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Kalimullin, Aydar M.; Utemov, Vyacheslav V. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2017
The relevance of the present study is due to the importance of developing creativity which is considered to be the target and the result of education. Modern society demands from individuals non-standard actions and approaches, flexibility, an ability to formulate new ideas and original ways of thinking when solving urgent problems in the course…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Task Analysis, Creativity, Creative Development
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Van de Guchte, Marrit; Braaksma, Martine; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Bimmel, Peter – Modern Language Journal, 2015
In the present study, we examine the effects of prompts and recasts on the acquisition of two new and different grammar structures in a task-based learning environment. Sixty-four 14-year-old 9th grade students (low intermediate) learning German as a foreign language were randomly assigned to three conditions: two experimental groups (one…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Prompting
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Siegler, Robert S.; Lortie-Forgues, Hugues – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Understanding an arithmetic operation implies, at minimum, knowing the direction of effects that the operation produces. However, many children and adults, even those who execute arithmetic procedures correctly, may lack this knowledge on some operations and types of numbers. To test this hypothesis, we presented preservice teachers (Study 1),…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level, Hypothesis Testing
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Zhao, Fang; Schnotz, Wolfgang; Wagner, Inga; Gaschler, Robert – Frontline Learning Research, 2014
Despite numerous studies on reading and multimedia comprehension, the usage of text and picture with different reading strategies has rarely become a focus of research. The current study aims to explore whether the usage of text differs from the usage of picture when readers follow different strategies of knowledge acquisition. In a…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Illustrations
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dos Santos Ferreira, Robson; Kataoka, Verônica Yumi; Karrer, Monica – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
The objective of this paper is to discuss aspects of high school students' learning of probability in a context where they are supported by the statistical software R. We report on the application of a teaching experiment, constructed using the perspective of Gal's probabilistic literacy and Papert's constructionism. The results show improvement…
Descriptors: Probability, Statistics, Courseware, High School Students
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Scheiter, Katharina; Gerjets, Peter; Schuh, Julia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
In this paper the augmentation of worked examples with animations for teaching problem-solving skills in mathematics is advocated as an effective instructional method. First, in a cognitive task analysis different knowledge prerequisites are identified for solving mathematical word problems. Second, it is argued that so called hybrid animations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prerequisites, Task Analysis, Problem Solving