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Rothman, Rosalind W.; Cohen, Jill – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article offers teachers suggestions on ways to instruct elementary students in the vocabulary of mathematics. It gives examples of math difficulties at the elementary school level, math difficulties related to vocabulary, and math difficulties related to problem solving. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Problems, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedJones, Eric D.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1985
Twenty-nine third graders were trained in teacher led direct instruction to use a generalizable strategy to solve four structurally different types of verbal math problems. There was a significant difference between posttest scores of the two training conditions (sequential and random order) due primarily to gains of the students in sequential…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness
