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Direct linkBahar, Abdulkadir – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Problem solving has been a core theme in education for several decades. Educators and policy makers agree on the importance of the role of problem solving skills for school and real life success. A primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of cognitive abilities on mathematical problem solving performance of students. The…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Ability, Mathematics Skills, Gender Differences
Foster, Ardyth C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the existence and strength of relationships between students' cognitive skills and mathematical problem-solving performance. Specifically, relationships between students' verbal, spatial, and analytical skills and their problem-solving performance on items that require a verbal response, items…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Verbal Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Pease, Rebecca Simpson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Elaborative interrogation, which prompts students to answer why-questions placed strategically within informational text, has been shown to increase learning comprehension through reading. In this study, elaborative interrogation why-questions requested readers to explain why paraphrased statements taken from a reading were "true."…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Textbooks, Questioning Techniques
Gambrell, James Lamar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although much educational research has investigated the relative effectiveness of different educational interventions and policies, little is known about the absolute net benefits of K-12 schooling independent of growth due to chronological age and out-of-school experience. The nearly universal policy of age tracking in schools makes this a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Ability, Quasiexperimental Design, Regression (Statistics)
