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Peer reviewedTournaki, Nelly – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This study compared instruction in addition using either a minimum addend strategy or drill and practice with 84 students either with or without learning disabilities (LD). Students with LD improved significantly only in the strategy condition, whereas general education students improved in both the strategy and the drill-and-practice conditions.…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedChan, Lorna K. S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Twenty grade 5 and 6 students with reading disabilities and 40 average readers were taught to use a self-questioning strategy for the identification of main ideas under either a standard instruction or a generalization induction condition. Results indicated the self-instructional training was equally effective under both conditions and performance…
Descriptors: Generalization, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedNiedelman, Mark – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This article reviews the research on components of problem solving including two mechanisms for fostering transfer of problem-solving strategies, low-road transfer and high-road transfer, and two types of content (domain specific and higher order thinking). Exploratory research on low-road transfer of higher-order thinking is summarized.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
