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Charting Self-Concept, Beliefs and Attitudes towards Mathematics among Mathematically Gifted Pupils with Learning Difficulties
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Al-Hroub, Anies – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
The current study investigates how two groups of mathematically gifted pupils with learning difficulties (MG/LD) change/do not change their attitudes towards, and beliefs about, mathematics over five weeks during which they received two different instructional programs in mathematics. Thirty pupils (16 girls and 14 boys), aged 10 years to 11 years…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Challenges in Identifying Target Skills for Math Disability Screening and Intervention
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Mazzocco, Michele M.M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
Gersten, Jordan, and Flojo (in this series) review their research on math difficulties, with an emphasis on applying current knowledge to inform practices of early identification and intervention. On a practical level, educators are in dire need of empirically based screening and intervention tools. From a scientific perspective, it is important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Role of Cognitive Theory in the Study of Learning Disability in Mathematics
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Geary, David C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
Gersten, Jordan, and Flojo (in this issue) provide the beginnings of an essential bridge between basic research on mathematical disabilities (MD) in young children and the application of this research for the early identification and remediation of these forms of learning disability. As they acknowledge, the field of MD is in the early stages of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification, Epistemology, Developmental Stages