilam
Municipality, Ilam by using simple random sampling. To explore the teachers’ knowledge about
dyscalculia a mathematics learning difficulty test questionnaire has been used. Similarly, the status
of dyscalculic students was measured by a dyscalculia screening test. The teachers were found to
have inadequate knowledge regarding dyscalculia. The association between the teachers’
knowledge and the demographic variables of gender, school type, and educational qualifications
on dyscalculia were not found significant, except teaching experience. Consequently, the study
revealed 6.8 percent of students were dyscalculic. Therefore, the concerned authority is
recommended to improve teacher knowledge regarding dyscalculia for the proper identification,
guidance, and intervention of the dyscalculic learner.
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