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ERIC Number: EJ378151
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Mental-Addition Development of Children Classified as Mentally Handicapped.
Baroody, Arthur J.
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v19 n3 p369-88 Aug 1988
A training experiment with 30 mentally handicapped children tested two models of mental-arithmetic development. Children's initial responses to a mental-addition task appeared to be the product of a mechanical prescription. Errors appeared to be more errors of method than of recall. (MNS)
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories, Mathematics Instruction, Mental Computation, Research Reports
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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