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Donovan, Andrea Marquardt; Fyfe, Emily R. – Educational Psychology, 2022
Children often learn abstract mathematics concepts with concrete manipulatives. The current study compared different ways of using specific manipulatives -- base-ten blocks -- to support children's place value knowledge. Children (N = 112, M age = 6.88 years) engaged in place value learning activities in one of four randomly assigned conditions in…
Descriptors: Children, Mathematical Concepts, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Activities
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Scalco, Karina C.; Talanquer, Vicente; Kiill, Keila B.; Cordeiro, Marcia R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
We present the results of a qualitative research study designed to explore differences in the types of reasoning triggered by information presented to chemistry students in two different formats. One group of students was asked to analyze a sequence of images designed to represent critical elements in the explanation of a target phenomenon.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Abstract Reasoning, Sequential Approach, Science Process Skills