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Direct linkXin, Yan Ping; Jitendra, Asha K.; Deatline-Buchman, Andria – Journal of Special Education, 2005
This study investigated the differential effects of two problem-solving instructional approaches--schema-based instruction (SBI) and general strategy instruction (GSI)--on the mathematical word problem-solving performance of 22 middle school students who had learning disabilities or were at risk for mathematics failure. Results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedBottge, 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
