dysgraphia
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9.9
- noun
- /dɪsˈɡræfiə/
- Specialized
- Regarding the content of the diagnosis, most students used the specific professional terms such as learning disability, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, dysgraphia, coordination, memory span, etc. (n = 20; 66.6%); a few remembered only the recommendations and accommodations given (n = 4; 13.3%) or did not remember anything about their diagnosis (n = 3; 10%).
Examples
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Then a committee of knowledgeable persons determines the identification of dysgraphia characteristics after reviewing all accumulated data, including the following areas:
Blog text (33) -
Several special education students who were mainstreamed into the computer class had severe dysgraphia and had difficulty understanding their own handwriting.
Academic text (1991) -
A person with dysgraphia can learn to write.
Blog text (17) -
Students with additional factors that complicate their dysgraphia characteristics may require additional support or a referral to special education.
Blog text (33) -
After taking into consideration the previous information, the committee of knowledgeable persons determines whether the student has dysgraphia characteristics.
Blog text (33) -
I'm a teacher now, and if I had a student doing as poorly as I did, I would have talked to the parents about testing for dysgraphia, but that just wasn't something that happened back then.
Blog text (6) -
If the student has characteristics of dysgraphia, the committee of knowledgeable persons could place the student under the Rehabilitation Act (unless the parent does not consent).
Blog text (33) -
Students with dysgraphia often struggle to produce clear and organized written work, despite having good ideas.
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The teacher recommended special accommodations for students diagnosed with dysgraphia to help them improve their writing skills.
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During the assessment, it became clear that her dysgraphia made it challenging for her to write legibly and efficiently.
Synonyms
23
4.0
A condition that makes reading, writing, or math hard for someone with average thinking skills
3
4.4
A difficulty that makes it hard for children with normal intelligence to read, write, or do math
How Impaired
- Specialized
1
9.9
12
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
dysgraphia = dys + graph + ia
This is a technical medical formation from Greek combining forms, so the disorder meaning is not easily inferable for an average B1 learner from the parts alone.
Etymology
Dysgraphia comes from Greek parts: dys- meaning 'bad' or 'difficult' and -graphia meaning 'writing', the same root you see in autograph and graphic. So dysgraphia means 'difficult writing', which is why the word describes a problem where people have trouble writing by hand.