Arithmetic Difficulties among Learning-Disabled Children: Background and Current Directions.

Fleischner, Jeannette E.; Garnett, Katherine

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ERIC Number: EJ299623

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Arithmetic Difficulties among Learning-Disabled Children: Background and Current Directions.

Fleischner, Jeannette E.; Garnett, Katherine

Learning Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v2 n9 p111-25 Sep 1983

The article discusses the arithmetic achievement deficits of learning disabled students, cites research on cognitive factors involved, reviews the neurological evidence, and describes orientations focusing on cognitive psychology and the instructional context. Recent findings of an arithmetic task force from Columbia University are summarized. (CL)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Neurology, Theories

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Language: English

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