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The relative difficulty of signed arithmetic story problems for primary level deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16469969     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study determines the relative difficulty and associated strategy use of arithmetic (addition and subtraction) story problems when presented in American Sign Language to primary level (K-3) deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Results showed that deaf and hard-of-hearing students may consider and respond to arithmetic story problems differently than their hearing peers, with the critical dimension in problem difficulty being based on the operation typically used to solve the problem, not the story within the problem. The types of strategies used by the students supported the order of problem difficulty. The visual-spatial nature of the problem presentation appeared not to assist the deaf and hard-of-hearing students in solving the problems. Factors that may have contributed to this pattern of problem difficulty are discussed so that educators can better align mathematics instruction to the thinking of the deaf child.
Authors:
Ellen Ansell; Claudia M Pagliaro
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2006-02-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of deaf studies and deaf education     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1081-4159     ISO Abbreviation:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-03-08     Completed Date:  2008-02-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9889915     Medline TA:  J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  153-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Mathematics Education, at the University of Pittsburgh, 5300 W.W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA. ansell@pitt.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hearing Impaired Persons / education*
Hearing Loss / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Mathematics*
Sign Language*
Task Performance and Analysis

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