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Hoffman, Bobby; Schraw, Gregory – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
We investigated the influence of self-efficacy beliefs and working memory capacity on mathematical problem-solving performance, response time, and efficiency (i.e., the ratio of problems solved correctly to time). Students completed a letter-recoding task (Experiment 1) or an operation span task (Experiment 2), rated their self-efficacy for…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Self Efficacy, Problem Solving, Short Term Memory
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Hoffman, Bobby; Spatariu, Alexandru – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
A grounded theory approach was employed to explore the variation in strategies used by students when solving mental multiplication problems. Metacognitive prompts, externally generated stimuli that activate thoughtful cognition, were automatically generated via computer during the solving of mental multiplication problems to elicit awareness,…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Prompting, Multiplication, Preservice Teachers