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Motivational Climate in Mathematics Classrooms: Teacher Self-Efficacy for Student Engagement, Student- and Teacher-Reported Emotional Support and Student Interest
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Hettinger, Katharina; Lazarides, Rebecca; Schiefele, Ulrich – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2023
Mathematics interest is highly relevant for students' academical and emotional development in the domain of mathematics. Thus, it appears alarming that students' mathematics interest decreases during the course of secondary school. Teacher self-efficacy is a central facet of teacher motivation and is assumed to be highly relevant for student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 9, Mathematics Teachers
Create Your Own Problem! When Given Descriptions of Real-World Situations, Do Students Pose and Solve Modelling Problems?
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Hartmann, Luisa-Marie; Krawitz, Janina; Schukajlow, Stanislaw – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
As problem posing has been shown to foster students' problem-solving abilities, problem posing might serve as an innovative teaching approach for improving students' modelling performance. However, there is little research on problem posing regarding real-world situations. The present paper addresses this research gap by using a modelling…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning, Word Problems (Mathematics), Teaching Methods
Students' Conclusions from Measurement Data: The More Decimal Places, the Better?
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Kok, Karel; Priemer, Burkhard; Musold, Wiebke; Masnick, Amy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In this study with 153 middle school students, we investigate the influence of the number of decimal places from the reading of a measurement device on students' decisions to change or keep an initial hypothesis about falling objects. Participants were divided into three groups, introduced to two experiments--the time it takes a free falling…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Measurement, Physics, Science Instruction
Argument, Counterargument, and Integration? Patterns of Argument Reappraisal in Controversial Classroom Discussions
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Gronostay, Dorothee – Journal of Social Science Education, 2016
Being challenged by opposing views in a controversial discussion can stimulate the production of more elaborate and sophisticated argumentations. According to the model of argument reappraisal (Leitão, 2000), such processes require transactivity, meaning that students do not only give reasons to support their own position (e.g., pro/contra…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate
Unpacking Children's Angle "Grundvorstellungen": The Case of Distance "Grundvortsellung" of 1 [Degree] Angle
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Dohrmann, Christian; Kuzle, Ana – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Results of the last thirty years in mathematics education have shown the importance of an operational concept development. One of the geometrical concepts that has been researched for years already, however, not with the particular focus on its systematic teaching in school mathematics, is the concept of angle. In this paper we focus on children's…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries
The Impact of Sub-Skills and Item Content on Students' Skills with Regard to the Control-of-Variables Strategy
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Schwichow, Martin; Christoph, Simon; Boone, William J.; Härtig, Hendrik – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
The so-called control-of-variables strategy (CVS) incorporates the important scientific reasoning skills of designing controlled experiments and interpreting experimental outcomes. As CVS is a prominent component of science standards appropriate assessment instruments are required to measure these scientific reasoning skills and to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Science Tests
Extracurricular Participation and the Development of School Attachment and Learning Goal Orientation: The Impact of School Quality
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Fischer, Natalie; Theis, Désirée – Developmental Psychology, 2014
School motivation and attachment typically decline after the transition to middle school. According to the stage-environment fit approach, extracurricular activities are supposed to promote motivation. However, research has shown that the effects depend on the quality of the activities, which usually is measured by assessing students' individual…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Student Participation, School Attitudes, Goal Orientation