- Language in Math: Math, particularly word problems, is heavy with language. Students who struggle with reading comprehension often struggle to understand mathematical concepts, say experts.
- Cognitive Overlap: Research indicates that reading and math share underlying cognitive skills, such as working memory and executive functioning, which are crucial for success in both subjects.
- Instructional Strategies: Interventions based on the science of reading, which aid in comprehension and visualization, have been shown to help students solve mathematical word problems.
Mathematics and Dyslexia
Excelling at math, or just even being able to pass the requirements, draws on many different skills and ways of thinking—it calls on conceptual, logical, and spatial reasoning, but it also often requires neatness, exactness, and computational skills.