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David Menendez; Sarah A. Brown; Martha W. Alibali – Cognitive Science, 2023
Why do people shift their strategies for solving problems? Past work has focused on the roles of contextual and individual factors in explaining whether people adopt new strategies when they are exposed to them. In this study, we examined a factor not considered in prior work: people's evaluations of the strategies themselves. We presented…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Robert C. Wilbur; Kinnari Atit; Prashansa Agrawal; Bryan Carrillo; Catherine M. Lussier; Dylan Noack; Yat Sun Poon; David Weisbart – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2024
Passing the introductory calculus sequence is critical to undergraduate students' retention in STEM programs. This study examines the relations between three interrelated processes found to influence mathematics learning and achievement: spatial skills, spatial anxiety, and math anxiety. Additionally, it examines the role of gender on these…
Descriptors: Calculus, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Mathematics Instruction
David Menendez; Sarah A. Brown; Martha W. Alibali – Grantee Submission, 2023
Why do people shift their strategies for solving problems? Past work has focused on the roles of contextual and individual factors in explaining whether people adopt new strategies when they are exposed to them. In this study, we examined a factor not considered in prior work: people's evaluations of the strategies themselves. We presented…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Milenkovic, Aleksandar; Takaci, Ðurdica; Božic, Radoslav – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
In this paper the authors described the influence of the computer-based environment on students' learning achievement of the multidimensional calculus, in particular double integrals. The research was conducted with the second year students at the University of Kragujevac, Serbia, with two groups of students: the experimental and the control one.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Mathematics Education, Calculus