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from Part VI - Cultural Unity and Diversity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2022
At an international conference in China, we were asked by a non-Chinese colleague: ‘Since Chinese students are already so good at mathematics, why are you studying dyscalculia?’ Advantages in the development of early mathematics ability have been generally documented in favour of Asian Pacific countries/regions including China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore (e.g., Miller et al. 2005; Leung 2014). However, this advantage does not translate to an ‘immunity’ from problems related to maths learning in children. Problems in arithmetic (termed dyscalculia) that are encountered in most western countries are found with equal prevalences in Asian Pacific countries/regions. Thus, the work we do in China along with other research is still important for understanding dyscalculia in a universal context.
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