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Metacognitive Strategy Use of Eighth-Grade Students with and without Learning Disabilities during Mathematical Problem Solving: A Think-Aloud Analysis
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Rosenzweig, Carly; Krawec, Jennifer; Montague, Marjorie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of the study was to investigate the metacognitive abilities of students with LD as they engage in math problem solving and to determine processing differences between these students and their low- and average-achieving peers (n = 73). Students thought out loud as they solved three math problems of increasing difficulty. Protocols were…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving, Ability Grouping
The Flight from the Bottom Up.
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Barclay, James R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The importance of understanding individual differences in learning styles and temperament for developing special education programs is considered in the context of K. Lewin's theories of the interaction between behavior, personality, and environment. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Disabilities, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
Teachers are Still the Test: Limitations of Response to Instruction Strategies for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities
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Gerber, Michael M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
In this paper I comment on recent recommendations that students' responsiveness to instruction (RTI) provides a basis for identification of students as learning disabled. I repeat an earlier argument (Gerber & Semmel, 1985) that teachers embedded in schools are naturally variable in their capacity to respond to differences in students' response to…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Individual Differences