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Brizuela, Bárbara M.; Blanton, Maria; Sawrey, Katharine; Newman-Owens, Ashley; Murphy Gardiner, Angela – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2015
In this article, we analyze a first grade classroom episode and individual interviews with students who participated in that classroom event to provide evidence of the variety of understandings about variable and variable notation held by first grade children approximately six years of age. Our findings illustrate that given the opportunity,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Algebra
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Pifarre, Manoli; Cobos, Ruth – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine the development of the metacognitive knowledge of a group of higher education students who participated actively in an experiment based on a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning environment called KnowCat. Eighteen university students participated in a 12-month learning project during which the KnowCat…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Educational Environment, College Students, Cooperative Learning
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Zimmerman, Corinne; Raghavan, Kalyani; Sartoris, Mary – International Journal of Science Education, 2003
The Model-Assisted Reasoning in Science (MARS) project seeks to promote model-centered instruction as a means of improving middle-school science education. As part of the evaluation of the sixth-grade curriculum, performance of MARS and non-MARS students was compared on a curriculum-neutral task. Fourteen students participated in structured…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Theory Practice Relationship, Science Education, Instructional Effectiveness