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Kingsdorf, Sheri; Krawec, Jennifer – Cogent Education, 2016
In third grade the focus on math word problems becomes prominent. In the limited third grade research, teacher-mediated explicit instruction with multiple exemplars, teaching students to use visual representations, and the incorporation of self-strategies, have proven effective. For these practices to reach their full potential though, their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 3, Word Problems (Mathematics), Teaching Methods
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Lovegrove, William; Brown, Chrstina – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
West, Thomas G. – 1997
This book presents research on how some innovations in computer visualization are making work and education more favorable to visual thinking. The book exposes many popular myths about conventional intelligence through an examination of the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of 11 gifted individuals, including…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computers, Creativity, Dyslexia
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van Garderen, Delinda; Montague, Marjorie – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
A study involving 66 sixth-graders with learning disabilities, average achievers, and gifted students found gifted students used significantly more visual-spatial representations than the other two groups in solving mathematical problems. Students with learning disabilities used significantly more pictorial representation than their peers, a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Learning Disabilities