Why is Math So Hard for Some Children? - The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (Hardcover)

To help students with learning difficulties and disabilities improve their achievement in mathematics, teachers need a full understanding of why these students struggle. This is the first definitive research volume that explores the evidence base for students' difficulties with mathematics. More than 35 internationally known contributors from diverse fields share their expertise on risk factors for poor mathematics outcomes, connections between mathematics and reading disabilities, neuropsychological factors, information-processing deficits, math anxiety, and more. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary, this book gives educators the foundation they need to advance research, teaching strategies, and policies that identify struggling students--and help them improve.

General

Imprint:	Brookes Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Daniel B. Berch • Michele M. M. Mazzocco
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	488
ISBN-13:	978-1-55766-864-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology
LSN:	1-55766-864-7
Barcode:	9781557668646

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