The text cites numerous theories about the underlying issues in mathematical learning disabilities. Which of the following reflects a theory suggested by scientists?
a. There is no common language available to discuss mathematical computations.
b. A limited spoken vocabulary leads to difficulties retrieving arithmetic facts.
c. Children are given more encouragement to learn to read than to learn math skills.
d. A poorly developed number sense provides less precise estimates of quantities.
Question 2
Yulianna practices the clarinet for hours each day. This learning translates physically into increases in the thickness of the
a. frontal lobes.
b. cerebral cortex.
c. axons and dendrites.
d. amygdala.
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While numerous subspecies of the jaguar have been recognized, recent research suggests just three. G
(a) The site of Zhoukoudian outside of Beijing, China, spans several hundred thousand years and (b)
Slow-Wave Sleep and Learning
The main avenue to the upward social mobility reviewed in the text has been higher education.
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