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Kim, Myeong Hwan; Cho, Moon-Heum; Leonard, Karen Moustafa – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
The authors examined the role of problem sets on student learning in university microeconomics. A total of 126 students participated in the study in consecutive years. independent samples t test showed that students who were not given answer keys outperformed students who were given answer keys. Multiple regression analysis showed that, along with…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Answer Keys, Economics Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Leppavirta, J.; Kettunen, H.; Sihvola, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
Complex multistep problem exercises are one way to enhance engineering students' learning of electromagnetics (EM). This study investigates whether exposure to complex problem exercises during an introductory EM course improves students' conceptual and procedural knowledge. The performance in complex problem exercises is compared to prior success…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Electromechanical Technology
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Dewolf, Tinne; Van Dooren, Wim; Verschaffel, Lieven – Learning and Instruction, 2011
We confronted 151, 5th and 6th elementary grade pupils with a quantitative problem in a mathematics or religion class, to examine the influence of the context on pupils' understanding and solution of such problems inside and outside the mathematics class. Pupils were first asked to solve a problem about fair sharing either during a mathematics or…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Grade 5, Grade 6, Problem Solving