Descriptor
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Semantics | 2 |
| Syntax | 2 |
| Verbal Learning | 2 |
| Child Language | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Language Acquisition | 1 |
| Language Processing | 1 |
| Learning Problems | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Academic Therapy | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Rothman, Rosalind W.; Cohen, Jill – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article offers teachers suggestions on ways to instruct elementary students in the vocabulary of mathematics. It gives examples of math difficulties at the elementary school level, math difficulties related to vocabulary, and math difficulties related to problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Problems, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Download full textPike, Ruth – 1976
Sixty-five grade 5-6 children were tested on a verbal recall task involving material of varying semantic and syntactic content. There was no difference between best and poorest readers in their performance on random lists of words, but there were clear differences on meaningful sentences and on syntactically well-formed but semantically anomalous…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Elementary Education, English
