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Kelly McGinn; Laura Young; Alexandra Huyghe; Julie Booth – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Recent work has demonstrated that having students study worked examples and answer self-explanation prompts as part of their problem-solving practice improves learning on researcher-developed measures of mathematical proficiency. However, little work has been done to date to investigate whether these benefits translate to improvements on the types…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Prompting, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests
Kelly M. McGinn; Laura K. Young; Alexandra Huyghe; Julie L. Booth – Grantee Submission, 2023
Recent work has demonstrated that having students study worked examples and answer self-explanation prompts as part of their problem-solving practice improves learning on researcher-developed measures of mathematical proficiency. However, little work has been done to date to investigate whether these benefits translate to improvements on the types…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Prompting, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests
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Kalchman, Mindy; Marentette, Brian – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2012
In this paper we report on the process, outcomes, and impact of a weekly homework assignment for which students write about the mathematics they do in their everyday lives. Data from 17 fifth-grade students suggest that after doing the assignment for a full school year, students clearly communicated their beliefs about the assignment having…
Descriptors: Homework, Test Preparation, Assignments, Mathematics Activities