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Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The information processing approach to the assessment of learning disabled students' intellectual performance includes decisions about: (1) relationship between hypothesis testing and overall performance, (2) the knowledge base for strategy development, (3) coordination of search strategies, (4) metacognition, and (5) problem solving strategies.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedGoldman, Susan R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Experiments in strategy instruction for mathematics have been conducted using three models (direct instruction, self-instruction, and guided learning) applied to the tasks of computation and word problem solving. Results have implications for effective strategy instruction for learning disabled students. It is recommended that strategy instruction…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Computation, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedWinn, Judith A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1994
This article addresses the potential and the challenges of scaffolded instruction within the context of an exploratory study of the implementation of mediated collaborative problem solving. Implementation of the model for self-regulation with students experiencing reading difficulties is described, with suggestions for making scaffolded…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
An information processing approach to the assessment of learning disabled students' intellectual performance is presented. The model is based on the assumption that intelligent behavior is comprised of a variety of problem- solving strategies. An account of child problem solving is explained and illustrated with a "thinking aloud" protocol.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Diagnostic Teaching
Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
The time may be ripe for the fields of mathematics education, special education, and cognitive psychology to converge, with their respective focuses on mathematical problem solving, individual differences among students, and analysis of cognitive processes. Four articles on learning disabilities in mathematics are introduced, and a research agenda…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
