Describes four learning characteristics that make learning and doing mathematics difficult for students with special needs. Discusses instructional strategies that make learning and doing mathematics attainable for these students in the context of a vignette based on real-life experiences. (YDS)

This program is intended for students in grades 8 and 9 who have experienced difficulty in learning and may function a year or more behind their age peers. It is designed to provide for the development of essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by students to become responsible citizens and contributing members of society. Major emphasis…

Asserts that metacognition is one of the most important developments in the contemporary study of learning. Proposes a theoretical analysis of a number of interrelated issues with regard to their importance for metacognition. Focuses on strategy selection in light of the impasse-based theories of problem solving. (CFR)

This paper focuses on science anxiety in undergraduate education and then reviews current theories on how to reduce science anxiety. The exploration of the phenomenon of science anxiety points out that this response results not from a lack of self-confidence, but from a lack of a framework of prior knowledge to help order new knowledge; it also…

The Child Development Program at John Adams School in North Brunswick, New Jersey, was designed to be an immediate intervention for children with learning problems in the early elementary grades. This two-volume guide describes the work done in the program and how the program can be replicated. The first book details characteristics of the…