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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Secondary School Students Learning from Reflections on the Rationale behind Self-Made Errors: A Field Experiment
Heemsoth, Tim; Heinze, Aiso
Journal of Experimental Education, v84 n1 p98-118 2016
Thus far, it is unclear how students can learn most effectively from their own errors. In this study, reflections on the rationale behind self-made errors are assumed to enhance knowledge acquisition. In a field experiment with pre/post/follow-up design, the authors practiced fractions with 174 seventh- and eighth-grade students who were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: The students reflected on either the rationale behind their own errors or on the correct solution corresponding to their own errors. Students in the first condition group demonstrated a greater procedural knowledge at the posttest and at the follow-up test. Furthermore, at the follow-up test, these students demonstrated a higher conceptual knowledge. The implications for theory and school instruction are discussed.
Descriptors: High School Students, Reflection, Error Patterns, Error Correction, Mathematics Education, Fractions, Field Studies, Grade 7, Grade 8, Educational Experiments, Pretests Posttests, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Tests, Feedback (Response), Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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