Instruction in basic concepts and first-grade achievement
INSTRUCTION I N BASIC CONCEPTS AND FIRST-GRADE
ACHIEVEMENT
FRAN MOERS AND JERRY HARRIS’
Arizona State University
First-grade students were administered the Boehm Test of Basic Concepk
(BTBC), then given 15 weeks of instruction relevant to the concepts for which
corresponding BTBC items were most frequently missed. Improvements in
mid-year and end-of-year BTBC performance did not occur &s a function of
instruction, but a sign
