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Teaching Algebra to Students with Learning Disabilities: Where Have We Come and Where Should We Go?
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Watt, Sarah J.; Watkins, Jessie R.; Abbitt, Jason – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This review investigates effective interventions for teaching algebra to students with learning disabilities and evaluates the complexity and alignment of skills with the Common Core State Standards in math. The review includes the results of 10 experimental and 5 single-subject designs (N = 15) producing a moderate overall effect size (g = 0.48).…
Descriptors: Algebra, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention
Algebra Progress Monitoring and Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Foegen, Anne – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
Competence in algebra is linked to access to higher education, employment in better-paying jobs, and, increasingly, the ability to earn a high school diploma. For many students with learning disabilities, developing proficiency in algebra represents a challenging, but necessary goal. Teachers of students with learning disabilities need access to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Disabilities, Algebra, Teaching Methods
Using a Graduated Word Problem Sequence to Promote Problem-Solving Skills.
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Miller, Susan Peterson; Mercer, Cecil D. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article presents a graduated word problem sequence in mathematics, beginning with simple words; progressing to phrases, sentences, and paragraphs; advancing to paragraph word problems with extraneous information; and finally having students create their own word problems. Results from 67 elementary students with learning disabilities support…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Direct Instruction in Math Word Problems: Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Cynthia L. Wilson; Paul T. Sindelar – Exceptional Children, 1991
This study compared the effectiveness of 3 procedures for teaching 62 elementary students with learning disabilities to identify the correct algorithm in solving addition and subtraction word problems. The group receiving strategy teaching and sequencing practice problems and the group receiving strategy teaching only scored higher than…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction
Using Data to Learn about Concrete-Semiconcrete-Abstract Instruction for Students with Math Disabilities.
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Miller, Susan Peterson; Mercer, Cecil D. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
Nine students (ages 7 to 11) with math disabilities were effectively taught using an instructional sequence that moved from the concrete to the semiconcrete to the abstract. Subjects needed between three and seven lessons using manipulative devices and pictures before being able to do abstract-level problems. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Fraction Instruction for Students with Mathematics Disabilities: Comparing Two Teaching Sequences.
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Butler, Frances M.; Miller, Susan P.; Crehan, Kevin; Babbitt, Beatrice; Pierce, Thomas – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This study compared effectiveness of either a concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) or a representational-abstract (RA) instructional sequence in teaching fraction concepts to 50 middle school students with mathematics disabilities. On all achievement measures, students in the CRA group had overall higher mean scores than did students in the RA…
Descriptors: Fractions, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Manipulative Materials
CSA: Acquiring and Retaining Math Skills.
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Miller, Susan Peterson; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1992
This article presents the "concrete semiconcrete abstract" (CSA) teaching sequence for teaching basic math skills to students with and without learning disabilities. Guidelines include providing a minimum of nine instructional lessons (three at each level), each with four lesson steps. Validation of the CSA sequence and lesson format with 15…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics