ERIC Number: EJ734286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 21
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
The Prevention, Identification, and Cognitive Determinants of Math Difficulty
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Compton, Donald L.; Fuchs, Douglas; Paulsen, Kimberly; Bryant, Joan D.; Hamlett, Carol L.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v97 n3 p493-513 Aug 2005
This study examined the efficacy of preventive 1st-grade tutoring in mathematics, estimated the prevalence and severity of mathematics disability, and explored pretreatment cognitive characteristics associated with mathematics development. Participants were 564 first graders, 127 of whom were designated at risk (AR) for mathematics difficulty and randomly assigned to tutoring or control conditions. Before treatment, all participants were assessed on cognitive and academic measures. Tutoring occurred 3 times weekly for 16 weeks; treatment fidelity was documented; and math outcomes were assessed. Tutoring efficacy was supported on computation and concepts/applications, but not on fact fluency. Tutoring decreased the prevalence of math disability, with prevalence and severity varying as a function of identification method and math domain. Attention accounted for unique variance in predicting each aspect of end-of-year math performance. Other predictors, depending on the aspect of math performance, were nonverbal problem solving, working memory, and phonological processing.
Descriptors: Grade 1, Tutoring, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Disabilities, Severity (of Disability), Instructional Effectiveness, High Risk Students, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1
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Language: English
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