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Laine, Anu; Näveri, Liisa; Pehkonen, Erkki; Ahtee, Maija; Hannula, Markku S. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
The aim of this article was to find the connections between teachers' actions (N = 7) and their 3rd graders' performances (N = 86) when solving an open problem. A lot of information about the teaching sessions was gathered by video recordings and collecting pupils' solutions. Teachers' actions were analysed carefully through the phases of a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Video Technology, Transcripts (Written Records), Lesson Observation Criteria
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Walker, J. P.; Sampson, V.; Southerland, S.; Enderle, P. J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
This study examines the extent to which the type of instruction used during a general chemistry laboratory course affects students' ability to use core ideas to engage in science practices. We use Ford's (2008) description of the nature of scientific practices to categorize what students do in the laboratory as either empirical or…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Intermode Differences
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Haughton, Jonathan; Kelly, Alison – Journal of Education for Business, 2015
Approximately 600 undergraduates completed an introductory business statistics course in 2013 in one of two learning environments at Suffolk University, a mid-sized private university in Boston, Massachusetts. The comparison group completed the course in a traditional classroom-based environment, whereas the treatment group completed the course in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Statistics, Delivery Systems, Performance Based Assessment
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Admiraal, Wilfried; Huisman, Bart; Pilli, Olga – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Open online distance learning in higher education has quickly gained popularity, expanded, and evolved, with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as the most recent development. New web technologies allow for scalable ways to deliver video lecture content, implement social forums and track student progress in MOOCs. However, we remain limited in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Distance Education, Student Evaluation
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Blanton, Maria; Stephens, Ana; Knuth, Eric; Gardiner, Angela Murphy; Isler, Isil; Kim, Jee-Seon – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2015
This article reports results from a study investigating the impact of a sustained, comprehensive early algebra intervention in third grade. Participants included 106 students; 39 received the early algebra intervention, and 67 received their district's regularly planned mathematics instruction. We share and discuss students' responses to a written…
Descriptors: Algebra, Thinking Skills, Intervention, Grade 3
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Brooks, Thomas; O'Malley, Kimberly; Ragland, Shelley; Young, Michael; Kirkpatrick, Rob – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors compared the performance of third-grade students testing on answer sheets with those testing on machine-scored test booklets. The 1,832 students in the nationally representative sample were assigned at the campus level to complete the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition in 1 of 4 conditions: (a) Form A answer sheet, (b)…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Answer Sheets, Performance Based Assessment, Test Scoring Machines