The quadratic equation may have ___1___ horror in many of us. But for some 5 to 7 percent of the population even basic math—like the concept of the numbers 5 and 7—causes ___2___. You may never have heard of the disorder called dyscalculia, yet it’s as common as dyslexia, according to research in the journal Science.

Dyscalculia means “___3___” which is ironic since those who suffer from it need to count often. Here’s what I mean: They can only tell that a playing card is a number eight by counting the number of objects on the card. If asked to count down from 10 they count up from 1 to 10, then 1 to 9, then 1 to 8, etcetera. ___4___. Estimates are hard, too. Asked the height of a room, they might guess 200 feet.

According to researchers dyscalculia is inherited, and specific abnormalities in the brain might be a cause. Despite their challenge, many become ___5___ at geometry, stats and computer programming. With the right teaching—that focuses for example on using beads to improve the processing of numbers—they can count themselves among the math literate.
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恐怕有很多人都對(duì)二次方程望而生畏吧...可是你知道么,世界上有5%-7%的人面對(duì)最基本的算術(shù)也會(huì)緊張焦慮。你可能沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)計(jì)算失能癥這吧,據(jù)《科學(xué)》雜志上的相關(guān)研究所說(shuō),其實(shí)它閱讀障礙癥一樣普遍。 計(jì)算失能即不會(huì)數(shù)數(shù),很悲劇的是,患有計(jì)算失能癥的人卻無(wú)法逃離反復(fù)數(shù)數(shù)的命運(yùn)。因?yàn)樗麄冎荒芡ㄟ^(guò)數(shù)牌面上有幾個(gè)標(biāo)記來(lái)判斷這張牌代表數(shù)字幾。假如要他們從10開(kāi)始倒數(shù),他們先要從1數(shù)到10,再?gòu)?數(shù)到9,再?gòu)?數(shù)到8……要他們付錢簡(jiǎn)直就是要他們的命。此外,估算對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)也是難事一件。要問(wèn)他們一間房有多高,他們估算出來(lái)會(huì)有200英尺那么高。 研究人員表示,計(jì)算失能是遺傳病,大腦某處異常很可能是計(jì)算失能的誘因。盡管數(shù)數(shù)有障礙,但他們卻能在幾何學(xué)、統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)、計(jì)算機(jī)編程領(lǐng)域有很大造詣。在正確的教學(xué)方法引導(dǎo)下(比如用彈珠來(lái)強(qiáng)化數(shù)數(shù)能力等),他們也能夠讀出數(shù)字來(lái)。