Cognitive, neuropsychological, and genetic correlates of mathematical achievement and
mathematical disability (MD) are reviewed in an attempt to identify the core deficits …

The collection of articles in this special issue and related studies over the past decade
provides a fine example of the substantial progress that has been made in our …

Between 5% and 8% of school-age children have some form of memory or cognitive deficit
that interferes with their ability to learn concepts or procedures in one or more mathematical …

The breadth and complexity of the field of mathematics make the identification and study of
the cognitive phenotypes that define learning disabilities in mathematics (MD) a formidable …

The mathematical performance of 182 third and fourth graders in 8 different areas of
mathematics was examined. The children belonged to 4 achievement groups: children with …

Although mathematical learning difficulties are widespread among US schoolchildren, they
have been studied far less extensively than have reading difficulties. Reading ability …

A two–factor theory is proposed in an attempt to explain the difficulty that children with math
disabilities have in mastering the basic number facts. The theory is based on the premise …

The aim of the study is to investigate the informal and formal mathematical knowledge of
children suffering from" mathematics difficulty"(MD). The research involves comparisons …

First-to fifth-grade mathematics and word reading achievement were assessed for children
with mathematical learning disability (MLD, n= 16), persistent low achievement (LA, n= 29) …

The complexity of the field of mathematics makes the study of any associated learning
disability daunting. In theory, a mathematical learning disability can result from deficits in the …