Working with the brain, not against it: a new approach to correction of systematic errors in the subtraction algorithm

P Baxter; Shelley Dole

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8578.1990.tb00337.x

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Working with the brain, not against it: a new approach to correction of systematic errors in the subtraction algorithm

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Working with the brain, not against it: a new approach to correction of systematic errors in the subtraction algorithm

P Baxter and Shelley Dole

British Journal of Special Education, Vol.17(1), pp.19-22

1990

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8578.1990.tb00337.x

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Specialist Studies in Education

Many errors in arithmetical computation are not random or careless; they are learned and have become habitual. This experimental study reports remediation of habitual errors by methods based on the psychological concept of proactive inhibition.

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Title: Working with the brain, not against it: a new approach to correction of systematic errors in the subtraction algorithm
Authors: P Baxter (Author) - University of Queensland
Shelley Dole (Author) - Kingston State Primary School, Qld
Publication details: British Journal of Special Education, Vol.17(1), pp.19-22
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 1990
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.1990.tb00337.x
ISSN: 0952-3383
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449178902621
Output Type: Journal article

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