Some procedures used for teaching a learning-disabled child are suggested as good teaching practices for the regular classroom. (MP)

Learning activities involving teaching different techniques that can help a child learn the basic facts are described. (JT)

Discusses planning lessons for the learning disabled student. Defines four deficits: (1) visual-processing deficit; (2) auditory-processing deficit; (3) kinesthetic deficit; and (4) reasoning disorders. Describes strategies for each of the four deficits. (YP)

This bibliography lists nearly two hundred articles from about forty periodicals and primarily covers material written within the last 10 years. The articles include reports of successful practices, surveys, research summaries, suggestions, reviews, and opinions about mathematics for students with special learning problems. (MP)

Discusses the use and adaptation of alternative assessment procedures such as observation, interviewing, holistic scoring, checklists, and reading of student journals, to accurately determine the progress of students with learning difficulties. Includes scoring rubrics and many samples of student evaluation. (MKR)

A concrete approach to subtraction problems with minuends to 19 is presented. (MP)

The importance of involving the parents of handicapped children in mathematics instruction is discussed, and some tips for parents are included. (MNS)

Suggestions for assisting learning disabled (LD) students in decision making are given for determining what information is needed, the correct operation for solving a given problem, and whether an answer is reasonable. (MP)

The need of learning-disabled students for more than extensive practice is discussed. The rigid thinking and error reinforcement that may result are noted, and a solution involving the analysis of students' needs is described in some detail. (MNS)

Assists teachers by helping them to recognize problems in mathematics that are often demonstrated by students with suspected or diagnosed learning disabilities. Also suggests remedial and compensatory techniques to help these teachers cope with such problems. Dyscalculia, hyperactivity, distractability, and perseveration are among the problems…

Use of manipulatives in teaching mathematics to the learning handicapped and mathematically gifted students is discussed. Includes a six-step sequence which has proved helpful in work with most learning handicapped students and a list of mathematical concepts/terms that can be developed using manipulative aids with the gifted students. (JN)

Characteristics of the slow learner and the learning disabled child are identified. Educational procedures to help the learning disabled child in mathematics are discussed. (DT)

Some research about students with learning disabilities that textbook publishers need to consider as they revise problem-solving materials is briefly cited. (MNS)

Many children with learning handicaps have difficulty learning to write numerals. The source of numeral-writing difficulties and some things which can be done to teach or remedy this skill are presented. (MNS)