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Purpura, David J.; Baroody, Arthur J.; Eiland, Michael D.; Reid, Erin E. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
In a meta-analysis of 164 studies, Alfieri, Brooks, Aldrich, and Tenenbaum (2010) found that assisted discovery learning was more effective than explicit instruction or unassisted discovery learning and that explicit instruction resulted in more favorable outcomes than unassisted discovery learning. In other words, "unassisted discovery does…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Reading Instruction, Feedback (Response), Beginning Reading
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Baroody, Arthur J.; Brach, Catherine; Tai, Yu-chi – Cognition and Instruction, 2006
A schema based view of addition development is compared with Siegler's latest strategy-choice model, which includes an addition goal sketch (a basic understanding of "the goals and causal relations" of addition; Siegler & Crowley, 1994, p. 196). This metacognitive component in the latter model is presumed to develop as a child practices a basic…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Cognitive Development