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Instructing Low-Achievers in Mathematical Word Problem Solving
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Kajamies, Anu; Vauras, Marja; Kinnunen, Riitta – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2010
We describe the effects of an intervention designed to develop the mathematical word problem solving of low-achievers. The eight students participating in the intervention were selected from 429 10-year-olds on the basis of their difficulties in word problem solving. In the intervention, we combined intensive, systematic, and explicit teacher…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)