Learning disabilities

The effects of using at school an updated and breakthrough technology based on concept maps empowers learning, even for the impaired students
 

Knowledge management strategies and methods on concept maps as an educational tool for people with some learning disabilities   The use of logimedia educational technologies can have a very positive impact in the improvement of learning for people affected with some kinds of cognitive disabilities: dyslexia, attention deficit disorder (ADD), but also some sensory deficits  deficit and mild mental retardation can benefit from this technology that incorporates multimodal communication functions. A learning disability is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in the use of language (written or spoken), which may manifest itself in an impaired ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. There can also be present directional confusion, difficulty in sequencing, and difficulty in keeping information in working memory.

Working memory is crucial for learning A learning difficulty (or disability) related to a  deficit in working memory, at times associated with other symptoms, is frequent in students affected with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or dyslexia.  In these cases "verbal information enters through one ear and pass out through the other”. These problems are not due to motor, visual or auditive handicaps, nor even to mental retardation, or emotional disturbance or environmental, cultural or economical disadvantage. It is considered that an individual has a learning disability when his/her level of cognitive growth  is not commensurate with the corresponding ability in anyone of the study areas, even having received the educational experiences corresponding to his/her age.

:: Learning disabilities ::   Dyslexia Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADD-H) :: Insight ::
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