ERIC Number: EJ1048490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jan
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
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Detecting and Correcting Fractions Computation Error Patterns
Bottge, Brian A.; Ma, Xin; Gassaway, Linda; Butler, Mark; Toland, Michael D.
Exceptional Children, v80 n2 p237-255 Jan 2014
This article describes a follow-up analysis of findings from a randomized study that tested the efficacy of a blended version of Enhanced Anchored Instruction (EAI) designed to improve both the computation and problem-solving performances of middle school students with disabilities. The goals of the secondary analysis were to track overall error patterns of students in computing with fractions and to compare the effects of EAI and Business As Usual (BAU) on making these errors. Results showed that students taught with EAI reduced their errors compared to students in BAU classrooms and that reducing the one common error led to improved performance. Error pattern analysis provided clues about how to modify instructional materials for improving computation with fractions.
Descriptors: Computation, Error Patterns, Error Correction, Followup Studies, Problem Solving, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Arithmetic, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Descriptions, Classroom Observation Techniques, Mathematics Tests, Pretests Posttests, Student Improvement, Intermode Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
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