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Deaf children's informal knowledge of multiplicative reasoning.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18948568     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Multiplicative reasoning is required in different contexts in mathematics: it is necessary to understand the concept of multipart units, involved in learning place value and measurement, and also to solve multiplication and division problems. Measures of hearing children's multiplicative reasoning at school entry are reliable and specific predictors of their mathematics achievement in school. An analysis of deaf children's informal multiplicative reasoning showed that deaf children under-perform in comparison to the hearing cohorts in their first two years of school. However, a brief training study, which significantly improved their success on these problems, suggested that this may be a performance, rather than a competence difference. Thus, it is possible and desirable to promote deaf children's multiplicative reasoning when they start school so that they are provided with a more solid basis for learning mathematics.
Authors:
Terezinha Nunes; Peter Bryant; Diana Burman; Daniel Bell; Deborah Evans; Darcy Hallett
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-10-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of deaf studies and deaf education     Volume:  14     ISSN:  1465-7325     ISO Abbreviation:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-03-17     Completed Date:  2009-08-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9889915     Medline TA:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  260-77     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, United Kingdom. terezinha.nunes@education.ox.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child
Child, Preschool
Cognition*
Deafness*
Female
Humans
Learning
Male
Mathematics*
Problem Solving*

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