This article introduces the thematic special series on intersection of mathematics education and special education. This special series will include four research papers and one commentary. The four research papers rooted in a working group from the annual conferences of the International Group of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) as well as its North American Chapter (PME-NA).
BryantD. P.BryantB. R.RobertsG.VaughnS.PfannenstielK. H.PorterfieldJ.GerstenR. (2011). Early numeracy intervention program for first-grade students with mathematics difficulties. Exceptional Children, 78, 7–23. doi:10.1177/001440291107800101
FuchsL. S.FuchsD.HollenbeckK. N. (2007). Expanding responsiveness to intervention to mathematics at first and third grade. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 22, 13–24. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5826.2007.00227.x
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HuntJ. H.TzurR.WestenskowA. (2016). Evolution of unit fraction conceptions in two fifth-graders with a learning disability: An exploratory study. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 18, 182–208. doi:10.1080/10986065.2016.1183089
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ThoulessH.TzurR.CoureyS.LewisK.FisherM.HuntJ. H. (2012). Mathematics learning disabilities. In Van ZoestL. R.LoJ.-J.KratkyJ. L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1229–1236). Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University.
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TzurR.HuntJ. H. (2015). Iteration to promote unit fraction knowledge. Teaching Children Mathematics, 22(3), 148-157.
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TzurR.JohnsonH. L.McClintockE.KenneyR. H.XinY. P.SiL.. . . JinX. (2013). Distinguishing schemes and tasks in children’s development of multiplicative reasoning. PNA, 7, 85–101.
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XinY. P. (2012). Conceptual model-based problem solving: Teach students with learning difficulties to solve math problems. The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
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XinY. P.SiL.HordC.ZhangD.CetintasS.ParkJ. Y. (2012). Conceptual model-based problem solving that facilitates algebra readiness: An exploratory study with computer-assisted instruction. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 18, 71–85.
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XinY. P.TzurR.SiL. (2008–2015). Nurturing multiplicative reasoning in students with learning disabilities in a computerized conceptual-modeling environment. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation.
