Clock Reading: An Underestimated Topic in Children With Mathematics Difficulties

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Burny, Elise ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Desoete, Annemie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

clock reading; learning difficulties; mathematics; primary education

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84862624040     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219411407773     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Andersson U.Mathematical competencies in children with different types of learning difficulties.Journal of Educational Psychology. 2008;100:48-66.
2. Ashcraft M.H.Cognitive arithmetic: A review of data and theory.Cognition. 1992;44:75-106.
3. Bock K.,Irwin D.E.,Davidson D.J.,Levelt W.J. M.Minding the clock.Journal of Memory and Language. 2003;48:653-685.
4. Boulton-Lewis G.,Wilss L.,Mutch S.Analysis of primary school children's abilities and strategies for reading and recording time from analogue and digital clocks.Mathematics Education Research Journal. 1997;9:136-151.
5. Burny E.,Valcke M.,Desoete A.Towards an agenda for studying learning and instruction focusing on time-related competences in children.Educational Studies. 2009;35:481-492.
6. Burny E.,Valcke M.,Desoete A.Understanding children's difficulties with conventional time systems. Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University; 2010:.
7. Butterworth B.The development of arithmetical abilities.Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2005;46:3-18.
8. Case R.,Sandieson R.,Dennis S.Two cognitive developmental approaches to the design of remedial instruction.Cognitive Development. 1986;1:293-333.
9. DeShon R.P.,Chan D.,Weissbein D.A.Verbal overshadowing effects on Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices: Evidence for multidimensional performance determinants.Intelligence. 1995;21:135-155.
10. Dudal P.Leerlingvolgsysteem Wiskunde. Leuven-Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Garant; 2002:.
11. Friedman W.J.,Laycock F.Children's analog and digital clock knowledge.Child Development. 1989;60:357-371.
12. Fuchs L.S.,Fuchs D.Mathematical problem-solving profiles of students with mathematics disabilities with and without comorbid reading disabilities.Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2002;35:563-573.
13. Geary D.C.Mathematical disabilities: Cognitive, neuropsychological, and genetic components.Psychological Bulletin. 1993;114:345-362.
14. Geary D.C.Mathematics and learning disabilities.Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2004;37:4-15.
15. Geary D.C.,Brown S.C.Cognitive addition-Strategy choice and speed-of-processing differences in gifted, normal, and mathematically disabled-children.Developmental Psychology. 1991;27:398-406.
16. Geary D.C.,Brown S.C.,Samaranayake V.A.Cognitive addition-A short longitudinal-study of strategy choice and speed-of-processing differences in normal and mathematically disabled-children.Developmental Psychology. 1991;27:787-797.
17. Geary D.C.,Hamson C.O.,Hoard M.K.Numerical and arithmetical cognition: A longitudinal study of process and concept deficits in children with learning disability.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2000;77:236-263.
18. Geary D.C.,Hoard M.K.Handbook of mathematical cognition. Campbell J.I. D., ed. New York, NY: Psychology Press; 2005:253-267.
19. Geary D.C.,Hoard M.K.,Hamson C.O.Numerical and arithmetical cognition: Patterns of functions and deficits in children at risk for a mathematical disability.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 1999;74:213-239.
20. Ginsburg H.P.Mathematics learning disabilities: A view from developmental psychology.Journal of Learning Disabilities. 1997;30:20-33.
21. Gonzales J.E. J.,Espinel A.I. G.Strategy choice in solving arithmetic word problems: Are there differences between students with learning disabilities, G-V poor performance and typical achievement students?.Learning Disabilities Quarterly. 2002;25:113-122.
22. Gross-Tsur V.,Manor O.,Shalev R.S.Developmental dyscalculia: Prevalence and demographic features.Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 1996;38:25-33.
23. Hanich L.B.,Jordan N.C.,Kaplan D.,Dick J.Performance across different areas of mathematical cognition in children with learning difficulties.Journal of Educational Psychology. 2001;93:615-626.
24. Jordan N.C.,Montani T.O.Cognitive arithmetic and problem solving: A comparison of children with specific and general mathematics difficulties.Journal of Learning Disabilities. 1997;30:624-634.
25. Landerl K.,Bevan A.,Butterworth B.Developmental dyscalculia and basic numerical capacities: A study of 8-9-year old students.Cognition. 2004;93:99-125.
26. Lynn R.,Allik J.,Irwing P.Sex differences on three factors identified in Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices.Intelligence. 2004;32:411-424.
27. Ostad S.A.Developmental differences in addition strategies: A comparison of mathematically disabled and mathematically normal children.British Journal of Educational Psychology. 1997;67:345-357.
28. Ostad S.A.Developmental differences in solving simple arithmetic word problems and simple number-fact problems: A comparison of mathematically normal and mathematically disabled children.Mathematical Cognition. 1998;4:1-19.
29. Raven J.,Raven J.C.,Court J.H.Manual for Raven's Progressive Matrices and Vocabulary Scales. Section 1: General overview. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Assessment; 2003:.
30. Robinson C.S.,Menchetti B.M.,Rogensen J.K.Towards a two-factor theory of one type of mathematics disabilities.Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice. 2002;17:81-89.
31. Rousselle L.,Noel M.P.Basic numerical skills in children with mathematics learning disabilities: A comparison of symbolic vs. non-symbolic number magnitude processing.Cognition. 2007;102:361-395.
32. Russell R.L.,Ginsburg H.P.Cognitive analysis of children's mathematical difficulties.Cognition and Instruction. 1984;1:217-244.
33. Siegler R.S.,McGilly K.Time and human cognition: A life-span perspective. Zakay I.L. D., ed. Oxford, UK: North Holland; 1989:185-216.
34. Swanson H.L.,Beebe-Frankenberger M.The relationship between working memory and mathematical problem solving in children at risk and not at risk for serious math difficulties.Journal of Educational Psychology. 2004;96:471-491.
35. Temple C.M.Procedural dyscalculia and number fact dyscalculia: Double dissociation in developmental dyscalculia.Cognitive Neuropsychology. 1999;8:155-176.
36. Vakali M.Clock time in seven to ten year-old children.European Journal of Psychology of Education. 1991;6:325-336.
37. Van Steenbrugge H.,Valcke M.,Desoete A.Mathematics learning difficulties in primary education: Teachers' professional knowledge and the use of commercially available learning packages.Educational Studies. 2010;36:59-71.
38. WilliamsR. F. (2004). Making meaning from a clock: Material artifacts and conceptual blending in time-telling instruction (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of California, San Diego.
39. Wilson A.,Revkin S.K.,Cohen D.,Cohen L.,Dehaene S.An open trial assessment for remediation of dyscalculia.Behavioral and Brain Functions. 2006;2:20.