The Examination of an Elementary School Student Having Dyscalculia in Classroom Environment

In this study, it is aimed to understand how a student having mathematical learning disability reason while solving the questions, as well as what he feels in his class, what he thinks about the reasons of his failure. For this purpose, a student having dyscalculia in an elementary school at middle socioeconomic level was observed and clinical interviews were conducted. In these interviews, it had been seen how the student followed the sequence of mathematical operations, it was inquired how the student’s class be managed during math course, how to be created the classroom climate. it was observed by video recording that how to this student be affected the climate. The obtained data were analyzed by thematic analysis method, and it was found that the student could not perform correct reasoning steps while solving the questions; however the student had learned better with his friends. It was concluded that the child with mathematical learning disability did not adversely affect the classroom climate and classroom management and the teacher is the primary determinant of providing classroom climate and learning