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Susan De La Paz; Cameron Butler; Daniel M. Levin; Mark K. Felton – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
Writing in science can be challenging for all learners, and it is especially so for students with cognitive or language-based learning difficulties. We examined the effects of a cognitive apprenticeship on student disciplinary writing skills as well as near and far transfer of learning outcomes. This instructional approach included a gradual…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wang, Ting; Liaw, Yuan-Ling; Li, Min; Feng, Gary – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Sequence of contextual information refers to the order of descriptions involved in the context component of items, such as sequence of events, sequence of intention and action, and sequence of effect and cause. To build on prior findings on how different sequences of contextual information could influence student test scores, we used eye tracking…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Protocol Analysis, Sequential Learning, Interviews
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Dhindsa, Harkirat S.; Treagust, David F. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
As an important subject in the curriculum, many students find chemistry concepts difficult to learn and understand. Chemical bonding especially is important in understanding the compositions of chemical compounds and related concepts and research has shown that students struggle with this concept. In this theoretical paper based on analysis of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation