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Teo Paoletti; Kevin C. Moore; Madhavi Vishnubhotla – The Mathematics Educator, 2024
Supporting young students in developing meanings for the set-theoretic function definition is emphasized in 6th-12th grade curricula around the world. In prior work, we have highlighted how covariational reasoning supports college students in constructing relationships that afford considering mathematical properties important for a set-theoretic…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Thinking Skills
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Tapola, Anna; Jaakkola, Tomi; Niemivirta, Markku – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
This study investigated changes in elementary school students' (n = 140) situational interest as a function of achievement goal orientation profiles and task characteristics. The authors repeatedly measured situational interest during a simulated science learning task in 2 task conditions that differed in the concreteness of the task elements. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction
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Brickell, Henry M. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Evaluators use their eyes to see what is there, whether it is intended or not. But they use their test instruments to measure what is intended, whether it is there or not. Evaluators have been broadening their repertoire of instruments for years: curriculum-embedded tests, observer checklists, audiotape recorders, videotape recorders, unobtrusive…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Situational Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Videotape Recorders