Descriptor
Author
| Carpenter, Thomas P. | 1 |
| Christiansen, Bent, Ed. | 1 |
| Houck, Cherry | 1 |
| Keitel, Christine, Ed. | 1 |
| Shroyer, Janet | 1 |
| Shulman, Lee S. | 1 |
| Steiner, H. G., Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - General | 5 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Houck, Cherry; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1980
Mathematical learning disabilities (with emphasis on the learner characteristics and system inefficiencies) are discussed and two case studies illustrating commonalities which exist across ages are presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Thomas P. – Education and Urban Society, 1985
Children's solutions to simple word problems requiring addition or subtraction skills develop through four stages: (1) modeling with objects; (2) utilization of both modeling and counting strategies; (3) reliance on counting strategies; and (4) reliance on number facts. The current primary mathematics curriculum fails to capitilize on rich…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Informal Education, Learning Processes, Mathematics Curriculum
Shulman, Lee S.; Shroyer, Janet – 1978
Since the mid-1960s a new approach has dominated American research in the area of mathematics education -- information-processing theory. The author examines several examples of research in this new tradition and sketches the general features of an emerging information-processing psychology of teaching. Information-processing studies that employ…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Processing
Keitel, Christine, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This document contains reports and papers from a conference focusing on the political dimension of mathematics education. The program was organized around four large themes: (1) "Mathematics Education and Culture" based on 13 papers; (2) "Society and Institutionalized Mathematics Education" based on 41 papers; (3) "Educational Institutions and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnomathematics
Steiner, H. G., Ed.; Christiansen, Bent, Ed. – 1978
This volume is largely based upon the preparation for and proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) held in Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1976. The volume deals with 13 broad themes of general educational interest for mathematics teachers and educators. Six of these themes divided the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algorithms, Computers, Curriculum Development
