Word problems (WPs) belong to the most difficult and complex problem types that pupils
encounter during their elementary-level mathematical development. In the classroom …

Drawing on various approaches to the study of mathematics learning, Gersten, Jordan, and
Flojo (in this issue) explore the implications of this research for identifying children at risk for …

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly
updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student …

This study tests the hypothesis that dyslexia and dyscalculia are associated with two largely
independent cognitive deficits, namely a phonological deficit in the case of dyslexia and a …

The literature on spatial associations during number processing is dominated by the SNARC
(spatial–numerical association of response codes) effect. We describe spatial biases found …

Visual thinking-visual imagination or perception of diagrams and symbol arrays, and mental
operations on them-is omnipresent in mathematics. Is this visual thinking merely a …

This study examined the generality of the logarithmic to linear transition in children's
representations of numerical magnitudes and the role of subjective categorization of …

We tested whether adults can use integrated, analog, magnitude representations to
compare the values of fractions. The only previous study on this question concluded that …

The close behavioral parallels between the processing of quantitative information conveyed
by symbolic and non-symbolic stimuli led to the hypothesis that there exists a common …

The study of neuronal specialisation in different cognitive and perceptual domains is
important for our understanding of the human brain, its typical and atypical development …