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van Garderen, Delinda; Scheuermann, Amy; Jackson, Christa – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
This study examined students' understanding of diagrams and their use of diagrams as tools to solve mathematical word problems. Students with learning disabilities (LD), typically achieving students, and gifted students in Grades 4 through 7 ("N" = 95) participated. Students were presented with novel mathematical word problem-solving…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Visual Aids
White, Karl R.; Carcelli, Larry – 1982
The effect on children's test scores of different item formats used in standardized mathematics achievement tests was investigated. In a Utah school, 40 second grade students completed a mathematics computation test using eight different formats derived from five standardized achievement tests. Identical content, taken from the most frequently…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics