Pt1420 Unit 4 Language Teaching

Figure 2 shows the total number of times each step was applied to a total of 17 word problems (four word problems in baseline, seven word problems during intervention, and six word problems during baseline/maintenance phase). The C step (circle the numbers) was applied to 12 word problems, U (underline the question) to 13 word problems, B (box the key words) to one word problem, E (eliminate irrelevant information) to six word problems, and S (solve) to 11 word problems.
Figure 3 shows the phases in which these steps were applied. During baseline, the S step (solve) was correctly applied twice to two out of four word problems; no other steps were applied. During the intervention phase, when seven word problems were presented, C (circle the number) was correctly applied seven times, and U (underline the question) was also correctly applied seven times. The B step (box the key words) was not correctly applied to any of the seven word problems. The E step (eliminate irrelevant information) was correctly applied twice, and the S step (solve) was correctly applied six times.
The strategy steps the student correctly applied the most were Circle the numbers and Underline the question; the steps the student applied the least were Box the key words and Eliminate irrelevant information (figure 2). This indicated that the student was able to identify the numbers and the questions in word problems, but had difficulties identifying key words which determined the operation for the problem, and identifying information that was irrelevant in