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Cindy Peng; Conrad Borchers; Vincent Aleven – Grantee Submission, 2024
Prior studies identified effective, but mainly non-digital, homework aids. This research involved 18 middle school students in a lo-fi prototyping study to integrate traditional homework support tools with intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), leveraging rich log data for personalized learning. Feature investigations in standardized diaries, goal…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Homework, Design
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Shin, Youngjoon; Seo, Hae-Ae; Hong, Jun-Euy – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
This research aimed to develop an assessment tool for students' Positive Experiences about Science (PES). A preliminary version of PSE was developed through literature review, consisting of academic emotion, self-concept, learning motivation, career aspiration, and attitude in science. A pilot test was conducted with 198 students and a main test…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Student Experience, Science Education, Evaluation Methods
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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
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McKellar, Sarah E.; Marchand, Aixa Daphne; Diemer, Matthew; Malanchuk, Oksana – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Student self-concept of math ability (SCMA) and math utility value shape course-taking patterns, achievement, and entree into mathematics-intensive college majors (Eccles & Wigfield, 2005). The development of SCMA and math utility value are embedded in social contexts (Marsh et al., 2005). School racial climate is a particularly important…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics Skills, African American Students, Racial Composition
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Hackenberg, Amy J.; Lee, Mi Yeon – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
To understand relationships between students' quantitative reasoning with fractions and their algebraic reasoning, a clinical interview study was conducted with 18 middle and high school students. Six students with each of 3 different multiplicative concepts participated. This paper reports on the 6 students with the most basic multiplicative…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Logical Thinking, Fractions
Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
In this paper we present the results of an evaluation study of a development project for the introduction and use of tablet computers (iPads) at the lower secondary level in Nordlinga school, a compulsory school in Reykjavík. In the study, we assess the impact of the use of tablet computers on instruction and students' learning in grades 9 to 10,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Learning
Lacefield, Warren E.; Zeller, Pamela J.; Van Kannel-Ray, Nancy – Online Submission, 2010
This study documents the impact of placing graduation coaches as a GEAR UP intervention in urban high schools. The overall goal was improvement of students' academic performance, particularly for students not passing core courses. This longitudinal study began with data collection in feeder middle schools where results indicated improved student…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Developmentally Appropriate Practices