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Copur-Gencturk, Yasemin – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
This article explores three attributes of teachers' understanding of fraction magnitude: the accuracy and reasonableness of teachers' estimations in response to fraction arithmetic tasks as well as the alignment of the estimation strategies they used with the concept of fraction magnitude. The data were collected from a national sample of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Knowledge Level, Fractions, Mathematical Concepts
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Qing Guo; Huan Li; Sha Zhu – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Previous research has not adequately explored students' behavioral processes when addressing computational thinking (CT) problems of varying difficulty, limiting insights into students' detailed CT development characteristics. This study seeks to fill this gap by employing gamified CT items across multiple difficulty levels to calculate…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Student Behavior, Difficulty Level
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Akkurt Denizli, Zeynep; Erdogan, Abdulkadir – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2022
This study aims to investigate how primary school students' three-dimensional geometric thinking changes across grades. The survey model was used, and the study group was comprising of 520 primary school students in a large city of Turkey. In the study, the Three-Dimensional Geometric Thinking Test, which is a paper and pencil test, was used to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Geometric Concepts, Spatial Ability, Instructional Program Divisions
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Er, Zübeyde; Artut, Perihan Dinç; Bal, Ayten Pinar – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between secondary school students' estimation skills, estimation skills self-efficacies and academic achievements. The research was designed in a correlational survey model, one of the quantitative research models and it was carried out in Adana, a city in the Mediterranean Region during…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computation, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement
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Paf, Muhammed; Dincer, Beste – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2021
The primary goal of this research is to investigate the relation between computational thinking skills and creative problem-solving skills in secondary school students over the 2018-2019 academic year (5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades). The study's sample size is made up of 1098 secondary school pupils. The T-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking
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Huang, Hsin-Mei E. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The current study examined the effects of grade level and object size on the ability to estimate the measurement of objects. Fifth- (n = 198) and sixth-grade (n = 208) students and freshman undergraduate students (n = 71) from Taipei city, Taiwan, participated in the study. The findings indicated a tendency for measurement estimation ability to…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Grade 5, Grade 6, College Freshmen
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Yarbrough, Jamie L.; Cannon, Laura; Bergman, Shawn; Kidder-Ashley, Pamela; McCane-Bowling, Sara – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
Numerous studies have identified differences between males and females in academic performance across the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. The current study examined whether or not gender differences exist when math curriculum-based measures (M-CBMs) are used to assess basic math computation skills in a sample of third- through…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Curriculum Based Assessment, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3
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Alcaraz, Brenda; Cullen, Karen Weber – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
Purpose/Objectives: The new nutrition standards for the school meal programs implemented in 2012 align the school meal patterns with the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including more fruit, vegetable and whole grain offerings and minimum and maximum amount of calories per meal averaged over a week. The purpose of this study was to assess…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Attitude Measures, Food Service