ERIC Number: EJ1249755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
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The Effect of Computer-Assisted Conceptual Model-Based Intervention Program on Mathematics Problem-Solving Performance of At-Risk English Learners
Xin, Yan Ping; Kim, Soo Jung; Lei, Qingli; Wei, Shuang; Liu, Bingyu; Wang, Wudong; Kastberg, Signe; Chen, Yingjie; Yang, Xuan; Ma, Xiaojun; Richardson, Sue Ellen
Reading & Writing Quarterly, v36 n2 p104-123 2020
According to Every Student Succeeds Act, schools are accountable for the improvement of all children; including those with disabilities or difficulties, recently arrived English language learners (ELs) as well as long-term ELs, and all students for whom English is not their native language. To meet the accountability requirements, it is essential to provide both linguistic scaffolds and content-specific interventions to address these students' achievement gaps in mathematics. Using a single-subject design, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of computer-assisted "Conceptual Model-based Problem Solving" (COMPS) tutor on additive word problem-solving performance of ELs with learning difficulties in mathematics. Findings indicate that all four participants improved their performance on researcher-developed criterion test as well as a generalization test following the intervention. It seems that features such as conceptual model-based visual scaffolding and linguistic scaffolding found in the COMPS tutor, may have contributed to students' access to learning mathematics and the positive outcome of this study.
Descriptors: At Risk Students, English Language Learners, Learning Problems, Mathematics Instruction, Accountability, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Intervention, Generalization, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Visual Aids, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1503451