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Peer reviewedBottge, Brian A. – Educational Leadership, 2001
The author's experiences with short-term interventions show that students with identified learning disabilities exhibit no problem-solving difficulties when problems are interesting and engaging. In fact, studies show that adolescents with suspected learning disabilities can match nondisabled students' performance on complex math problems.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills


