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Kapa, Esther – Learning and Instruction, 2007
A new computerized environment introducing a variety of metacognitive support mechanisms (MSMs) in different phases of the problem-solving process was designed to influence students' transfer from solving structured problems (near transfer) to solving open-ended problems (far transfer). Two hundred and thirty one students (aged 13-14 years) were…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
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Orcajo, Teresa Ibanez; Aznar, Mercedes Martinez – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
This paper presents the results of part of an investigation carried out with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 years old), in which we implemented a teaching unit based on problem-solving methodology as an investigation to teach genetics and human inheritance curricular contents. By solving open problems, the students…
Descriptors: Genetics, Control Groups, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries