From Henschen to Middletown Mathematics : Swedish Research on Low Achievement in mathematics

• This chapter presents a summary of Swedish research on low achievement in mathematics from the first systematic studies of arithmetic disorder done by Salomon Eberhard Henschen to the Middletown studies carried out almost 90 years later. Henschen's case studies challenged the prevalent localization of math ability to a single brain region. He coins the term acalculia and demonstrated the complexity of mathematics as a cognitive construct. During the 1950s, Olof Magne introduced Swedish research on low achievement in mathematics with his extensive Gothenburg Studies, with 6,000 students involved. The Mathematics Clinics project tested special education methods in mathematics. The Middletown study is an investigation of students' mathematical achievements in the compulsory school system of a Swedish municipality during a period of 25 years

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

error analysis

learning disability

low achievement

mathematics education

special needs

Special Education

Subject Didactics

Matematik

Mathematics

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