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Kai, Shimin; Almeda, Ma. Victoria; Baker, Ryan S.; Heffernan, Cristina; Heffernan, Neil – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2018
Research on non-cognitive factors has shown that persistence in the face of challenges plays an important role in learning. However, recent work on wheel-spinning, a type of unproductive persistence where students spend too much time struggling without achieving mastery of skills, show that not all persistence is uniformly beneficial for learning.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Models, Intervention, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Hatlevik, Ida Katrine Riksaasen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This longitudinal study examines connections between 110 teachers' perceived professional competence acquired during professional preparation and later perceptions as schoolteachers in Norway. The results indicate that theoretical understanding plays an important role in schoolteachers' professional competence development and that prospective and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies
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Sinaga, Parlindungan; Feranie, Shelly – International Journal of Instruction, 2017
The research aims to identify the impacts of embedding non-traditional writing tasks within the course of modern physics conducted to the students of Physics Education and Physics Study Programs. It employed a quasi-experimental method with the pretest-posttest control group design. The used instruments were tests on conceptual mastery, tests on…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Writing Skills, Skill Development
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Herlina, Elda; Batusangkar, Stain – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This journal article discusses Advanced Mathematical Thinking (AMT) and how to enhance it. AMT is ability in representing, abstracting, creative thinking, and mathematical proving. The importance of AMT ability development in accord with government expectation who realize about the importance of mathematical competency mastery for student's life.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning
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Erhel, Séverine; Jamet, Eric – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Few studies have investigated the effects of the instructions provided in educational computer games on cognitive processing and learning outcomes. In our experiment, we sought to compare the effects on learning outcomes of two different types of goal-oriented instructions: "mastery-goal" instructions, which prompt learners to develop…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Goal Orientation, Instruction, Video Games
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Winterbottom, Christian; Mazzocco, Philip J. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
Praxeological-learning has emerged as a potential theoretical framework that has considerable potential to support and improve teacher education preparation programs. This article presents a study with participative research on early childhood with four groups of students. In response to new twenty-first century Teaching Standards and enhanced…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Praxis, Participatory Research, Early Childhood Education