ERIC Number: EJ1219484
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Embedding Self-Regulation Instruction within Fractions Intervention for Third Graders with Mathematics Difficulties
Wang, Amber Y.; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Gilbert, Jennifer K.; Krowka, Sarah; Abramson, Rebecca
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v52 n4 p337-348 Jul-Aug 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy of fractions intervention with and without an embedded self-regulation (SR) component for third-grade students at risk for mathematics disabilities. Fractions intervention focused on magnitude understanding and word problems. Embedded SR was designed to support a growth mindset (fostering belief that intellectual and academic abilities can be developed) along with SR processes in which students set goals, self-monitor, and use strategies to engage motivationally, metacognitively, and behaviorally through challenging tasks. Students (n = 69) were randomly assigned to business-as-usual control and the two versions of fractions intervention. Multilevel models, accounting for the nested structure of the data, identified a moderation effect on fraction word problems: For students receiving fractions intervention with embedded SR, response to intervention was robust across the continuum of students' pretest word problem skill; by contrast, without SR, response to fractions intervention depended on students' pretest word problem skill. On the remaining outcomes, results reflected stronger outcomes when fractions intervention embedded SR instruction without moderation. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED595063.]
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Self Management, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Elementary School Mathematics, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention, At Risk Students, Word Problems (Mathematics), Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills, Fractions, Achievement Tests, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Center for Special Education Research (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324D130003