This post is a delayed version of Techpoint Digest, a week-daily newsletter that rounds up major happenings in African tech. You can start receiving it hours before everyone else if you subscribe now.Good day,Today, I’m discussing:Tech tools to help people struggling with maths and related conceptsYouTube Shorts launches Shorts Fund pawaPay’s seed roundTech tools to help people struggling with maths and related concepts Individuals who struggle with maths and related concepts have a learning disability called dyscalculia. Dyscalculia is not the same as maths anxiety although both can co-occur due to self-doubt and the fear of failure. It also does not imply that the dyscalculic is dumb or not trying hard enough to succeed in maths.What then is dyscalculia? It’s a learning disability — not as widespread as dyslexia — that affects the part of the brain responsible for maths and related tasks. This is a good time to revisit this article on dyslexia: 4 Tech Tools To Help People With Dyslexia Overcome Workplace And School Challenges.How will you know if someone has dyscalculia? A dyscalculic may struggle to read the analogue clock, count numbers, remember that 2+2=4, and understand maths-related expressions such as “greater than.”Rather than repeating the same instructions, dyscalculics, like…
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