ERIC Number: EJ1048497
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Apr
Pages: 16
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Response to Specific Training for Students with Different Levels of Mathematical Difficulties
Re, Anna Maria; Pedron, Martina; Tressoldi, Patrizio Emanuele; Lucangeli, Daniela
Exceptional Children, v80 n3 p337-352 Apr 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of specific, individualized training for students with different levels of mathematical difficulties. Fifty-four students, with either severe or mild math difficulties, were assigned to individualized training or to a control condition. Ten students with severe math difficulties ("dyscalculia") and 17 with mild math difficulties in the individualized training conditions were trained to improve their accuracy and fluency in math, compared to 9 students with severe math difficulties and 18 with mild math difficulties that were in the general training group (control condition). Students in the individualized training condition (both with dyscalculia and with mild math difficulties) outperformed the control groups after the training and at a later follow-up in almost all math components. Overall, this study supports the feasibility of treating both severe and mild mathematical accuracy and fluency difficulties with specific, customized training.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Learning Disabilities, Instructional Effectiveness, Severity (of Disability), Problem Solving, Accuracy, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Tests, Mental Computation, Number Concepts, Recall (Psychology), Numeracy, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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