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Dewolf, Tinne; Van Dooren, Wim; Ev Cimen, Emre; Verschaffel, Lieven – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
The present research investigated whether an illustration and/or a warning could help students to (a) build a situational model of the problem situation and (b) solve problematic word problems (P-items) that require realistic thinking more realistically. In 2 similar studies conducted in Turkey and Belgium, the authors presented 10- to 11-year-old…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics), Models, Problem Solving
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Andrade, Heidi; Du, Ying – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2007
This paper reports on a study of undergraduate students' experiences with criteria-referenced self-assessment. Fourteen students who had taken a course involving self-assessment were interviewed in focus groups segregated by gender. The findings suggest that students had positive attitudes toward self-assessment after extended practice; felt they…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes