Using hypermedia to improve the mathematics problem-solving skills of students with learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Babbitt, Beatrice C ^a   Miller, Susan Peterson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030194519     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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