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Babai, Reuven; Nattiv, Laura; Stavy, Ruth – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2016
Students' difficulties in mathematics and science may stem from interference of irrelevant salient variables. We focus on the comparison of perimeters task, in which area is the irrelevant salient variable. A previous fMRI brain-imaging study related to the comparison of perimeters task suggested that increasing the level of salience of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This study examined relationships between mathematical learning difficulties (MLD) and the planning, attention, simultaneous, successive (PASS) theory of cognitive processing. PASS processes were assessed in 267 Dutch students with MLD. Results indicated students with MLD performed lower than peers on all "Cognitive Assessment System"…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries