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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Mental Abacus Calculation to Students With Mental Retardation

Abstract

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.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Shen, Hong
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Monda-Amaya, Lisa

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9944996
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80349

Chain of custody

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Shen, Hong. Teaching Mental Abacus Calculation to Students With Mental Retardation. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80349