Biting into Big Numbers.

Anderson, Maureen McCahan

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ERIC Number: EJ522833

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Biting into Big Numbers.

Anderson, Maureen McCahan

TEACHING Exceptional Children, v28 n4 p26-27 Sum 1996

A mnemonic clue sentence--"He thinks mice bite trees"--is suggested for helping students with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation successfully identify up to 15 digit numbers by relating the sentence to the sequence of hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, and trillions. (DB)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Memorization, Mild Mental Retardation, Mnemonics, Number Concepts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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