Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children?
Subtitle: The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.; Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9781557668646
Subjects: Educational psychology; Philosophy of education; Education; Education / Teaching; Research; Study & Teaching; Special Education - Learning Disabled; Learning disabilities; Mathematical ability; Mathematics; Study and teaching
Description: 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.