Dyscalculia – Definition, Clinical Features, and Educational Intervention
This course provided participants with a structured and comprehensive understanding of dyscalculia as a specific learning difficulty affecting mathematics learning. The course emphasized that dyscalculia is independent of intelligence and is characterized by persistent difficulties in numerical understanding, mathematical concepts, and calculation processes.
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Participants explored the definition and nature of dyscalculia, its prevalence, and its continuation across educational stages. The course highlighted the academic and emotional impact of dyscalculia on learners, emphasizing the importance of recognizing its multidimensional characteristics, including linguistic, visual-spatial, cognitive, and organizational aspects.
The course addressed the role of developmental readiness and prerequisite skills in mathematics learning, explaining how weaknesses in foundational skills can affect later achievement. Participants examined the principles that should guide educational support, with a focus on individual differences, reinforcement, and structured learning environments.
A central component of the course was the presentation of educational intervention strategies, particularly the progression from concrete to representational and abstract learning stages. The importance of repeated practice, immediate feedback, skill generalization, and clear mathematical language was emphasized throughout.
The course also explored effective instructional approaches such as direct instruction, active learning, the use of visual representations, educational games, and real-life problem contexts. Participants gained insight into how classroom organization, assessment accommodations, and appropriate pacing can support learners with dyscalculia.
Overall, the course equipped participants with a clear conceptual framework and practical educational principles to better understand dyscalculia and to support learners through informed, structured, and effective educational intervention.
Prof. Mosaad Abu Eldiyar
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Professor of Clinical Psychology and Special Education, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Suez University.
Prof. Abu Eldiyar holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Ain Shams University and a second PhD in Special Education from Tanta University. He has published more than 45 international peer-reviewed research articles in indexed global journals and has authored over 55 academic books across the fields of psychology, special education, and educational sciences. In addition, he has developed 60 educational and psychological assessment tools, published and distributed across several Arab countries including Kuwait, Algeria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Prof. Abu Eldiyar has delivered more than 60 professional ...
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9 Mar 2026
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