Hidden Causes - a Psychological Approach to Learning Draft Ver. | Page 20

l
e
arni
ng
di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
e
s
Somet
i
mes,
s
t
udent
s t
end t
o exper
i
ence di
f
f
i
cul
t
i
es
dur
i
ng s
t
udyi
ng.
T
hi
s i
s one of t
he r
eas
ons why t
hey ar
e
l
es
s mot
i
vat
ed t
o s
t
udy.
Mos
t of t
he t
i
me peopl
e j
us
t s
ee
t
hi
s di
f
f
i
cul
t
i
es j
us
t as s
omet
hi
ng t
hat i
s
n'
t ver
y i
mpor
t
ant
,
s
ome even s
ee i
t as t
he s
t
udent
s bei
ng l
az
y and not
t
r
yi
ng har
d enough.
However
,
s
omet
i
mes t
hes
e di
f
f
i
cul
t
i
es
may l
ead t
o s
omet
hi
ng s
er
i
ous t
hat mi
ght af
f
ect you a
l
ot i
n t
he l
ong r
un.
L
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es ar
e not t
o be compar
ed wi
t
h ment
al
r
et
ar
dat
i
on,
aut
i
s
m,
deaf
nes
s,
bl
i
ndnes
s,
or ot
her physi
cal
di
s
or
der
s as i
t i
s not t
he s
ame.
T
her
e ar
e mul
t
i
pl
e f
act
or
s
on why an i
ndi
vi
dual
can have a l
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
y.
I
t
coul
d be i
nher
i
t
ed genet
i
cal
l
y,
i
t coul
d be becaus
e of t
he
envi
r
onment of t
he womb dur
i
ng pr
egnancy,
and i
t
coul
d al
s
o be f
r
om ext
er
nal
i
nj
ur
i
es t
hat happen af
t
er
ch i
l
d-
bi
r
t
h.
T
hes
e f
act
or
s however
,
ar
e not pr
oven t
o
af
f
ect l
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es as exper
t
s has
n'
t f
ound t
he
exact r
eas
on why t
hes
e di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es occur
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aphy by:
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as
on Suwi
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o
L
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i
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be t
he di
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cul
-
t
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hat i
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i
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ome peopl
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havi
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peci
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i
c l
ear
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or
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.
T
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r
i
ck
y t
hi
ng about
t
hes
e di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es i
s t
hat t
hey don’
t have a s
peci
f
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c s
ymp-
t
om t
hat can det
er
mi
ne whi
ch di
s
abi
l
i
t
y does a per
s
on
has,
as t
her
e ar
e var
i
ous t
ypes of l
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es.
Some of t
hem i
ncl
ude:
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
y mi
ght have
Dyslexi
a (learni
ng l
obl
ems wi
t
h memor
i
z
at
i
on,
di
sabi
li
ty i
n readi
ng) pr
or
gani
z
at
i
on of number
s,
c r
eadi
ng pr
obl
ems
B asi
at
i
on si
gns.
occur when a s
t
udent has and oper
a di
f
f
i
cul
t
y i
n under
s
t
and-
Dysgraphi
a (learni
ng
i
ng t
he r
el
at
i
ons
hi
p be-
di
sabi
li
ty i
n wri
ti
ng)
t
ween s
ounds ,
l
et
t
er
s,
hi
s s
peci
f
i
c l
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
-
and wor
ds.
T
hes
e pr
ob- T
y i
nvol
ves t
he physi
cal
act
l
ems occur when t
he chi
l
d t
i
t
i
ng or under
s
t
andi
ng
exper
i
ences t
he i
nabi
l
i
t
y of wr
nf
or
mat
i
on.
T
he basi
c di
s
or
-
t
o under
s
t
and t
he mean- i
i
t
i
ng i
s di
f
f
i
cul
t
y i
n
i
ng of wor
ds,
phr
as
es,
and der of wr
f
or
mi
ng wor
ds and l
et
t
er
s.
par
agr
aphs.
T
he s
peci
f
i
c di
f
f
i
cul
t
i
es t
hat
ght be exper
i
enced i
n-
Dyscalculi
a (learn- mi
cl
ude
i
ng di
sabi
li
ty i
n
-
Neat
nes
s and consi
s
t
ency
math)
of wr
i
t
i
ng
L
ear
ni
ng di
s
abi
l
i
t
i
es i
n
-
Copyi
ng l
et
t
er
s and wor
ds
mat
h depends on t
he
at
el
y
chi
l
d'
s ot
her s
t
r
engt
hs and accur
Spel
l
i
ng
weaknes
s
es. A chi
l
d t
hat -
-
Or
gani
z
at
i
on i
n wr
i
t
i
ng
has a mat
h bas
ed