Browsing by Subject "mathematics"
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(2005-07-26)Department: Teaching and LearningThis study analyzes the development of statistical reasoning during several mathematics classes of an intact fourth-grade classroom. The teacher and her students were members of a multi-year teacher-researcher collaborative ...
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(2015-04-02)Department: PsychologyCardinality, the ability to state the quantity of a set, is an important skill in the development of precise numerical reasoning abilities. This set of studies investigates the limits of cardinal number knowledge and the ...
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(2019-04-02)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of the study was to explore the cognitive profiles associated with inadequate responsiveness to fractions intervention on 3 fractions outcomes (calculations, ordering, and word problems). At the start of 3rd ...
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(2016-07-18)Department: Special EducationChildren who exhibit language deficits and behavior problems often underachieve. However, interventions that target children with behavior problems primarily focus on changing behavior, and interventions that aim to improve ...
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Don't make the same mistake twice: Examining the relationship between memory for errors and learning (2018-06-27)Department: PsychologyCommitting errors is a common part of the learning process, and current evidence suggests that committing errors can be beneficial for learning, at least for adults. Further, recent evidence in the adult cognition literature ...
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(2023-05)Understanding the academic and cognitive factors that contribute to the development of early mathematical knowledge and skills is crucial for effective assessment and intervention. However, these factors are often studied ...
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(2021-03-16)Department: Special EducationThe positive effects of mathematics intervention on elementary students' academic ability often fade out during the years following intervention. One theory to explain the fadeout of intervention effects is that once ...
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(2011-08-03)Department: PsychologySELF-EXPLANATION WORTH THE WHILE: A COMPARISON AGAINST PRACTICE AND TIME ON TASK KATHERINE L. McELDOON Thesis under the direction of Professor Bethany Rittle-Johnson Self-explanation, or generating explanations to ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)The goal of this paper is to investigate and evaluate children’s literature in terms of its use within mathematics curriculum. I have laid out criteria for assessing literature to be used in mathematics, as well as provided ...
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(2019-08-05)Department: PsychologyThe current study continues efforts of previous research to effectively promote parents’ early numeracy input given the relations between parents’ early numeracy input and their children’s numeracy skills (e.g. Cheung & ...
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(2008-08-29)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to examine the reliability, validity, and predictive utility of 3 measures for screening kindergarten students for risk for math difficulty (MD). The screening measures assessed number sense ...
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(2013-04-08)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThis project uses a large multi-state dataset to address three aspects of the relationship between tracking and student achievement that have been understudied. Chapter II establishes that rigorous instruction is substantially ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-03-01)Video-based curricula have been around since the early 1920s. While the technology for and content of video-based curricula has evolved, the effectiveness of these programs in motivating students and bringing life outside ...