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Boekaerts, Monique; Rozendaal, Jeroen S. – Learning and Instruction, 2010
The present study used multiple calibration indices to capture the complex picture of fifth graders' calibration of feeling of confidence in mathematics. Specifically, the effects of gender, type of mathematical problem, instruction method, and time of measurement (before and after problem solving) on calibration skills were investigated. Fourteen…
Descriptors: Program Design, Problem Solving, Grade 5, Mathematics Instruction
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Vandenplas-Holper, Christiane; Roskam, Isabelle; Fontaine, Anne-Marie – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
Using Harter's ("Child Dev" 53(1):87-97, 1982) perceived competence scale, this study integrates several paradigms related to the issues of self-perceived competence, stability or change and attributional theory. It examines how 268 Belgian and Portuguese fifth graders consider their scholastic, social and physical competence at present…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Cultural Differences, Time Perspective, Educational Policy
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Simsek, Ahmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2007
This study is an action research based both on quantitative and qualitative research techniques carried out with a group of fifth grade students in K"r,ehir during the 2003-2004 education year. In the study, the main purpose was to improve historical time concept and chronology perceptions among fifth grade students. Students' interests, reactions…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Student Evaluation, Action Research, Academic Achievement