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Differential Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Acceptability of Drill-Based Interventions Targeting Multiplication Facts
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Adams, Sarah R.; Maki, Kathrin E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Math facts are foundational for later math skill development, but many students demonstrate difficulties with math facts in early schooling. Drill-based interventions have been shown to effectively target foundational academic skills; however, there is limited research examining drill-based interventions for teaching math facts compared to basic…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication
On the Different Effects of Teacher-Student Rapport on Urban and Rural Students' Math Learning in China: An Empirical Study
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Zhou, Da; Liu, Jinqing; Liu, Jian – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study investigated the different effects of teacher-student rapport on urban and rural students' math learning via mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety in China. The participants were 8145 urban and rural fourth graders (mean age = 10 years old) in a central city of China. The findings indicated that (a) compared with rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Urban Schools, Rural Schools
The Linkages between Chinese Children's Both Cognitive Engagement and Emotional Engagement and Behavioral Engagement: Mediating Effect of Perceptions of Classroom Interactions in Math
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Yang, Yanfei; Yuan, Yuan; Tan, Hongqi; Wang, Yili; Li, Guangzheng – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Student engagement not only improves student achievement but also affects the dropout rate. Positive classroom interaction between teachers and students enhances student engagement. The interaction between teachers and students is bidirectional, and student engagement can also affect teachers' classroom teaching behavior. Both student engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Applying Spaced Practice in the Schools to Teach Math Vocabulary
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Petersen-Brown, Shawna; Lundberg, Ashlee R.; Ray, Jannine E.; Dela Paz, Iwalani N.; Riss, Carrington L.; Panahon, Carlos J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
Spaced practice, or the distribution of practice opportunities across time, is a well-known and effective practice for improving retention. However, spaced practice is not effectively implemented in schools, perhaps as a result of a lack of educationally relevant research in the area. We conducted an educationally relevant investigation of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Retention (Psychology)
Teaching the Partial Products Algorithm with the Concrete Representational Abstract Sequence and the Strategic Instruction Model
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Flores, Margaret M.; Moore, Alexcia J.; Meyer, Jill M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
Elementary standards include multiplication of single-digit numbers and students advance to solve complex problems and demonstrate procedural fluency in algorithms. The ability to illustrate procedural fluency in algorithms is dependent on the development of understanding and reasoning in multiplication. Development of multiplicative reasoning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Teaching Methods
Monitoring Proficiency: Growth of Number Sense in Primary School
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Gökçe, Semirhan; Güner, Pinar; Bastug, Muhammet – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The purpose of this study is to develop tests for monitoring the number sense skills of primary school students based on proficiency definitions and to compare their number sense skills according to gender, school type, and mother's educational level. The first stage addressed to test development in which anchor items were used for vertical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts, Elementary School Students