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Mousoulides, Nicholas G.; Christou, Constantinos; Sriraman, Bharath – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2008
This study analyzed the processes used by students when engaged in modeling activities and examined how students' abilities to solve modeling problems changed over time. Two student populations, one experimental and one control group, participated in the study. To examine students' modeling processes, the experimental group participated in an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematical Models, Modeling (Psychology), Problem Solving
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Silberglitt, Benjamin; Appleton, James J.; Burns, Matthew K.; Jimerson, Shane R. – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
Grade retention is an intervention that has received increasing scrutiny as policies, practices, and results of research diverge. This longitudinal study examines the reading growth trajectories of students (n=147) from first-through eighth-grade. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) analytic procedures provide unique insights regarding the relative…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Reading Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Intervention