Brian Butterworth

Dyscalculia

From Science to Education

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this new edition of his best-selling text, Brian Butterworth explains the latest research in the science of dyscalculia. He shows that dyscalculia is caused by a deficit in the ability to represent the number of objects in a set, differentiating dyscalculia from other forms of early mathematical learning difficulties.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032579481
• ISBN-10: 103257948X
• Artikelnr.: 73776558

Autorenporträt

Brian Butterworth is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1 What is Dyscalculia, Officially?
2 Number Sense and the 'Starter Kit'
3 The Starter kit: The Beginnings of Counting and Arithmetic
4 Core Deficit in Number Sense: The Cause of Dyscalculia
5 Development of Arithmetic
6 The Arithmetical Brain and the Dyscalculic Brain
7 Causes of Dyscalculia
8 Society, School, and Home
9 Assessment: How to Identify Dyscalculic Learners
10 Intervention for Dyscalculic Learners
11 Policy: What to do about Dyscalculia Locally and Nationally