ERIC Number: EJ1469764
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
EISSN: EISSN-1538-4780
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Teaching Constant Rate-of-Change Problem-Solving to Secondary Students with or at Risk of Learning Disabilities
Kaitlin Bundock1; Gregory Callan1; Maryellen Brunson McClain2; Chandler M. Benney3; David N. Longhurst1; Kristen R. Rolf1
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v58 n3 p210-224 2025
Rate of change (i.e., slope) is a critical mathematics concept for success in everyday life, academics, and professional careers. Students with or at risk of learning disabilities struggle with solving rate-of-change problems, especially word problems. Interventions that incorporate representations and problem-solving strategies are effective for improving the word problem-solving performance of students with disabilities. This multiple-probe, multiple-baseline, single-case design study evaluated the effects of an intervention that included an integrated, concrete-representational-abstract teaching framework with an embedded problem-solving strategy (POD Check) on students' rate-of-change word problem-solving performance. The intervention was delivered virtually via video conferencing technology. Four middle- and high-school students with or at risk of mathematics learning disabilities in the U.S. Intermountain West region participated in the intervention. Results indicate evidence of a functional relation between the intervention and students' word problem-solving performance, and effects were maintained 2-4 weeks after the intervention. The findings of this study provide implications for mathematics intervention research and practice for students with learning disabilities.
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students, At Risk Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Problems, Word Problems (Mathematics), Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Student Improvement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Utah State University, Logan, USA; 2Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; 3Weber School District, Special Education, Ogden, UT, USA