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Peer reviewedMwangi, Wangari; Sweller, John – Cognition and Instruction, 1998
First of three experiments compared third graders who had studied worked, two-step arithmetic word problems to those learning through conventional problem solving. The former grouped showed superior test performance. In experiments two and three, children presented with integrated worked examples outperformed those presented with split-source…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Primary Education
