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Sung, Yao-Ting; Shih, Pao-Chen; Chang, Kuo-En – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
Providing instruction on spatial geometry, specifically how to calculate the surface areas of composite solids, challenges many elementary school teachers. Determining the surface areas of composite solids involves complex calculations and advanced spatial concepts. The goals of this study were to build on students' learning processes for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
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Cohen, Marisa T.; Johnson, Helen L. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
This study examined the effect of imagery interventions for the presentation of novel science vocabulary to fifth grade learners. Eighty-nine students from two schools in Long Island participated in this study and were randomly assigned to four different instructional interventions: a Picture Presentation method, in which a word was paired with a…
Descriptors: Learning, Retention (Psychology), Science Instruction, Grade 5