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Peer reviewedBrumfield, Robert D.; Moore, Bobby D. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Fourth-grade students in Title I mathematics took 40-problem tests to determine types of persistent errors made in addition and subtraction. Tests, administered to 117 students (addition) and 104 students (subtraction), were analyzed for basic fact, random, or procedural errors. Findings are reported and discussed, and recommendations for…
Descriptors: Addition, Comprehension, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedMaree, J. G. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article recommends a holistic approach to student problems in mathematics. Teachers need to be aware of all paradigms (e.g., developmental, behaviorist, psychoanalytic) explaining causes of problems in mathematics. Examples of misunderstandings resulting from insufficient knowledge, insufficient mathematical vocabulary, and overgeneralization…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Etiology
Download full textBest, Linda – 1990
Seven research-based papers on writing disorders of learning-disabled college students are listed and reviewed. The papers deal with persistent auditory language deficits in adults with learning disabilities; error patterns and instructional alternatives relating to college learning-disabled writers; syntactic complexity in written expression;…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comprehension, Computer Uses in Education
