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Dyscalculia is a specific mathematics learning disability that affects 6 % of the population (Wilson AJ, Dyscalculia: why do numbers make no sense to some people? Retrieved on 1 Dec 2012, from www.aboutdyscalculia.org, 2008). The findings of (Devine A, Soltész F, Nobes A, Goswami U, Szucs D, Learn Instruct 27:31–39, 2013) and (Karimi S, Math Educ Trend Res 2013:1–7, 2013) confirmed that the prevalence of developmental dyscalculia was the same for girls and boys. These findings contrast with the studies of (Jovanović G, Jovanović Z, Banković-Gajić J, Nikolić A, Svetozarević S, Ignjatović-Ristić D, Psychiatr Danub 25(2):170–174, 2013) and (Gifford S, Rockliffe F, Proc Br Soc Res Learn Math 28(1):21–27, 2008), found that the difference between boys and girls was statistically significant. Reigosa-Crespo et al. (2012) reported that the prevalence of developmental dyscalculia was 3.4 % and the male to female ratio was 4:1. In another case, Koumoula A, Tsironi V, Stamouli V, Bardani I, Siapati S, Graham A et al, J Learn Disabil 37:377–388, 2004 found that the prevalence of developmental dyscalculia among rural students is higher than in urban schools. A contradictory findings of Nojabaee S, Arab J Bus Manag 3(5):50–59, 2014 show that the mathematics disability rate of prevalence is 1.49 % in urban areas and 1.57 % in rural ones, and there is no difference between urban and rural students in different levels due to mathematics disability. This research intends to identify the prevalence of dyscalculia according to gender and school location among LINUS students in Sabah, Malaysia. The results show that there is no significant gender difference in prevalence rates of dyscalculia, but there is a significant difference between LINUS students in urban and rural school.
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Keong, W.K., Pang, V., Eng, C.K., Keong, T.C. (2016). Prevalence Rate of Dyscalculia According to Gender and School Location in Sabah, Malaysia. In: Fook, C., Sidhu, G., Narasuman, S., Fong, L., Abdul Rahman, S. (eds) 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT 2014) Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-664-5_8
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