Kinga Morsanyi

Dr Kinga Morsanyi is a Reader in Mathematical Cognition at Loughborough University. She has a long-standing research interest in neurodiversity, and, in particular, dyscalculia and autism. She is currently working on the development of a dyscalculia screening instrument to cover all levels of education, from primary school to university level. Dr Morsanyi’s work has been supported by funding from the ESRC, Nuffield Foundation, Education Endowment Foundation, Royal Society, British Academy, Research Grants Council Hong Kong, the Higher Education Innovation Fund, and the Higher Education Academy. She is Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of several leading academic journals, and Member of the UK Young Academy and the Young Academy of Europe. She is Advisory Board Member for the Dyscalculia Network, and Working Group Lead for the Specific Learning Difficulties Network.

Talk

What Is Developmental Dyscalculia? Key Features and Developmental Changes

This talk presents some insights from a project that is aimed at developing a dyscalculia screening instrument for all levels of education. In addition to investigating the cognitive characteristics of dyscalculia, and developmental changes in profiles, this project has raised many interesting questions, for example, related to the heterogeneity of dyscalculia, the role of environmental factors, and to what extent dyscalculia can be considered to “just” represent the low end of the mathematics ability continuum. Beyond some conceptual and methodological issues, the talk will also give insight into the journey of developing the measures that are included in the screener. The session will consist of a 40-minute presentation, followed by some audience polls relating to the topics discussed, and a Q&A.

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