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Schlatter, Erika; Lazonder, Ard W.; Molenaar, Inge; Janssen, Noortje – Education Sciences, 2021
Scientific reasoning is an important skill that encompasses hypothesizing, experimenting, inferencing, evaluating data and drawing conclusions. Previous research found consistent inter- and intra-individual differences in children's ability to perform these component skills, which are still largely unaccounted for. This study examined these…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Thinking Skills, Science Process Skills, Elementary School Students
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Hickendorff, Marian – Applied Measurement in Education, 2013
The results of an exploratory study into measurement of elementary mathematics ability are presented. The focus is on the abilities involved in solving standard computation problems on the one hand and problems presented in a realistic context on the other. The objectives were to assess to what extent these abilities are shared or distinct, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
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Blote, Anke W.; Klein, Anton S.; Beishuizen, Meindert – Learning and Instruction, 2000
Assessed the strategic flexibility of students in mental arithmetic up to the number 100. Results from 60 Dutch second graders show that students' preference for certain mathematical procedures depend on the number characteristics of the problems, indicating that the students had a good conceptual understanding of numbers and procedures. Actual…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Concepts
Tomic, Welko – 1994
This study investigated the effects of K. J. Klauer's (1989) inductive reasoning training program of teaching children. Effects of training and the range of transfer of the training were assessed. The subjects were 34 third-grade Dutch children of average ability, matched on age, sex, and IQ. Children from the training condition (N=17) received…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics