Does understanding relational terminology mediate effects of intervention on compare word problems?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 607-628

  Schumacher, Robin F ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compare problems; Mathematics word problems; Mediation analysis; Problem solving; Relational terminology; Word problems

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84857141224     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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