The taped-problems intervention: Increasing division fact fluency using a low-tech self-managed time-delay intervention

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-147

  McCallum, Elizabeth ^a   Skinner, Christopher H ^a   Hutchins, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Math fluency; Multiple probe across tasks design; Self management; Tape problems; Time delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750538595     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J370v20n02_08     Document Type: Article

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