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Direct linkRumack, Aaron M. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Reading mathematics problems can frustrate students to the point of shutting down. Although Pólya's four-step plan is a well-known problem-solving framework, the author's students benefited from a more concrete and detailed approach: chunking the reading. In this article, the author describes an approach to problem solving used with eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Content Area Reading, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving
Ardasheva, Yuliya; Newcomer, Sarah N.; Firestone, Jonah B.; Lamb, Richard L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This nonexperimental study examined academic performance profiles and contributions of language-specific and metacognitive skills to science reading comprehension of Grade 7 students of varied English proficiency. The sample included 204 regular education students, most of whom were English learners (ELs; 35 non-ELs, 86 current ELs, and 83 former…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
Moleko, Mirriam Matshidiso; Mosimege, Mogege D. – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
Understanding the challenges pertaining to the teaching and learning of mathematics word problems is important in order to formulate effective strategies that will address the challenges. The qualitative case study reported in this article describes the teachers' and the learners' experiences regarding mathematics word problems. Data were…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving
Download full textLou, Yingling – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
Recent research on disciplinary literacy has called for a paradigm shift among secondary content teachers from perceiving themselves as disciplinary content transmitters to disciplinary literacy teachers who model and engage students in reading, writing, inquiring, and doing like experts within each discipline. How do content teachers incorporate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Content Area Reading, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods
Mason, Linda H.; Reid, Robert; Hagaman, Jessica L. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Comprehension problems have become an epidemic: One out of every four secondary school students is unable to read and comprehend the material in textbooks. Start addressing the root of the problem today with this practical guidebook, designed to strengthen adolescents' reading comprehension and written expression so they can master academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evidence, Adolescents, Secondary School Students
Conley, Mark W. – Harvard Educational Review, 2008
"Strategy instruction" is quickly becoming one of the most common--and perhaps the most commonly misunderstood--components of adolescent literacy research and practice. In this essay, veteran teacher educator Mark Conley argues that a particular type of strategy instruction known as cognitive strategy instruction holds great promise for improving…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adolescents, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
Meltzer, Julie; Hamann, Edmund T. – Education Alliance at Brown University, 2005
Today, English language learners (ELLs) represent an increasing proportion of U.S. middle and high school enrollment. As a result, mainstream content-area teachers are more likely than ever to have ELLs in their classrooms. At the same time, education policymakers and researchers are increasingly calling for improved academic literacy development…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adolescents, Literacy
