Remediation for Children with Mathematical Difficulties: Evaluation of a Numerical Intervention Program for Primary School ChildrenBackground: Primary-school children who suffer from mathematical difficulties (MD) typically show deficits in various ...
Short and Long-Term Effects of Quantity-Number Training with First Grade At-Risk ChildrenBackground: Early deficits in quantity-number competencies (QNC) are closely related to subsequent problems in mathematical school achievement. As demonstrated by ...
Detecting Mathematical Learning Difficulties through Teacher and Classroom Test AssessmentAbstract.Background: In recent years, an increasing number of schools in German-speaking countries have started to accept dyscalculia as a learning disability. ...
In-school intervention for children with difficulties in reading and writing through external learning therapistsAbstract.Background: A serious amount of all primary school children in Germany seems to have difficulties in basic reading and writing ...
Dyscalculia diagnosis and treatment: Are we measuring what we want to improve?Abstract. The growing interest in mathematical learning difficulties or dyscalculia has led to a steady increase in available literature for both the diagnosis and remediation ...
Reading is search for meaning – and learning to read demands more than mere training of skillsAbstract. Concepts of instruction are based on quite different concepts of learning and of competing explanations of problems. This article shows that ...
Learning disabilities: diagnostic and interventionAbstract. Extensive diagnostics are essential for the detection of learning disorders. In order to be able to detect deviations in school achievement, standardized ...
Effectiveness of a combined training for children with reading and spelling disabilities and attention disordersAbstract. Despite the high comorbidity rate between reading and spelling disabilities and attention ...
FömaK – A Pilot-Study for Enhancement of Mathematical CompetencesAbstract.Introduction: At 16 Austrian primary schools with 292 pupils, a pilot project has been and is being carried out to show how teachers in an ...