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Sönmez, Yasemin; Sulak, Süleyman Erkam – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this study, which is designed in quasi-experimental model, is to examine the effect of the thinking aloud strategy on the reading comprehension skills of the 4th grade primary school students. For this purpose, in the second semester of 2016-2017 academic year, the reading comprehension levels of 26 students in the 4th grade at a…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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Bulut, Berker; Ertem, Ihsan Seyit – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this research is describing and comparing the listening-comprehension strategies used by the students who are identified as successful and less successful about listening. In the research, the case study pattern was used among the qualitative research approaches. In the study, different situations of each student within the same…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Elementary School Students, Case Studies
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Lai, Emily R.; Kobrin, Jennifer L.; DiCerbo, Kristen E.; Holland, Laura R. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2017
We describe an application of the assessment triangle, using a learning progression as the "cognition" vertex. We summarize two studies to evaluate whether evidence of student performance is consistent with our progression. In Study 1, we conducted think alouds using draft assessment activities and evaluated responses in relation to the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Alignment (Education), Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
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de Groot-Reuvekamp, Marjan; Ros, Anje; van Boxtel, Carla; Oort, Frans – Education 3-13, 2017
This study focuses on the development of the understanding of historical time of pupils in primary school. We present a developmental model with three stages: "emergent," "initial" and "continued" understanding of historical time. Based on this model, we constructed an instrument to measure how pupils aged 6-12…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions, Gender Differences, Age Differences
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Chatzipanteli, Athanasia; Digelidis, N.; Karatzoglidis, C.; Dean, R. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: "Teaching games for understanding" (TGfU) is a tactical-game approach to teaching, in which participants are learning via the processes intrinsic to the games themselves. Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a tactical-game model in promoting metacognitive behaviour in elementary-school students.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Metacognition, Elementary School Students
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Roberts, Kathryn L.; Brugar, Kristy A. – Reading Psychology, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe upper elementary students' understandings of four graphical devices that frequently occur in social studies texts: captioned images, maps, tables, and timelines. Using verbal protocol data collection procedures, we collected information on students' metacognitive processes when they were explicitly asked to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Visual Literacy, Layout (Publications), Maps
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Vandevelde, Sabrina; Van Keer, Hilde; Merchie, Emmelien – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The authors explore the effects of student tutoring as an approach to provide support on self-regulated learning (SRL) to fifth- and sixth-grade students with a low socioeconomic or immigrant background. In total, 401 Flemish (Belgium) students participated. A quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest, and retention test control group design…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Background, Immigrants, Intervention, Elementary School Students
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Jackson, Virginie – Current Issues in Education, 2016
This research was designed to investigate the effectiveness of using the think-aloud strategy to improve the reading comprehension in the content area of science. Based on state standards assessments, many early elementary grade students who were considered fluent readers struggled with evaluative science comprehension. In this quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Science Instruction, Content Area Reading
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Bianchi, Lynne; Booth, Josephine – School Science Review, 2014
This article describes a pilot study following on from a curriculum development activity with teachers and children in primary school classrooms, using a framework for group discussion developed by Huthwaite International. The Centre for Science Education at Sheffield Hallam University and Huthwaite International worked with teachers from three…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Protocol Analysis, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Saraç, Seda; Karakelle, Sema – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
The study investigates the interrelationships between different on-line and off-line measures for assessing metacognition. The participants were 47 fifth grade elementary students. Metacognition was assessed through two off-line and two on-line measures. The off-line measures consisted of a teacher rating scale and a self-report questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Measures (Individuals), Elementary School Students
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Hunt, Jessica H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a Tier 2 supplemental intervention focused on rational number equivalency concepts and applications on the mathematics performance of third-grade students with and without mathematics difficulties. The researcher used a pretest-posttest control group design and random assignment of 19…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematical Concepts, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests
Cesa, Caron Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Metacognitive strategies are needed for readers to be successful in comprehending nonnarrative social studies texts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the metacognitive strategies used by proficient readers (students reading above-grade-level) and struggling (students reading below-grade-level) readers comprehending social studies…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
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Antle, Alissa N. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2013
In order to better understand how to design hands-on child-computer interaction, we explore how different styles of interaction facilitate children's thinking while they use their hands to manipulate objects. We present an exploratory study of children solving a spatial puzzle task. We investigate how the affordances of physical, graphical…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Hands on Science, Cognitive Style, Problem Solving
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Desoete, Annemie – Metacognition and Learning, 2008
Third grade elementary school children solved tests on mathematical reasoning and numerical facility. Metacognitive skillfulness was assessed through think aloud protocols, prospective and retrospective child ratings, teacher questionnaires, calibration measures and EPA2000. In our dataset metacognition has a lot in common with intelligence, but…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Protocol Analysis, Validity