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Direct linkRicks, Travis Rex; Wiley, Jennifer – Journal of Problem Solving, 2014
Does having more knowledge or interest in the topics used in example problems facilitate or hinder learning in statistics? Undergraduates enrolled in Introductory Psychology received a lesson on central tendency. Following the lesson, half of the students completed a worksheet with a baseball cover story while the other half received a weather…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, Statistics, Psychology
Belenky, Daniel M.; Nokes, Timothy J. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2009
How does the type of learning material impact what is learned? The current research investigates the nature of students' learning of math concepts when using manipulatives (Uttal, Scudder, & DeLoache, 1997). We examined how the type of manipulative (concrete, abstract, none) and problem-solving prompt (metacognitive or problem-focused) affect…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Manipulative Materials, Mathematical Concepts, Metacognition
