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Paz-Baruch, Nurit; Leikin, Roza; Leikin, Mark – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016
Little empirical data are available concerning the cognitive abilities of gifted individuals in general and especially those who excel in mathematics. We examined visual processing abilities distinguishing between general giftedness (G) and excellence in mathematics (EM). The research population consisted of 190 students from four groups of 10th-…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Visual Perception, Cognitive Ability
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Rotem, Avital; Henik, Avishai – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The current study examined the development of two effects that have been found in single-digit multiplication errors: relatedness and distance. Typically achieving (TA) second, fourth, and sixth graders and adults, and sixth and eighth graders with a mathematics learning disability (MLD) performed a verification task. Relatedness was defined by a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiplication
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Movshovitz-Hadar, Nitsa; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1987
A lesson in editing was learned from a study of errors made on a national mathematics test in Israel. Analysis indicated that the errors were often caused by careless printing of the test, misleading figures, poor designations, or ambiguous phrasing. (MNS)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education