Classwide peer tutoring procedures involve instructional procedures (provision of frequent, immediate feedback) that are successful for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Implemented peer tutoring for one second-grade ADHD student. Results indicated significant improvements in attention to instruction, task-irrelevant…

This research investigated the impact of personalizing mathematical word problems using individual student interests on student problem-solving performance. Ten word problems were selected randomly from a mathematics textbook to create a series of two assessments. Both assessments contained problems exactly as they appeared in the textbook and…

The aim of this study was to obtain objective information on the school achievement of non-English speaking migrant children randomly drawn from three primary grade levels, and to identify some of the factors, such as home background, that are related to their achievement in school. Information on home background was collected by means of…