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Baroody, Arthur J. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 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