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Kramarski, Bracha; Mizrachi, Nava – Educational Media International, 2006
This study compares the effects of forum discussion with metacognitive guidance versus forum discussion without metacognitive guidance (Forum) on solving real life mathematical tasks and self-regulated learning. Participants were 43 Grade 7 students (boys and girls) who practiced online problem-solving in two classes. The metacognitive guidance…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Guidance, Comprehension, Problem Solving
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Weiss, Itzhak; Kramarski, Bracha; Talis, Shirit – Educational Media International, 2006
The purpose of the study is two-fold: (a) to investigate the effects of learning mathematics with multimedia embedded in different styles of learning (cooperative learning versus individual learning) in kindergarten on students mathematical achievements; (b) to examine students' preference for style of learning with computers in kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Control Groups
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Kramarski, Bracha; Hirsch, Chaya – Educational Media International, 2003
Describes a study that investigated the differential effects of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) and metacognitive training (META) on mathematical reasoning. Participants were 83 Israeli eighth-grade students. Results showed that CAS embedded within META significantly outperformed the META and CAS alone conditions, which in turn significantly…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
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Kramarski, Bracha – Educational Media International, 2002
Investigated the effects of email conversations between teachers and students on learning graphing in ninth grade classrooms. Compares students who used software with students who used software with email, and discusses results which showed email use led to better performance on graph interpretation and construction and on students' ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
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Kramarski, Bracha; Zeichner, Orit – Educational Media International, 2001
Compares the effects of two types of feedback on mathematical reasoning in a computerized Israeli sixth grade class. Metacognitive feedback (MF) is based on self-regulation learning using metacognitive questions that serve as cues for understanding the problem, and results feedback means giving cues that pertain only to the final outcome.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Feedback, Foreign Countries
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Kramarski, Bracha; Feldman, Yael – Educational Media International, 2000
Describes a study of eighth graders that examined the contribution of an Internet environment embedded with metacognitive instruction on students' reading comprehension, motivation, and metacognitive awareness. Results show a significant impact on motivation but none on achievement or metacognitive awareness. (Contains 23 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness, Internet
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Kramarski, Bracha – Educational Media International, 1999
Identifies conceptions that students have with regard to the construction of graphs representing everyday situations in a computer learning environment using a GRAPHIC plotter, and examines the resistance of alternative conceptions to formal instruction. Following instruction, no significant improvement in students' performance was observed.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Educational Technology, Graphs, Instructional Effectiveness