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van Nieuwenhuijzen, M.; Orobio de Castro, B.; van Aken, M. A. G.; Matthys, W. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: A growing interest exists in mechanisms involved in behaviour problems in children with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intelligence (MID/BI). Social problem solving difficulties have been found to be an explanatory mechanism for aggressive behaviour in these children. However, recently a discrepancy was found between…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Slow Learners, Self Control, Mild Mental Retardation
Tripp, David H. – Exceptional Child, 1979
Effects of the CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) Thinking Project with slow learners in the United Kingdom is discussed. The aim of the project is to provide the framework which helps children arrive at a response to problems. (PHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence
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Bottge, Brian A. – Journal of Special Education, 1999
This study examined effects of contextualized math instruction on problem-solving performance of 17 middle school remedial students and 49 average-achieving prealgebra students. Results showed that both remedial and average students receiving contextualized-problem instruction outperformed comparison groups receiving word-problem instruction.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Instructional Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Moniuszko, Linda K. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Described are activities within extended problem-solving settings which allow middle school mathematics students, particularly at-risk students, to determine applications for a wide range of mathematical processes and concepts. Emphasis is on reality-based projects which often require more than one step as preparation for future consumer…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics