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Roberts, Kathryn L.; Norman, Rebecca R.; Cocco, Jaime – Reading Psychology, 2015
This study examined relationships between reading comprehension, known predictors of reading comprehension (i.e., cognitive flexibility, fluency, reading motivation and attitude, vocabulary), and graphical device comprehension. One-hundred fifty-six third graders completed assessments of known predictor variables and an assessment tapping…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, Cognitive Ability
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Zollman, Alan – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2009
As part of a math-science partnership, a university mathematics educator and ten elementary school teachers developed a novel approach to mathematical problem solving derived from research on reading and writing pedagogy. Specifically, research indicates that students who use graphic organizers to arrange their ideas improve their comprehension…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Concept Formation, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Moritz, Jonathan – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2003
Coordinate graphs of time-series data have been significant in the history of statistical graphing and in recent school mathematics curricula. A survey task to construct a graph to represent data about temperature change over time was administered to 133 students in Grades 3, 5, 7, and 9. Four response levels described the degree to which students…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Student Development, Graphs, Grade 5