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Kuruganti, Usha; Needham, Ted; Zundel, Pierre – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
The concept of "practice makes perfect" was examined in this work in the context of effective learning. Specifically, we wanted to know how much practice was needed for students to demonstrate mastery of learning outcomes. Student learning patterns in two different university courses that use a similar education approach involving…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Problem Based Learning, Courses, Outcomes of Education
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Stephan, Michelle L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2009
This article gives a general overview of an alternative instructional sequence that can be used to teach integer concepts and operations. The sequence follows three heuristics from Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) that encourage curricula to be reinforced with real-world applications (financial net worth): move students gradually, yet…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Heuristics