Why Is Math So Hard for Some Children?: The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabilities - Hardcover

Daniel B. Berch; Michele M.M. Mazzocco

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557668647 ISBN 13: 9781557668646

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co., 2007

Synopsis

This book will comprise a comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment of current research on mathematical learning disabilities. Empirical, theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical perspectives on this rapidly evolving area will be discussed, drawing on a wide range of fields including cognitive and developmental psychology, educational psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, behavior genetics, and special education. Topics to be discussed include: issues of clarification and definition; the prevalence of mathematical learning disabilities; the role of language in mathematical learning; math anxiety; motivation; gender; cultural influences; effective instructional interventions; and much more.

About this title

Review:

"Represents seminal work on understanding mathematical learning difficulties and disabilities."

--Asha Jitendra

About the Author:

Daniel B. Berch is Associate Chief, Child Development and Behavior Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland. Michele M.M. Mazzocco is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Director, Math Skills Development Project, Kennedy Krieger West Campus, in Baltimore, Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1557668647
• ISBN 13: 9781557668646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 488