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Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children?: The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
Contributor(s): Berch, Daniel (Editor), Mazzocco, Michele (Editor), Siegler, Robert (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1557668647     ISBN-13: 9781557668646
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $56.95  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2007
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Annotation: To help students with learning difficulties and disabilities improve their achievement in mathematics, teachers need a full understanding of why these students struggle. This is the first definitive research volume that explores the evidence base for students' difficulties with mathematics. More than 35 internationally known contributors from diverse fields share their expertise on risk factors for poor mathematics outcomes, connections between mathematics and reading disabilities, neuropsychological factors, information-processing deficits, math anxiety, and more. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary, this book gives educators the foundation they need to advance research, teaching strategies, and policies that identify struggling students--and help them improve.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Research
- Mathematics | Study & Teaching
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics
Dewey: 510.71
LCCN: 2007004667
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.68 lbs) 488 pages
 
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Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children? is the first definitive research volume that explores the evidence base for students' difficulties with mathematics. This landmark resource gives educational decision makers and researchers in-depth theoretical and practical insight into mathematical learning difficulties and disabilities, combining diverse perspectives from fields such as special education, educational psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral genetics. More than 35 internationally known contributors share their expertise on

  • indicators of mathematical difficulties and disabilities
  • risk factors for poor mathematics outcomes
  • connections between mathematics and reading disabilities
  • neuropsychological factors in mathematical learning disabilities
  • information processing deficits
  • individual difference factors in mathematics difficulties
  • math anxiety
  • the role of genetics
  • effective instructional interventions

Comprehensive and multidisciplinary, this book gives readers the foundation they need to advance research, teaching strategies, and policies that identify struggling students and help put them on the path to stronger math skills.