The Taped-Problems Intervention

ABSTRACT

A multiple-probe across-tasks design was used to determine if the taped-problems intervention, a variation of the taped-words interventions (Freeman & McLaughlin, 1984), could be used to enhance division fact fluency in a fourth-grade student. During the taped-problems intervention, the student was given a list of problems on a sheet of paper and instructed to attempt to complete each problem before the answer was provided by an audiotape player. On the tapes, problems were read followed by their answers. Progressive time delay procedures were used as intervals between the problem and answer were adjusted. Initially, the interval between the problem being read and the answer was 1 second. During each session, as problems were repeated, the interval was gradually increased and then reduced. Results showed clear increases in division fact fluency after the intervention was implemented. This enhanced performance appeared to be maintained. Discussion focuses on future research related to the taped-problems intervention.

Key Words:

• Tape-problems
• time-delay
• math fluency
• self-management
• multiple-probe across-tasks design