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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> "Lynda Ginsburg" <ginsburg@rci.rutgers.edu> 9/18/2007 9:30 PM >>><BR>Lenny, Pam and David,<BR><BR>I agree that many adults are anxious about math, and it often has to do<BR>with tests. Lenny, your strategy of practicing for the test situation<BR>until some of the fear subsided seems to have worked well.<BR><BR><FONT size=3>In addition to anxiety there may be the possibility of a math specific learning disability. I read an interesting article in the NCSALL publication "Focus on Basics" on a condition called Dyscalculia. The article is available on line at <A href="http://www.ncsall.net/?id=325">http://www.ncsall.net/?id=325</A> . According to the article there are some specific signs of this condition, many of which I have seen in a couple of my students. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Melvin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Melvin Rice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>ABE Instructor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Kansas City Kansas Community College</FONT></DIV>
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