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Peer reviewedCardelle-Elawar, Maria – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1995
Reports a study that investigated the effects of metacognitive instruction in mathematics on low achieving, predominantly Hispanic, elementary school students (grades 3-8). Students were randomly assigned to either experimental (metacognitive) or traditional instruction. Results on learning outcomes showed significant effects favoring students who…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedWalker, David W.; Poteet, James A. – National Forum of Special Education Journal, 1990
This study compared the effectiveness of a diagrammatic and a keyword method of teaching mathematics problem solving to 70 learning-disabled junior high school students. Results indicated no significant difference between problem-solving performance by students taught with different methods. Potential factors explaining inconsistencies between…
Descriptors: Diagrams, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedSellke, Donald H.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1991
This study tested the effectiveness of an experimental instructional strategy for writing arithmetic sentences for simple multiplication and division story problems involving nonintegral factors. Significant effects in favor of the experimental group were found on an intermediate test and a posttest. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Division, Equations (Mathematics), Junior High Schools
