Title: Why is math so hard for some children? : the nature and origins of mathematical learning difficulties and disabilities /
Authors: Berch, Daniel B.; Mazzocco, Michèle M. M.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Mathematical ability Study and teaching.; Mathematics Study and teaching; Learning disabilities Education.
Abstract: Examines the study of mathematical learning difficulties and disabilities, providing a historical overview of the field, discussing cognitive and information processing features, neuropsychological factors, neurobiological and genetic substrates, and other influences on mathematical difficulties, and looking at instructional interventions.
Contents: Historical and contemporary perspectives on mathematical learning disabilities / Russell Gersten, Ben Clarke, and Michèle M.M. Mazzocco -- Defining and differentiating mathematical learning disabilities and difficulties / Michèle M.M. Mazzocco -- Prevalence of developmental dyscalculia / Ruth S. Shalev -- Information processing deficits in dyscalculia / Brian Butterworth and Vivian Reigosa -- Strategy use, long-term memory, and working memory capacity / David C. Geary ... [et al.] -- Do words count? Connections between mathematics and reading difficulties / Nancy C. Jordan -- Fraction skills and proportional reasoning / Steven A. Hecht, Kevin J. Vagi, and Joseph K. Torgesen -- Commentary on Part I, Section II : cognitive aspects of math disabilities / H. Lee Swanson -- Mathematical development in children with specific language impairments / Chris Donlan --