Investigating Critical Numeracy
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Teaching numeracy.
Understanding number concepts and basic mathematical skills is important for many everyday activities in modern societies. Little is understood about the numeracy abilities of people with Down syndrome. At present, it appears that numeracy is an area of relative difficulty and that progress with more complex mathematical understanding is slow. However, some teaching approaches that seek to util...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Language Arts Journal of Michigan
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2168-149X
DOI: 10.9707/2168-149x.1834