2nd Edition
Individual Differences in Arithmetic Implications for Psychology, Neuroscience and Education
By Ann Dowker
Copyright 2019
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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Arithmetic is still hugely important in many aspects of modern life, but our personal attitudes to it differ greatly. Many people struggle with the basic principles of arithmetic, whilst others love it and feel confident in their arithmetical abilities. Why are there so many individual differences in people’s performance in, and feelings about, arithmetic?
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Introduction
- Individual Differences in Arithmetic: Children, Adults, Males, Females, Weaknesses and Talents
- There Is No Such Thing as Arithmetical Ability – Only Arithmetical Abilities
- Relationships Between Arithmetic and Other Abilities
- Counting and After: The Importance of Individual Differences
- Is Arithmetic a Foreign Language?: Representing Numbers and Arithmetic Problems in Different Forms and Translating Between Them
- Derived Fact Strategies
- A Good Guess: Estimation and Individual Differences
- Arithmetic Facts, Procedures and Different Forms of Memory
- Effects of Culture, Language and Experience
- The Brain and Individual Differences in Arithmetic
- "Maths Doesn't Like Me Anymore": The Role of Attitudes and Emotions
- Implications for Helping Children with Their Arithmetical Difficulties
- Some Practical Guides to Helping Children with Mathematical Difficulties
Bibliography
Biography
Ann Dowker is a University Research Lecturer at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford. She is the lead researcher on the Catch Up Numeracy intervention project.
