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Namkung, Jessica; Fuchs, Lynn – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Competence with fractions is foundational to acquiring more advanced mathematical skills. However, achieving competency with fractions is challenging for many students, especially for those with mathematics learning difficulties who often lack foundational skill with whole numbers. Teaching fractions is also challenging for many teachers as they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Mathematics Skills, Learning Problems
Powell, Sarah R.; Stevens, Elizabeth A.; Berry, Katherine A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Word problems require students to read a language-based problem, identify necessary information to answer a prompt, and perform calculation(s) to develop a problem solution. Solving word problems proves particularly challenging for students with mathematics difficulties because skill in reading, interpretation of language, and mathematics are…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Intervention, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Jitendra, Asha K.; Corroy, Kelly Cozine; Dupuis, Danielle N. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The purposes of this study were (a) to evaluate differences in arithmetic word problem solving between high and low at-risk students for mathematics difficulties (MD) and (b) to assess the influence of attention, behavior, reading, and socio-economic status (SES) in predicting the word problem solving performance of third-grade students with MD.…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Skills
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Smith, Lisa F.; Montani, Teresa Oettinger – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The benefits of multisensory instruction for teaching mathematics to students in resource rooms were explored. Participants were third and fourth graders (n = 12) in 3 resource rooms for replacement mathematics in a middle-class school district in New Jersey. The students received weekly instruction for several months, using manipulatives and word…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Grade 4