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Learning to Solve a Problem: A Microanalysis of the Solution Strategies of Children with Learning Disabilities.
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Wansart, William L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Microanalysis of problem-solving activities of 10 learning-disabled and 10 normally achieving children (ages 10-12) found that, although normally achieving subjects reached more sophisticated levels of strategy use, there was no evidence that the learning-disabled subjects were inactive, passive, or maladaptive in their problem-solving attempts.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Empirical Testing of a Cognitive Model to Account for Neuropsychological Functioning Underlying Arithmetic Problem Solving.
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Batchelor, Ervin S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
The study with 989 learning-disabled students supported the cognitive-based arithmetic problem-solving model of Dinnel et al. under continuous visual stimulus conditions but suggested a more complex neuropsychological underpinning to arithmetic performance in both visual and aural stimulus conditions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
A Word Identification Strategy for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities.
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Lenz, B. Keith; Hughes, Charles A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
The study investigated effects of training 12 adolescents with learning disabilities in a 7-step word identification strategy (using a general problem-solving strategy with specific substrategies) and found significant gains in word identification but inconsistent gains in comprehension. (DB) (DB)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving
The Effects of Computer-Based Attribution Retraining on the Attributions, Persistence, and Mathematics Computation of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Okolo, Cynthia M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
Results of this evaluation study did not find that attribution retraining (embedded within a mathematics computer-assisted instructional program) had a significant impact on the attributions of 29 students with learning disabilities. However, students in the attribution retraining condition did complete more program levels and scored higher on…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Restructuring, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Problem Solving and Transfer.
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Niedelman, Mark – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This article reviews the research on components of problem solving including two mechanisms for fostering transfer of problem-solving strategies, low-road transfer and high-road transfer, and two types of content (domain specific and higher order thinking). Exploratory research on low-road transfer of higher-order thinking is summarized.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Information Processing and Educational Microcomputer Technology: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Goldman, Susan R.; Pellegrino, James W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
Research is reviewed on the use of microcomputer technology with learning disabled students in two major areas: (1) extended practice and its role in the development of increased automaticity of basic information processing skills; and (2) problem solving and metacognitive activities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Drills (Practice), Educational Technology
The Relationship between Anxiety and Problem-Solving Skills in Children with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Fisher, Barbara L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
Comparison of the effects of pretest anxiety on the social and nonsocial problem solving of 45 boys (ages 9 to 11) with learning disabilities (LD) and 45 nondisabled boys found the LD group reported significantly higher pretest anxiety which escalated over the course of the problem-solving session. However, boys with or without LD were equally…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affective Behavior, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Mathematical Outcomes of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Zentall, Sydney S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Assessment of 121 nondisabled elementary boys and 107 boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ages 7 through 14 years, found significantly lower problem-solving scores in specific math concepts and slower computational performance for the boys with ADHD when reading and problem structure were held constant. Instructional…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity