title: The performance of children with a moderate mental handicap on simple counting tasks.
abstract: 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 skills basis. The findings are discussed within a remediation context.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, England.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McConkey
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D011939:Mental Recall; D011340:Problem Solving