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The Effects Of Gosolve Word Problems Math Intervention On Applied Problem Solving Skills Of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede
The Effects Of Gosolve Word Problems Math Intervention On Applied Problem Solving Skills Of Low Performing Fifth Grade Students, Jessica Lynn Fede
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This research investigation examined the effects of GO Solve Word Problems math intervention on problem-solving skills of struggling 5th grade students. In a randomized controlled study, 16 5th grade students were given a 12-week intervention of GO Solve, a computer-based program designed to teach schema-based instruction strategies (SBI's) to solve math word problems and 16 control students continued with the standard school-based mathematics curriculum. A subset of items from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) as well as the Group Mathematics Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GMADE) was used to measure student test performance. Examiner-made probes were given to both the …