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Diamond, Lindsay Lile – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
Problem solving is recognized as a critical component to becoming a self-determined individual. The development of this skill should be fostered in the early years through the use of age-appropriate direct and embedded activities. However, many early childhood teachers may not be providing adequate instruction in this area. This column provides a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Disabilities
Park, Soyoung; Bryant, Diane Pedrotty; Dougherty, Barbara – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2021
This article presents a checklist of 10 evidence-based practices for educators to apply in mathematics instruction for students with learning disabilities. The checklist is "actionable," meaning the items on the checklist can be put into action immediately. It provides practical strategies teachers can adopt to fit their lessons…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice
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Pfannenstiel, Kathleen Hughes; Bryant, Diane Pedrotty; Bryant, Brian R.; Porterfield, Jennifer A. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2015
Students with mathematics difficulties and learning disabilities (LD) typically struggle with solving word problems. These students often lack knowledge about efficient, cognitive strategies to utilize when solving word problems. Cognitive strategy instruction has been shown to be effective in teaching struggling students how to solve word…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Learning Disabilities
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Powell, Sarah R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2015
Students with mathematics difficulty demonstrate lower mathematics performance than typical-performing peers. One contributing factor to lower mathematics performance may be misunderstanding of mathematics symbols. In several studies related to the equal sign (=), students who received explicit instruction on the relational definition (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Equations (Mathematics), Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction