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Cheng, Hercy N. H.; Yang, Euphony F. Y.; Liao, Calvin C. Y.; Chang, Ben; Huang, Yana C. Y.; Chan, Tak-Wai – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
Although well-designed scaffolding may assist students to accomplish learning tasks, its insufficient capability to dynamically assess students' abilities and to adaptively support them may result in the problem of overscaffolding. Our previous project has also shown that students using scaffolds to solve mathematical word problems for a long time…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Computer Assisted Instruction, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving
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Arthurs, Edna M.; DeFranco, Thomas C.; Young, Michael F. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1999
Describes a study of sixth grade middle school students that examined whether tuning students' attention to information in a mathematics problem impacted their problem-solving performance. Discusses use of the Jasper Woodbury Problem-Solving series and results of statistical analyses that showed the importance of creating mathematical problems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Analysis of Covariance, Grade 6