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The Effectiveness of Using Incorrect Examples to Support Learning about Decimal Magnitude
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Durkin, Kelley; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany – Learning and Instruction, 2012
Comparing common mathematical errors to correct examples may facilitate learning, even for students with limited prior domain knowledge. We examined whether studying incorrect and correct examples was more effective than studying two correct examples across prior knowledge levels. Fourth- and fifth-grade students (N = 74) learned about decimal…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Models, Instructional Materials
Transactional Associations between Classroom Engagement and Relations with Teachers from First through Fourth Grade
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Archambault, I.; Pagani, L. S.; Fitzpatrick, C. – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Using structural equation modeling with a population-based cohort of French-speaking children from Quebec (Canada), prospective associations were made between two previously established factors underlying student performance--classroom engagement and the teacher-student relations. Our results show developmental continuity in classroom engagement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, French Canadians, Academic Achievement
Upper Elementary School Children's Understanding and Solution of a Quantitative Problem inside and outside the Mathematics Class
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Dewolf, Tinne; Van Dooren, Wim; Verschaffel, Lieven – Learning and Instruction, 2011
We confronted 151, 5th and 6th elementary grade pupils with a quantitative problem in a mathematics or religion class, to examine the influence of the context on pupils' understanding and solution of such problems inside and outside the mathematics class. Pupils were first asked to solve a problem about fair sharing either during a mathematics or…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Grade 5, Grade 6, Problem Solving
Group Work in Schools with Close Friends and Acquaintances: Linking Self-Processes with Group Processes
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Hanham, Jose; McCormick, John – Learning and Instruction, 2009
The present study investigated the relationships between key self-processes, namely independent vs. interdependent self-construal and self-efficacy, with students' attitudes toward working in groups comprised friends and groups comprised acquaintances. The sample consisted of 563 students (280 of Year 10 and 283 of Year 11). Data were collected…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Group Dynamics
Relations between Young Students' Strategic Behaviours, Domain-Specific Self-Concept, and Performance in a Problem-Solving Situation
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Dermitzaki, Irini; Leondari, Angeliki; Goudas, Marios – Learning and Instruction, 2009
This study aimed at investigating the relations between students' strategic behaviour during problem solving, task performance and domain-specific self-concept. A total of 167 first- and second-graders were individually examined in tasks involving cubes assembly and in academic self-concept in mathematics. Students' cognitive, metacognitive, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Problem Solving, Task Analysis
The Effects of Different Modes of Representation on the Solution of One-Step Additive Problems
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Elia, Iliada; Gagatsis, Athanasios; Demetriou, Andreas – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This study investigated the role of different modes of representation, i.e., verbal description, decorative pictures, informational pictures and number line, in solving additive change problems. Data were collected from 1447 students in Grades 1, 2, and 3. Structural equations modelling affirmed the existence of four first-order…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Grade 1, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
Learnability of Graphotactic Rules in Visual Word Identification
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Verhoeven, Ludo; Schreuder, Rob; Baayen, R. Harald – Learning and Instruction, 2006
Besides phonotactic principles, orthographies entail graphotactic rules for which the reader must convert a phonological representation on the basis of spelling adaptation rules. In the present study, the learnability of such rules will be investigated with reference to Dutch. Although Dutch orthography can be considered highly regular, there are…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Spelling, Written Language, Indo European Languages