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Lafay, Anne; St-Pierre, Marie-Catherine; Macoir, Joël – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Numbers may be manipulated and represented mentally over a compressible number line oriented from left to right. According to numerous studies, one of the primary reasons for dyscalculia is related to improper understanding of the mental number line. Children with dyscalculia usually show difficulty when they have to place Arabic numbers on a…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Badian, Nathlie A.; Ghublikian, Maureen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
Twenty-two seventh and eighth grade students poor in mathematical computation but with average reading comprehension (low math group) were compared with two matched groups: low reading group and no difference group. It was concluded that children with a disability in mathematical computation may be at risk for impulsive and possibly antisocial…
Descriptors: Computation, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics
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Wilson, Kathleen M.; Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
The relationship between verbal and visual-spatial working memory and mathematical computation skill was examined in 98 children and adults with and without mathematical disabilities. A hierarchical regression analysis, when partialing for reading ability, age, and gender influences, showed mathematical computation was better predicted by verbal…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Computation