ERIC Number: EJ1076669
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Development of Product Relatedness and Distance Effects in Typical Achievers and in Children with Mathematics Learning Disabilities
Rotem, Avital; Henik, Avishai
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v48 n6 p577-592 Nov-Dec 2015
The current study examined the development of two effects that have been found in single-digit multiplication errors: relatedness and distance. Typically achieving (TA) second, fourth, and sixth graders and adults, and sixth and eighth graders with a mathematics learning disability (MLD) performed a verification task. Relatedness was defined by a slow and inaccurate response to false results that were related to one of the operands via a shared multiplication row (e.g., 3 × 4 = 16). Distance was defined by a slow and inaccurate response to false results that were close in magnitude to the true result (e.g., 6 × 8 = 49). The presence of these effects indicates that participants are sensitive to numerical features of products. TA children demonstrated sensitivity to relatedness and distance from second grade onward. With age their sensitivity expanded from easy problems (e.g., 2 × 3) to difficult ones (e.g., 8 × 9). Children with MLD were sensitive to relatedness on easy problems. Their sensitivity to distance differed from the pattern seen in sixth grade and was partial in eighth grade. The presence of numerical sensitivity in children with MLD calls for instructional methods that would further develop their number sense.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiplication, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Accuracy, Error Patterns, Equations (Mathematics), Difficulty Level, Problem Solving, Proximity, Number Concepts, Numeracy, Task Analysis, Reaction Time, Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Adults
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 6; Middle Schools; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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