{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80349"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80349","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Teaching Mental Abacus Calculation to Students With Mental Retardation","abstract":"Students using the curriculum that included mental abacus training performed better on number concepts, computation, and some application and problem solving skills than those who were taught using a conventional math curriculum. No significant differences were found in students' measuring abilities and geometric concepts. Students' intelligence was moderately associated with math achievement. The correlation between age, gender, and previous math knowledge was not significant.","abstract_html":"Students using the curriculum that included mental abacus training performed better on number concepts, computation, and some application and problem solving skills than those who were taught using a conventional math curriculum. No significant differences were found in students' measuring abilities and geometric concepts. Students' intelligence was moderately associated with math achievement. The correlation between age, gender, and previous math knowledge was not significant.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Shen, Hong"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Education","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Monda-Amaya, Lisa"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2015,"date_issued":"2015-09-25T19:56:41Z","date_published":"2015-09-25T19:56:41Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:14Z","subjects":["Education, Special"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["(MiAaPQ)AAI9944996"],"render_values":[{"text":"(MiAaPQ)AAI9944996","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80349","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Monda-Amaya, Lisa"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Shen, Hong"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2015-09-25T19:56:41Z","10000-01-01","1999"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Education"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Education, Special"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80349","(MiAaPQ)AAI9944996"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Students using the curriculum that included mental abacus training performed better on number concepts, computation, and some application and problem solving skills than those who were taught using a conventional math curriculum. No significant differences were found in students' measuring abilities and geometric concepts. Students' intelligence was moderately associated with math achievement. The correlation between age, gender, and previous math knowledge was not significant.","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T19:56:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9944996.pdf: 5331769 bytes, checksum: c5a5ed1b1741f3425e77c5ab7004a8e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1999","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 81631 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","143 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Teaching Mental Abacus Calculation to Students With Mental Retardation"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Monda-Amaya, Lisa"],"dc:creator":["Shen, Hong"],"dc:date":["2015-09-25T19:56:41Z","10000-01-01","1999"],"dc:description":["Students using the curriculum that included mental abacus training performed better on number concepts, computation, and some application and problem solving skills than those who were taught using a conventional math curriculum. No significant differences were found in students' measuring abilities and geometric concepts. Students' intelligence was moderately associated with math achievement. The correlation between age, gender, and previous math knowledge was not significant.","Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T19:56:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9944996.pdf: 5331769 bytes, checksum: c5a5ed1b1741f3425e77c5ab7004a8e8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1999","Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 81631 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs","U of I Only","143 p.","Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999."],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80349","(MiAaPQ)AAI9944996"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:subject":["Education, Special"],"dc:title":["Teaching Mental Abacus Calculation to Students With Mental Retardation"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Education"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:14Z"}