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Depaepe, Fien; De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This contribution reports about a seven-month long video-based study in two regular Flemish sixth-grade mathematics classrooms. The focus is on teachers' approaches towards problem solving. In our analysis we distinguished between a paradigmatic-oriented (focus on the mathematical structure) and a narrative-oriented (focus on the contextual…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Neddenriep, Christine E.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Wallace, Monica A.; McCallum, Elizabeth – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2009
We conducted two experiments designed to investigate the effects of ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) on oral reading fluency and the generalization to students' rate and level of reading comprehension. First, an alternating treatment design was used to compare two sixth-grade, general education students' rates and level of oral reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Generalization, Reading Skills
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Hollenbeck, Keith; Twyman, Todd; Tindal, Gerald – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2006
This study investigated the score exchangeability of concept maps with problem-solving essays. Of interest was whether sixth-grade students' concept maps predicted their scores on essay responses that used concept map content. Concept maps were hypothesized to be alternatives to performance assessments for content-area domain knowledge in science.…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Predictive Validity, Problem Solving, Ecology