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Orhun, Nevin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
This study examined the relationship between learning styles of students and their success on a mathematics course. In this study, the categorization of high school students' learning style scores was defined. The given method for calculating the learning style scores was developed by the author. The purpose of this study was to raise the success…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Mathematics Instruction, Correlation, Classification
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Ramnarain, Umesh; Joseph, Aleyamma – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
This study investigated the learning difficulties of grade 12 South African students in a national chemistry examination. A quantitative analysis of students' performance in the examination revealed there was a significant difference between student performance in questions where students needed to execute a transformation across levels of…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Instructional Effectiveness, Chemistry, Teaching Methods
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Apthorp, Helen S.; Igel, Charles; Dean, Ceri – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
The purpose of the study was to update previous meta-analytic findings on the effectiveness of using similarities and differences as an instructional strategy. The strategy includes facilitating student comparison, classification, use of analogies, and use of metaphors. Previously, Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock reported a mean effect size of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Control Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement
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Tanchel, Susan E. – Journal of Jewish Education, 2008
This article analyzes the experiences of students at a pluralistic Jewish high school learning the documentary hypothesis in biblical scholarship as an approach to reading the biblical text. The author examines selected student writings, locating her analysis of student experience in the context of her particular institution. She classifies…
Descriptors: Jews, Student Experience, Judaism, High School Students