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Baroody, Arthur J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
The effects of problem size on judgments of commutativity by 51 moderately and mildly retarded students were investigated. Results indicated that many retarded students who are given computational practice recognize the general principle that addend order does not affect the sum. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development
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Baroody, Arthur J. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1987
Kindergartners appeared to differ in their readiness to use a concrete counting strategy for addition. Many persisted in counting with objects. Mental counting strategies were sequenced. (MNS)
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation