K-12 Dive – Lauren Barack
“There’s a lot of language involved in math unless you are only thinking about straightforward computation,” said Musoff. “But even to understand computation, students need to understand the language involved.”
Educators shouldn’t assume older students with dyslexia are more grounded in their mathematics understanding, according to Musoff. Instead, teachers should continue to offer support, particularly as lessons move into more abstract concepts.
With any literacy-based activity, students need to anchor the conceptual understanding first, she said. When it comes to math, pupils then need to be able to handle the computational portion of exercises — but only after mastering the literacy component.