Remediating Number Combination and Word Problem Deficits Among Students With Mathematics Difficulties: A Randomized Control Trial

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-576

  Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Powell, Sarah R ^a   Seethaler, Pamela M ^a   Cirino, Paul T ^b   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Hamlett, Carol L ^a   Zumeta, Rebecca O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

mathematics disability; number combinations; validated mathematics tutoring; word problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949123395     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014701     Document Type: Article

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