Thursday, October 23, 2014

A classic paper about the development of arithmetic abilities


Those  of you who visit here once in a while, may have noticed that I write a lot about cognitive abilities and math.  The reason is that I've decided to upgrade and reorganize an old presentation about this subject.  That is how I re-read Butterworth's paper:

The development of arithmetical abilities.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 46:1 (2005), pp 3–18.  http://www.mathematicalbrain.com/pdf/BUTTJCPP05.PDF


This is an outstanding paper, in my view.  It's written in a clear and an eloquent way, and it presents the main issues in the development of arithmetic abilities that are relevant to understanding learning disabilities  manifested in math and dyscalculia.  I strongly recommend it to those interested in this subject.  At the end of this paper (which I won't review here, because it's main points will be included in the presentation I'm preparing and hoping to publish soon) - Butterworth writes about dyscalculia and defines it according to his point of view (as a difficulty with number sense).

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