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Melike Dizbay-Onat; J. Michael Wyss – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2018
This study describes a program that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) carried out in partnership with Birmingham City Schools (BCS) to test an educational intervention, i.e., Hands-On Physics (HOP), among 8th grade students in predominantly minority schools. It also evaluated teachers' demographics and educational backgrounds. The…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Physics, Experiments, Science Instruction
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Ellis, Amy B.; Ozgur, Zekiye; Kulow, Torrey; Dogan, Muhammed F.; Amidon, Joel – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2016
This article presents an Exponential Growth Learning Trajectory (EGLT), a trajectory identifying and characterizing middle grade students' initial and developing understanding of exponential growth as a result of an instructional emphasis on covariation. The EGLT explicates students' thinking and learning over time in relation to a set of tasks…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students
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Benita, Moti; Roth, Guy; Deci, Edward L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Mastery goals are generally considered the most adaptive achievement goals. In 2 studies, we tested whether, in line with self-determination theory, participants' experiences of autonomy support and autonomy would affect the relations between mastery goals and psychological outcomes. In Study 1 (an experiment), 117 college students, randomly…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Self Determination, Learning Theories