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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
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Exploring a Conceptual Model-Based Approach to Teaching Situated Word Problems
Xin, Yan Ping; Zhang, Dake
Journal of Educational Research, v102 n6 p427-442 Jul-Aug 2009
The authors explored the effects of teaching conceptual model-based problem-solving instruction on students' ability to solve problems in various situations. Participants were 3 4th-and 5th-grade students with or at risk for mathematics disabilities. The authors used an adapted multiple-probe across-participants design to assess the functional relation between the intervention and the students' problem-solving performance. The results indicate that the intervention improved students' performance on researcher-designed criterion tests and a norm-referenced standardized test (i.e., the problem-solving subtest of the KeyMath Revised Normative Update; A. J. Connolly, 1998). The authors discuss the results in the context of providing students with appropriate educational opportunities, including carefully designed instruction. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Mathematics Skills, Grade 4, Grade 5, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Mathematics, Intervention, Standardized Tests, Educational Opportunities, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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