Educational Aspects of Mathematics Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Miller, Susan Peterson ^a   Mercer, Cecil D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING;

HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; REMEDIAL TEACHING;

EID: 0030639427     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000104     Document Type: Article

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