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Chase, Kiera; Abrahamson, Dor – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
Forty 4th and 9th grade students participated individually in tutorial interviews centered on a problem-solving activity designed for learning basic algebra mechanics through diagrammatic modeling of an engaging narrative about a buccaneering giant burying and unearthing her treasure on a desert island. Participants were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Grade 4, Grade 9, Problem Solving
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Puran, Robabeh; Behzadi, Mohamad Hasan; Shahvarani, Ahmad; Lotfi, Farhad Hosseinzadeh – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2017
The purpose of this article is to identify the factors which affect students' creative thinking in problem solving. The research which was performed was quasi-experimental. It used one experimental group and two control groups from three second-grade high school classes. They received either traditional, active or heuristic problem-solving…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Quasiexperimental Design, Experimental Groups
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Calucag, Lina S. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This is an experimental study, made used of the non-randomized experimental and control groups, pretest-posttest designs. The experimental and control groups were two separate intact classes in Algebra. For a period of twelve sessions, the experimental group was subjected to the scientific heuristic method, but the control group instead was given…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Experimental Groups
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Barak, Moshe – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
This paper presents the outcomes of teaching an inventive problem-solving course in junior high schools in an attempt to deal with the current relative neglect of fostering students' creativity and problem-solving capabilities in traditional schooling. The method involves carrying out systematic manipulation with attributes, functions and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Junior High School Students, Heuristics, Creativity
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Anggrianto, Desi; Churiyah, Madziatul; Arief, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This research was conducted in order to know the effect of Logan Avenue Problem Solving (LAPS)-Heuristic learning model towards critical thinking skills of students of class X Office Administration (APK) in SMK Negeri 1 Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on material curve and equilibrium of demand and supply, subject Introduction to Economics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Xie, Ying; Coffland, David; Yang, Fangyun – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2012
Multimodal feedback could promote college students' conceptual, procedural and heuristic knowledge learning. This study used an experimental design to investigate the interaction effects of instructor's narrated feedback (with procedural feedback delivered visually and heuristic feedback auditorily) and gender on their post-test performance of a…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Feedback (Response), Control Groups, Research Design