Ann Dowker

Individual Differences in Arithmetic (eBook, PDF)

Implications for Psychology, Neuroscience and Education

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Standards in numeracy are a constant concern to educational policy-makers. However, why are differences in arithmetical performance so marked? In Individual Differences in Arithmetic, Ann Dowker seeks to provide a better understanding of why these differences in ability exist, encouraging a more informed approach to tackling numeracy diff

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317627432
• Artikelnr.: 56139559

Autorenporträt

Ann Dowker is a University Research Lecturer at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. She is the lead researcher on the Catch Up Numeracy intervention project.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Individual Differences in Arithmetic: Children, Adults, Males,
Females, Weaknesses and Talents
2. There Is No Such Thing as Arithmetical Ability - Only Arithmetical
Abilities
3. Relationships Between Arithmetic and Other Abilities
4. Counting and After: The Importance of Individual Differences
5. Is Arithmetic a Foreign Language?: Representing Numbers and
Arithmetic Problems in Different Forms and Translating Between Them
6. Derived Fact Strategies
7. A Good Guess: Estimation and Individual Differences
8. Arithmetic Facts, Procedures and Different Forms of Memory
9. Effects of Culture, Language and Experience
10. The Brain and Individual Differences in Arithmetic
11. "Maths Doesn't Like Me Anymore": The Role of Attitudes and Emotions
12. Implications for Helping Children with Their Arithmetical
Difficulties
13. Some Practical Guides to Helping Children with Mathematical
Difficulties
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