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Colleen O'Donnell Oppenzato – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many U.S. students possess only a weak knowledge of fraction arithmetic. I hypothesize that textbooks are a critical reason for students' poor performance on fraction arithmetic. This is not because of what textbooks contain but rather because of what they lack. Distributions of fraction arithmetic problems in textbooks are imbalanced, with…
Descriptors: Fractions, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Xiaoyong Hu; Wanyi Li; Xingyu Geng; Li Zhao – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Creativity is one of the key competencies for the talent of the 21st century to meet future challenges in a complex world. It is also an innovative basis for students to discover and pose questions. Purpose: This study aimed to explore which two interventions of the problem-oriented teaching model, teacher-guided problem finding (TGPF)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Creativity
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Scheid, Jochen; Müller, Andreas; Hettmannsperger, Rosa; Schnotz, Wolfgang – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Proper understanding of and learning from physics phenomena and experiments requires--among other competencies--flexible and coherent use of multiple representations (MRs). These can include everything from the "enactive" or "operational" manipulation of the experimental devices and materials to the most abstract level of a…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Physics, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Stasaitis, Maria Pesce – Journal of Education, 2017
To investigate instructional planning strategies that impact student improvement in argumentative writing, the teacher-researcher implemented an Integrated Writing intervention in a seventh-grade urban school classroom to impact student writing, student feedback, and teacher reflection. Utilizing a mixed-methods Action Research study, the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Persuasive Discourse, Instructional Design, Lesson Plans
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Krawec, Jennifer; Montague, Marjorie – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
The purpose of this article is to offer teacher training and professional development recommendations in mathematics based on the findings of a federally funded 3-year intervention study that improved the problem solving of middle school students with a focus on students with learning disabilities. Over the 3-year project, 29 seventh and eighth…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Middle School Students, Student Improvement
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Arroyo, Ivon; Woolf, Beverly Park; Burelson, Winslow; Muldner, Kasia; Rai, Dovan; Tai, Minghui – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2014
This article describes research results based on multiple years of experimentation and real-world experience with an adaptive tutoring system named Wayang Outpost. The system represents a novel adaptive learning technology that has shown successful outcomes with thousands of students, and provided teachers with valuable information about students'…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Multimedia Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement
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Gielen, Sarah; Peeters, Elien; Dochy, Filip; Onghena, Patrick; Struyven, Katrien – Learning and Instruction, 2010
The present study examined the effectiveness of (a) peer feedback for learning, more specifically of certain characteristics of the content and style of the provided feedback, and (b) a particular instructional intervention to support the use of the feedback. A quasi-experimental repeated measures design was adopted. Writing assignments of 43…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Intervention, Peer Evaluation