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Ulu, Mustafa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2017
This study aims to identify errors made by primary school students when modelling word problems and to eliminate those errors through scaffolding. A 10-question problem-solving achievement test was used in the research. The qualitative and quantitative designs were utilized together. The study group of the quantitative design comprises 248…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Error Patterns, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Noble, Tracy; Rosebery, Ann; Suarez, Catherine; Warren, Beth; O'Connor, Mary Catherine – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
English language learners (ELLs) and their teachers, schools, and communities face increasingly high-stakes consequences due to test score gaps between ELLs and non-ELLs. It is essential that the field of educational assessment continue to investigate the meaning of these test score gaps. This article discusses the findings of an exploratory study…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Evidence, Educational Assessment, Achievement Gap
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Mundia, Lawrence – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
This mixed-methods study incorporated elements of survey, case study and action research approaches in investigating an at-risk child. Using an in-take interview, a diagnostic test, an error analysis, and a think-aloud clinical interview, the study identified the child's major presenting difficulties. These included: inability to use the four…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Surveys, Action Research
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Suh, Jennifer; Moyer, Patricia S.; Heo, Hae-Ja – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
This paper describes a classroom teaching experiment conducted in three fifth-grade mathematics classrooms with students of different achievement levels. Virtual fraction manipulative concept tutorials were used in three one-hour class sessions to investigate the learning characteristics afforded by these technology tools. The virtual fraction…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics, Manipulative Materials, Grade 5