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Using Strategic Interruptions to Effectively Integrate Whole Class and Small Group Instruction in Mathematics
(2013)
In this paper we explore a new way to think about the use of group work in mathematics instruction through what we refer to as strategic interruptions. Strategic interruptions involve frequent and often rapid transitions ...
Views of struggling students on instruction incorporating multiple strategies in Algebra I: An exploratory study
(2013-08-30)
Although policy documents promote teaching students multiple strategies for solving mathematics problems, some practitioners and researchers argue that struggling learners will be confused and overwhelmed by this instructional ...
Effectiveness of Schema-Based Instruction for Improving Seventh-Grade Students’ Proportional Reasoning: A Randomized Experiment
(2012)
This study examined the effect of schema-based instruction (SBI) on seventh-grade students’ mathematical problem solving performance. SBI is an instructional intervention that emphasizes the role of mathematical structure ...
Compared to what? The effects of different comparisons on conceptual knowledge and procedural flexibility for equation solving
(2009)
Researchers in both cognitive science and mathematics education emphasize the importance of comparison for learning and transfer. However, surprisingly little is known about the advantages and disadvantages of what types ...
The nature and development of experts' strategy flexibility for solving equations
(2009)
Largely absent from the emerging literature on flexibility is a consideration of experts' flexibility. Do experts exhibit strategy flexibility, as one might assume? If so, how do experts perceive that this capacity developed ...
Comparison helps students learn to be better estimators
(2010)
This article describes a recent research study that examined the effectiveness of comparison on students’ learning of strategies and concepts for computational estimation.
Comparing pays off!
(2010)
Assisting students struggling with mathematics: Response to intervention (RtI) for elementary and middle schools.
(2009)
Taking early action may be key to helping students struggling with mathematics. The eight recommendations in this guide are designed to help teachers, principals, and administrators use Response to Intervention for the ...
Encouraging girls in math and science
(2007)
The objective of this guide is to provide teachers with specific recommendations that can be carried out in the classroom without requiring systemic change. Other school personnel having direct contact with students, such ...