Ways in which the emerging field of cognitive science can have a major impact on practical education are demonstrated by an overview of two projects: the work on Socratic tutoring by Collins and Stevens, and the diagnosing students' misconceptions in arithmetic by Brown and Burton. These two projects are cited as examples of how the techniques of…

Suggestions are given for effective classroom diagnosis and remedial instruction techniques that may provide some mathematical therapy. (JT)

A checklist is presented to identify common problems students exhibit in arithmetic. Alongside general areas of need, common mistakes are listed to help diagnose error patterns for targeting specific skills and designing effective intervention. General areas include readiness, problem solving, whole-number computations, fraction computations, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the comparative effects of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP) and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) treatment interventions on oral reading, psycholinguistic growth, total achievement, and achievement in the areas of reading, language, and arithmetic. The…

Ongoing work toward developing a learning environment that will perform real-time diagnoses of students' difficulties in solving mathematical word problems is described. The learning environment designed consists of a microworld and expert modules. The microworld (or toolbox) is a collection of mouse-driven interfaces that facilitate a transition…

Soviet literature on children with cerebral palsy is concerned with diagnosis and assessment of cognitive functions as well as with education and training. (Author)