This study aimed to reveal the theoretical reality of explaining learning difficulties in the primary stage. To achieve this goal, the researcher followed the descriptive, qualitative-analytical approach, using the interview and focus groups methods as tools to investigate measurement and diagnosis methods and teaching strategies for students with learning difficulties in primary schools and the extent to which they are based on explanatory theories. for learning difficultiesm, The study concluded that: There is no mechanism that teachers rely on in diagnosing people with learning difficulties, and that the teaching strategies used with this group are personal judgments that teachers use to help students who suffer from this problem.

theoretical reality; learning difficulties; elementary schools