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Poitras, Eric; Butcher, Kirsten R.; Orr, Matthew; Hudson, Michelle A.; Larson, Madlyn – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
This study mined student interactions with visual representations as a means to automate assessment of learning in a complex, inquiry-based learning environment. Log trace data of 143 middle school students' interactions with an interactive map in Research Quest (an inquiry-based, online learning environment) were analyzed. Students used the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Electronic Learning, Maps, Science Instruction
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Rubenstein, Rheta N.; Thompson, Denisse R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
Mathematics is rich in visual representations. Such visual representations are the means by which mathematical patterns "are recorded and analyzed." With respect to "vocabulary" and "symbols," numerous educators have focused on issues inherent in the language of mathematics that influence students' success with mathematics communication.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Symbols (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Visual Stimuli
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Adbo, Karina; Taber, Keith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The results presented here derive from a longitudinal study of Swedish upper secondary science students' (16-19 years of age) developing understanding of key chemical concepts. The informants were 18 students from two different schools. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mental models of matter at the particulate level that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Chemistry, High School Students