Mental arithmetic in children with mathematics learning disabilities: The adaptive use of approximate calculation in an addition verification task

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 498-513

  Rousselle, Laurence ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approximate calculation; Arithmetic development; Mathematical disabilities; Number magnitude; Problem solving strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 54149108597     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219408315638     Document Type: Article

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