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The performance of children with a moderate mental handicap on simple counting tasks
Author(s) -
McEVOY J.,
McCONKEY R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1991.tb00427.x
Subject(s) - numeral system , psychology , context (archaeology) , object (grammar) , cognition , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , mental handicap , psychiatry , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , biology
. This study examines both oral and object counting, and the ability to read numerals in a group of 51 children with a moderate degree of mental handicap. The findings indicate deficiencies in basic counting competencies across a wide spread of ability. There is also evidence for a distinction between oral and object counting on a cognitive skill basics. The findings are discussed within a remediation context.