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Arithmetic Disability in College Students.
Tarnopol, Lester; Tarnopol, Muriel – Academic Therapy, 1979
Data from 31 college students attending a remedial arithmetic course at a community college was gathered to study the relationships between arithmetic disability, visual motor, and visual figure ground abilities in college students. (PHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education
Relationship of Bender Memory to Achievement in Arithmetic by First Graders.
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Snyder, Robert T.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Arithmetic and reading achievement scores of 84 children were correlated with power and precision of Bender Memory using the Bender Visual Memory Technique (BVMT). Of the 20 correlations, 16 were significant. Support for recommended use of the BVMT as a screening instrument for early assessment of arithmetic skill is provided. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests
A Comparison of Meaningful and Nonmeaningful Content in Computer-Assisted Spelling Programs. S. S. T. A. Research Centre Report No. 51.
Robertson, Gladene – 1978
Thirty-six third grade students, identified as the poorest spellers in their grade in three schools in Saskatoon (Canada), were selected to participate in a study of computer assisted spelling programs. Two groups used computer assisted spelling programs, one emphasizing meaningful words, the other nonmeaningful words; while a third group used a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research
Perceptual Discrimination as a Predictor of Achievement in Reading and Arithmetic.
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Wilson, Rose; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Prekindergarten children were given a perceptual discrimination task using letterlike forms and their transformations. The magnitude of the relation to subsequent achievement in reading varied according to the difficulty of a transformation. More easily discriminated transformations were associated with higher correlations. Patterns were similar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education
Early Math.
Van Nuys, Ute Elisabeth – A+, 1986
Presents reviews of the following mathematics software designed to teach young children counting, number recognition, visual discrimination, matching, addition, and subtraction skills; Stickybear Numbers, Learning with Leeper, Getting Ready to Read and Add, Counting Parade, Early Games for Young Children, Charlie Brown's 1,2,3's, Let's Go Fishing,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Childhood Interests, Computer Software, Costs
A Study of Ability and Academic Achievement Levels of Mexican-American Children Ages Four Through Eight in Selected Summer Migrant Programs in Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Dreyer, Harold B.; And Others – 1969
The 1969 study, the first in a series which attempts to reflect the impact of selected summer migrant programs, yielded the base data for the ongoing 3-year study. Some 228 Mexican American children aged from 4 to 8 years, enrolled in special summer migrant classes, were given the (1) Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), (2) Wide Range…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged Youth
TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMMED LEARNING, A SOURCE BOOK.
LUMSDAINE, A.A., ED.; GLASER, ROBERT, ED. – 1960
BROUGHT TOGETHER HERE IS THE WIDELY-SCATTERED LITERATURE ON SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND DEVICES BY LEADERS, PAST AND PRESENT, IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. S.L. PRESSEY IN HIS ARTICLES DESCRIBES THE APPARATUS, METHODS, THEORY, AND RESULTS ATTENDANT UPON USE OF HIS TEST-SCORING DEVICES. B.F. SKINNER IN HIS ARTICLES DEVELOPS THEORY, DESCRIBES MACHINES,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Educational Technology, Educational Testing, Language Programs