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Charles Hohensee; Matthew Melville; Crystal Collier; Yue Ma – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2025
This study examined "backward transfer," which we define as how students' ways of reasoning about previously encountered concepts are modified when learning about new concepts. We examined the backward transfer produced when students learned about quadratic functions. We were specifically interested in how backward transfer may vary for…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Prior Learning, Problem Solving
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Yi-Shiuan Chou; Huei-Tse Hou; Kuo-En Chang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The trend in history education is gradually emphasizing the development of historical thinking and collaborative problem-solving skills, which are expected to enhance the breadth and depth of learners' thinking. The integration of game-based learning with collaborative problem-solving activities designed for historical thinking is expected to help…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes
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Patmaniar; Amin, Siti Maghfirotun; Sulaiman, Raden – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2021
Students' previous knowledge at a superficial level is reviewed when they solve mathematical problems. This action is imperative to strengthen their knowledge and provide the right information needed to solve the problems. Furthermore, Pirie and Kieren's theory stated that the act of returning to a previous level of understanding is called folding…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Problem Solving
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Bruce M. May – Pythagoras, 2024
A cohort of pre-service mathematics students was exposed to a teaching strategy based on retrieval practice and test-potentiated learning. The aim of the study was to determine how high and low prior topic knowledge study participants compare in terms of their procedural fluency and conceptual understanding after exposure to the teaching strategy.…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
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Hadjicosti, Irene; Korfiatis, Konstantinos; Levinson, Ralph; Price, Stephen – Research in Science Education, 2022
Classroom dialogues have special educational value because they allow students to engage critically but constructively with each other's ideas, solve scientific problems jointly and develop their scientific understanding. The present study focuses on how groups of twelfth-grade high school and university students communicate and co-operate through…
Descriptors: Student Research, Scientific Research, Biology, College Students
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Nitesh Kumar Jha; Plaban Kumar Bhowmik; Kaushal Kumar Bhagat – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
A majority of research in Computational Thinking (CT) mainly focuses on teaching coding to school students. However, CT involves more than just coding and includes other skills like algorithmic thinking. The current study developed an Online Inquiry-based Learning Platform for Computational Thinking (CT-ONLINQ) that follows Inquiry-Based Learning…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Comparative Analysis, Problem Solving
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Brady, Corey E.; Borromeo Ferri, Rita; Lesh, Richard A. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2022
Mathematical modeling is a challenging and creative process. If one considers only interim or final solutions to modeling problems or interviews modelers afterward, often only their "explicit" models are accessible -- those expressed in work products or evinced in verbal and written reflections. The inner world of tacit knowledge and its…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Models, Case Studies
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Kiernan, Nicola A.; Manches, Andrew; Seery, Michael K. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
Visuospatial thinking is considered crucial for understanding of three-dimensional spatial concepts in STEM disciplines. Despite their importance, little is known about the underlying cognitive processing required to spatially reason and the varied strategies students may employ to solve visuospatial problems. This study seeks to identify and…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills
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Wakhata, Robert; Balimuttajjo, Sudi; Mutarutinya, Védaste – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023
The present study explored 285 11th-grade students' preconceptions, misconceptions, and errors in solving mathematics tasks by graphical method. A descriptive-explorative study design was adopted. Cluster sampling was used to select students from sampled secondary schools in eastern and central Uganda. Students' paper and pen solution sketches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, High School Students, Grade 11
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Katz, Sandra; Albacete, Patricia; Chounta, Irene-Angelica; Jordan, Pamela; McLaren, Bruce M.; Zapata-Rivera, Diego – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2021
Jim Greer and his colleagues argued that student modelling is essential to provide adaptive instruction in tutoring systems and showed that effective modelling is possible, despite being enormously challenging. Student modelling plays a prominent role in many intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) that address problem-solving domains. However,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Scores
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Tursucu, Süleyman; Spandaw, Jeroen; de Vries, Marc J. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
Mathematics is of major importance in science subjects. Unfortunately, students struggle with applying mathematics in science subjects, especially physics. In this qualitative study we demonstrate that transfer of algebraic skills from mathematics in physics class can be improved by using pre-knowledge effectively. We designed shift-problems…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Physics, Science Instruction, Mathematics Skills
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Halilovic, Asila; Mešic, Vanes; Hasovic, Elvedin; Dervic, Dževdeta – European Educational Researcher, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the conventional high school instruction about conservation of mechanical energy in Canton Sarajevo. To that end we tested 441 high school students from six different schools in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for their competence to apply the law of conservation of mechanical energy.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Khayi, Nisrine Ait; Rus, Vasile – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
In this paper, we applied a number of clustering algorithms on pretest data collected from 264 high-school students. Students took the pre-test at the beginning of a 5-week experiment in which they interacted with an intelligent tutoring system. The primary goal of this work is to identify clusters of students exhibiting similar knowledge…
Descriptors: High School Students, Cluster Grouping, Prior Learning, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
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Auxtero, Leah Conejos; Callaman, Roar Abalos – Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education, 2021
Rubric has been associated with the term assessment used for grading and/or scoring. However, it might observe less, but it is also designed as students 'learning tool. This study was conducted to provide empirical facts on its effectiveness as a learning tool in teaching Applications of Derivatives in Basic Calculus. It used the…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Scoring Rubrics, Teaching Methods
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Dhlamini, Zwelithini Bongani; Chuene, Kabelo; Masha, Kwena; Kibirige, Israel – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore geometry spatial mathematical reasoning in Grade nine Annual National Assessments, South Africa. Conceptual Blending was the guiding theory. Document analysis within the exploratory case study was used to explore available data, the 2014 Annual National Assessment learners' scripts (n=1250). Results…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Logic
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