ERIC Number: EJ1184246
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1524-8372
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Promoting Strategy Change: Mere Exposure to Alternative Strategies Helps, but Feedback Can Hurt
Brown, Sarah A.; Alibali, Martha W.
Journal of Cognition and Development, v19 n3 p301-324 2018
This study investigated effects of feedback and exposure to alternative strategies on strategy change in children (N = 106, age range = 7;3-10;0) learning about mathematical equivalence. Children's strategies were evaluated before and after a brief instructional intervention. During the intervention, children either were exposed to a set of 4 alternative strategies (2 correct, 2 incorrect) without information about the validity of the strategies or completed a control task. In addition, some children received feedback about existing strategies, and others did not. Exposure to alternative strategies led to more strategy change and better performance on a problem-solving task. The effect of feedback on strategy change depended on children's confidence in their existing strategies and on their pretest knowledge.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Strategies, Intervention, Validity, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Elementary School Students, Worksheets, Grade 2, Grade 3, Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires, Learning Strategies, Schemata (Cognition), Regression (Statistics), Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B090009
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