I've only recently come to understand that math learning disabilities are legitimate so I haven't spoken about this to a counselor or teacher before. I'm 20. I've struggled with math since kindergarten. I've always gotten very poor math grades while doing very highly in English (there was a 400-point difference in my Verbal and Math SAT scores). My parents think I'm being dramatic and they say that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Obviously I know this but I feel like there's always been huge discrepancies between my math and english grades. I major in history so I haven't had to take math since high school but I recently took the GRE. Again I did highly in verbal and very low in math. I've done more tutoring but I can't wrap my mind around mathematical concepts. I literally can't comprehend how people solve math problems particularly when it comes to the logic areas like probability sequences or reading maps and graphs. I've struggled to put this lack of comprehension into words. And it's not just for math. I recently had to undergo basic AV training for work/study and I just couldn't understand the logic behind it. I just memorized where each plug goes. The concepts of input and output mean nothing to me. I've started to realize that all I can do is memorize information. I don't have any practical skills and I can't apply what I've learned because I am unable to learn concepts. I have been fully relying on memory to get me though school.
In high school a counselor recommended I be tested for ADD but nothing ever came of that because testing is too expensive. I guess my math problems could stem from ADD but I don't know enough about learning disorders to know if this seems logical. Is it possible to have a math LD as an adult? The articles I've read say they're normally caught early on but I also read that math LDs aren't as noticeable or as talked about as reading-ba
2015-02-03 05:14:48
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Of course your parents are right :-) everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. However sometimes they are spread so far apart that they cause a very uneven performance across subjects even when a person puts in equal amount of effort. In some cases a person can even be advanced in certain areas and underachieve in others. This scenario is actually quite suggestive of a Learning Disability especially if there is below average performance in some areas despite adequate education and effort.
Difficulties with math can stem from one or more reasoning and/or processing weaknesses. Most typical causes are weak working memory analytical reasoning executive function and visual-spatial organization. From your desc
2015-02-03 05:15:25
