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Janina Krawitz; Stanislaw Schukajlow; Luisa Hartmann – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2025
Problem posing is a promising teaching method for enhancing motivation and performance in mathematics and more specifically in mathematical modelling. Hence, the goals of our study were twofold: (1) to examine the effects of problem posing on modelling performance, self-efficacy, and task values in solving modelling problems, and (2) to analyze…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Self Efficacy, Performance, Mathematics Skills
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Ernst, Jeremy Vaughn; Glennie, Elizabeth J. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2015
This performance assessment pilot study was a major research component of the overall National Science Foundation funded Redesigned High Schools for Transformed STEM Learning Project. Secondary Earth/Environmental Science students' abilities to translate cognitive knowledge into demonstrable performance-based proficiencies were specifically…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High Schools, School Restructuring, Performance Based Assessment
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Gómez Ferragud, Carlos B.; Solaz-Portolés, Joan Josep; Sanjosé, Vicente – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
We conducted a qualitative research of case studies based on think-aloud protocols. The aim was to carry out in-depth analyse secondary students' cognitive difficulties appearing in early stages of transfer processes in problem-solving. The task was to relate several source problems to a target problem, in order to solve it effectively. Source and…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Units of Study, Problem Solving, Logical Thinking