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Hsiao, Sheng-Che; Lin, Janet Mei-Chuen; Kang, Jiin-Cherng – Online Submission, 2011
A quasi-experiment was conducted at an elementary school to investigate if guided collaboration would facilitate programming learning of 6 graders. Sixty-six students of two intact classes learned to program in KPL (kid's programming language) for 18 weeks during the experiment. One class was randomly assigned to the control group (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Programming Languages, Achievement Tests
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Rickard, Timothy C.; Lau, Jonas; Pashler, Harold – Online Submission, 2008
Many arithmetic problems can be solved in two ways: by a calculation involving several steps, and by direct retrieval of the answer. With practice on particular problems, memory retrieval tends to supplant calculation--an important aspect of skill learning. We asked how the distribution of practice on particular problems affects this kind of…
Descriptors: Computation, Memory, Multiplication, Problem Solving