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Building Word-Problem Solving and Working Memory Capacity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Intervention Approaches
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Lynn S. Fuchs; Douglas Fuchs; Sonya K. Sterba; Marcia A. Barnes; Pamela M. Seethaler; Paul Changas – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
This study's purpose was to investigate effects of 3 intervention approaches for building working memory (WM) and improving word-problem solving (WPS). Children with mathematics difficulties (n = 240; 7.51 years [SD = 0.33]) were randomized to 4 conditions: a control group, general WM training with contiguous math practice, WPS intervention…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
Building Word-Problem Solving and Working Memory Capacity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Three Intervention Approaches
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Lynn S. Fuchs; Douglas Fuchs; Sonya K. Sterba; Marcia A. Barnes; Pamela M. Seethaler; Paul Changas – Grantee Submission, 2022
This study's purpose was to investigate effects of 3 intervention approaches for building working memory (WM) and improving word-problem solving (WPS). Children with mathematics difficulties (n = 240; 7.51 years [SD = 0.33]) were randomized to 4 conditions: a control group, general WM training with contiguous math practice, WPS intervention…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
Comparing Tests Used to Identify Ethnically Diverse Gifted Children: A Critical Response to Lewis, DeCamp-Fritson, Ramage, McFarland, & Archwamety
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Warne, Russell T. – Multicultural Education, 2009
Recently this journal published a research article examining the effectiveness of three different tests in identifying ethnically diverse gifted and talented children (Lewis, DeCamp-Fritson, Ramage, McFarland, & Archwamety, 2007, Volume 15, Number 1, pp. 38-42). After examining the proportions of Caucasian and non-Caucasian children identified…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Gifted, Talent Identification
The Use of the WISC-R, Otis, Iowa, and SRBCSS in Identifying Gifted Elementary Students
Hunter, John A., Jr.; Lowe, James D., Jr. – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1978
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised (WISC-R) was administered to 34 elementary students scoring "gifted" on the Otis, Iowa, and SRBCSS (Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students). Results indicated a combination of the Otis, Iowa, and SRBCSS was moderately effective in predicting the Full Scale…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Gifted, Grade 4