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Cauley, Kathleen; Murray, Frank B. – 1981
Metacognitive knowledge is the concern of this paper; specifically children's knowledge of factors, such as their ability and effort, which affect their performance and their awareness of the integration of these factors. How a young child's familarity with his or her own mind might facilitate reasoning competence with respect to aspects--such as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, Children
Hill, Flo H.; And Others – 1991
This study was conducted in order to determine the kinds of knowledge third grade teachers need to teach an effective unit and to determine the relationship between content knowledge and classroom performance. The research focused on the subject matter areas in which three student teachers believed they were most and least confident. Data for this…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes
Wilson, Suzanne M.; Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – 1991
Reform proposals for mathematics teaching and learning have clear implications for significant change in curriculum and in traditional teacher roles. One contribution to the reform effort was the SummerMath for Teachers program, an inservice program committed to helping teachers develop constructivist orientations to teaching and learning by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers