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Weinstein, Marcia L. – New York University Education Quarterly, 1980
Presented is evidence suggesting that many of the 6 percent of children who have difficulty with arithmetic suffer from a neurological development lag rather than an underlying deficit. Such pupils appear to favor the right cerebral hemisphere, which serves spatial functions, rather than the left, analytic half of the brain. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cerebral Dominance, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Psychology
