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Answer for the clue "Impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics ", 11 letters:
dyscalculia

Word definitions for dyscalculia in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dyscalculia is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic , such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, and learning facts in mathematics. It is generally seen as a specific developmental disorder . Dyscalculia ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) Difficulty with numbers and in doing arithmetic.

Usage examples of dyscalculia.

My job, as I saw it, was not just to shore up reading, writing, or arithmeticskills, nor to ameliorate dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia, but to try to help children become successful in their place of work -- school -- and to improve the quality of their lives.

And while we no longer used the term MBD -- minimal brain dysfunction -- I believed Alice did have some type of neurologicaldysfunction resulting in what would now be called dyscalculia, or an inability to calculate by ordinary classroom methods, as well as an accompanying dyscontrol.