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Rothman, Rosalind W.; Cohen, Jill – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article offers teachers suggestions on ways to instruct elementary students in the vocabulary of mathematics. It gives examples of math difficulties at the elementary school level, math difficulties related to vocabulary, and math difficulties related to problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Problems, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedHughes, Carolyn; Rusch, Frank R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
Two individuals with severe mental retardation, participants in a supported employment program, were taught to use self-instruction in combination with multiple exemplar training to solve work-related problems. Use of the combined strategy resulted in generalization of self-instruction statements and correct responses to untrained problem…
Descriptors: Adults, Generalization, Job Skills, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedRiding, Richard; Cheema, Indra – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Discusses research on cognitive styles and strategies. Groups labels into two principle styles. Describes the wholist-analytic style, examining whether an individual tends to process information in wholes or parts, and the verbalizer-imager style considering whether an individual is inclined to represent information during thinking verbally or in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCampbell, Donald S.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
Sixteen impulsive hearing-impaired adolescents were trained to solve visual problems using a modified version of the "LOGO" computer language; subjects received concurrently presented self-instruction training while controls did not. On two dependent measures of impulsive problem-solving behaviors, treatment subjects demonstrated…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conceptual Tempo, Hearing Impairments, Intervention
Peer reviewedGriffiths, Rachel; Clyne, Margaret – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Described is the use of story telling as a context to introduce mathematical concepts by providing a model, offering problem-posing situations, stimulating investigation, and illustrating concepts. Examples of appropriate stories are given for the primary and low secondary levels. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Context Effect
