Bailey,a Boy Who Displays a Mild Intellectual Disability,is Struggling with a Word

question 9

Multiple Choice

Bailey,a boy who displays a mild intellectual disability,is struggling with a word problem about a car driving from one point to another.The problem is illustrated with a diagram of the car's route.Which of the following is the most likely reason for Bailey's difficulty with the problem?

• A) Bailey is confused by the diagram.
• B) Bailey cannot keep all the facts in his short-term memory long enough to figure out the problem.
• C) Bailey does not know how to generalize the strategies he has learned for solving this kind of math problem to the particular problem before him.
• D) Bailey, like most children with mild intellectual disabilities, has poor iconic memory.

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