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Gaoxia Zhu; Marlene Scardamalia; Raadiyah Nazeem; Zoe Donoahue; Leanne Ma; Zhixin Lai – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Knowledge Building principles such as real ideas, authentic problems; epistemic agency; and collective responsibility for advancement of community knowledge convey ways in which Knowledge Building mirrors work in knowledge-creating communities. Previous studies suggest Metadiscourse--discourse about discourse--helps sustain and improve community…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Learning Processes, Psychological Patterns
Dvir, Michal; Ben-Zvi, Dani – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Estimating and accounting for statistical uncertainty have become essential in today's information age, and crucial for cultivating a sound decision making citizenry. Engaging with statistical uncertainty early on can support the gradual development of uncertainty-related considerations that are often challenging to foster at any age. Statistical…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Computation, Numeracy, Attitudes
Cottone, Amanda M.; Yoon, Susan A.; Shim, Jooeun; Coulter, Bob; Carman, Stacey – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Educating young learners to reason with data is increasingly important given our data-saturated society; yet teachers need support in recognizing and facilitating apt epistemic performance (which involves the beliefs and practices necessary to successfully establish, critique, and use data and knowledge within a domain) regarding data literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Processes, Data, Multiple Literacies
Witherspoon, Eben B.; Ferrer, Nathaniel B.; Correnti, Richard R.; Stein, Mary Kay; Schunn, Christian D. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
Teacher learning is a huge challenge in instructional change, but relatively little work has carefully examined the mechanisms by which teachers learn, in contrast to the extensive work on programs that help teachers learn and the high-leverage instructional practices that are strong predictors of student learning. Specifically, relatively little…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Coaching (Performance), Learning Processes, Educational Practices
Ziegler, Esther; Trninic, Dragan; Kapur, Manu – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
Productive failure has shown positive effects on conceptual and transfer measures, but no clear effects on procedural measures. It is therefore an open question whether, and to what extent, productive failure methods may be used to enhance the learning of procedural skills. A typical productive failure study focuses on a single, complex concept;…
Descriptors: Algebra, Failure, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
Heirweg, Sofie; De Smul, Mona; Merchie, Emmelien; Devos, Geert; Van Keer, Hilde – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2020
The present study investigates primary school students' self-regulated learning (SRL) process by exploring the sequence in which SRL activities are conducted during learning. The aims of this study are twofold: investigating the presence of the theoretically hypothesized cyclical nature in students' SRL process, as well as potential differences…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Management, Learning Processes, Sequential Approach
Coppens, Leonora C.; Hoogerheide, Vincent; Snippe, Elleke M.; Flunger, Barbara; van Gog, Tamara – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
Example-based learning (i.e., studying examples to learn a problem-solution procedure, often alternated with solving practice problems) leads to better learning outcomes than solving practice problems only, and video examples are increasingly being used in online and blended learning environments. Recent findings show that the presentation order…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Academically Gifted, Student Motivation, Self Esteem
Jaakkola, Tomi; Veermans, Koen – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
The present study investigates the effects that concreteness fading has on learning and transfer across three grade levels (4-6) in elementary school science education in comparison to learning with constantly concrete representations. 127 9- to 12-years-old elementary school students studied electric circuits in a computer-based simulation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Learning Processes
Rau, Martina A.; Aleven, Vincent; Rummel, Nikol – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
Prior research shows that representational competencies that enable students to use graphical representations to reason and solve tasks is key to learning in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics domains. We focus on two types of representational competencies: (1) "sense making" of connections by verbally explaining how…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Wagensveld, Barbara; Segers, Eliane; Kleemans, Tijs; Verhoeven, Ludo – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
We examined the role child factors on the acquisition and transfer of learning the control of variables strategy (CVS) via instruction or self-discovery. Seventy-six fourth graders and 43 sixth graders were randomly assigned to a group receiving direct CVS instruction or a discovery learning group. Prior to the intervention, cognitive, scientific,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6, Transfer of Training
van Dijk, Alieke M.; Gijlers, Hannie; Weinberger, Armin – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
Creating graphical representations can foster knowledge gains on science topics in elementary school students by promoting active integration and translation of new information. Collaborating on joint representations may encourage children to discuss and elaborate their knowledge. To foster productive interactions, children may greatly benefit…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Freehand Drawing
Lam, Ho Cheong; Tsui, Bik May Amy – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
The variation theory of Ference Marton and his collaborators has widely been used as a framework for explaining what can possibly be learned in a particular classroom and what cannot. This paper reports on an experiment that put this theory to test in the context of students' learning of the orthographic structures of Chinese characters. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Orthographic Symbols, Ideography