A teacher offers suggestions for the diagnosis of mathematical learning disabilities including differentiation of emotional problems from mathematical problems, specification of mathematical skills, and distinction between mathematical failure and procedural failure, failure resulting from the manner in which tests are administered. (DB)

Teachers can help rechannel student anxieties by identifying areas of anxiety and then using such activities as pictorial displays to initiate conversations, "dialogue" notebooks (unrestricted, uncorrected writing on topics of students' choice), and classroom speakers (e.g., doctors) who can address topics which cause anxiety in…