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Hänze, Martin; Leiss, Dominik – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2022
This study examined whether learning with heuristic worked examples can improve students' competency in solving reality-based tasks in mathematics (mathematical modeling competency). We randomly assigned 134 students in Grade 5 and 180 students in Grade 7 to one of three conditions: control condition (students worked on reality-based tasks),…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Competence, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
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Firetto, Carla M.; Murphy, P. Karen; Greene, Jeffrey A.; Li, Mengyi; Wei, Liwei; Montalbano, Cristin; Hendrick, Brendan; Croninger, Rachel M. V. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
Effective interventions are needed to bolster students' argumentation capacities, an area in which they consistently struggle. Quality Talk (QT) is an approach to small-group classroom discussion shown to support students' oral argumentation with preliminary evidence that it may also bolster students' written argumentation. Teachers often must…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Skill Development, Small Group Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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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