Effects of Task-Focused Goals on Low-Achieving Students with and without Learning Disabilities.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Karns, Kathy; Hamlett, Carol L.; Katzaroff, Michelle; Dutka, Suzanne

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ERIC Number: EJ551432

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Effects of Task-Focused Goals on Low-Achieving Students with and without Learning Disabilities.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Karns, Kathy; Hamlett, Carol L.; Katzaroff, Michelle; Dutka, Suzanne

American Educational Research Journal, v34 n3 p513-43 Fall 1997

The effects of a task-focused goals (TFG) treatment in mathematics were studied with low-achieving students with or without learning disabilities. Results with 40 elementary classrooms showed that TFG students enjoyed the approach, but that increased effort was associated with greater learning only for those without learning disabilities. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations

WWC Study Page: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/study/74205

IES Cited: ED504995