Sensitivity of test items to teaching quality
Publication date: April 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 60Author(s): Alexander Naumann, Svenja Rieser, Stephanie Musow, Jan Hochweber, Johannes HartigAbstractInstructional sensitivity is the psychometric capacity of tests or single items of capturing effects of classroom instruction. Yet, current item sensitivity measures’ relationship to (a) actual instruction and (b) overall test sensitivity is rather unclear. The present study aims at closing these gaps by investigating test and item sensitivity to teaching quality, reanalyzing data from a quasi-experimental intervention study in primary school science ed...
Source: Learning and Instruction - December 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Identifying children with persistent low math achievement: The role of number-magnitude mapping and symbolic numerical processing
Publication date: April 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 60Author(s): Terry Tin-Yau Wong, Winnie Wai Lan ChanAbstractAlthough an increasing number of research studies have investigated the cognitive deficits related to difficulties in learning mathematics, little is known about whether these cognitive deficits longitudinally predict low mathematics achievement over time. The current 6-year longitudinal study was conducted to address this issue. A sample of 101 students was tested on various numerical and cognitive competencies when they were in kindergarten and in Grade 1. They were then followed until they wer...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Lost in narrative? The effect of informative narratives on text comprehension and metacomprehension accuracy
Publication date: April 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 60Author(s): Stefanie Golke, Romina Hagen, Jörg WittwerAbstractInformative narratives are enriched expository texts that provide to-be-learned conceptual information within a storyline with the aim to foster comprehension. However, research casts doubt on such a benefit for comprehension. Additionally, it is an open question how informative narratives impact metacomprehension accuracy. The results of two experiments (N1 = 63 and N2 = 70 university students) showed that informative narratives were less or not at all beneficial to text comprehensio...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The dimensional structure of students’ self-concept and interest in science depends on course composition
Publication date: April 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 60Author(s): Malte Jansen, Ulrich Schroeders, Oliver Lüdtke, Herbert W. MarshAbstractBoth academic self-concept and interest are considered domain-specific constructs. Previous research has not yet explored how the composition of the courses affects the domain-specificity of these constructs. Using data from a large-scale study in Germany, we compared ninth-grade students who were taught science as an integrated subject with students who were taught biology, chemistry, and physics separately with regard to the dimensional structure of their self-concepts...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Concreteness fading fosters children's understanding of the inversion concept in addition and subtraction
This study examined the effectiveness of various instructional strategies that aimed to enhance children's understanding of the inversion concept. One hundred and forty kindergartners were randomly assigned to each of the groups namely: (a) concrete-only, (b) abstract-only, (c) concreteness fading, (d) abstract-to-concrete, (e) control. They participated in a pre-test, two training sessions, an immediate post-test, and an 8-week delayed post-test. All the intervention groups showed significantly greater progress than the control group in solving the inversion problems in the post-tests. Concrete representations were more e...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Beyond cold technology: A systematic review and meta-analysis on emotions in technology-based learning environments
Publication date: Available online 9 November 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Kristina Loderer, Reinhard Pekrun, James C. LesterAbstractUnderstanding emotions in technology-based learning environments (TBLEs) has become a paramount goal across different research communities, but to date, these have operated in relative isolation. Based on control-value theory (Pekrun, 2006), we reviewed 186 studies examining emotions in TBLEs that were published between 1965 and 2018. We extracted effect sizes quantifying relations between emotions (enjoyment, curiosity/interest, anxiety, anger/frustration, confusion, boredo...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Do students learn better when seated close to the teacher? A virtual classroom study considering individual levels of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity
This study investigated whether students in grades 5 and 6 learned better when seated proximally to the teacher during a virtual classroom math lesson, taking individual levels of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity (i.e., ADHD symptoms) into account. In general, students learned better in the proximal seat location compared to a distant one. Additionally, more intense symptom levels impaired learning more. When considering individual levels of ADHD symptoms, students’ learning outcomes did not specifically benefit from a proximal seat location. Consequently, the present study did not support the general assumption...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Just follow my eyes: The influence of model-observer similarity on Eye Movement Modeling Examples
Publication date: Available online 8 November 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Marie-Christin Krebs, Anne Schüler, Katharina ScheiterAbstractWe investigated to what extent the effectiveness of Eye Movement Modeling Examples (EMME) is influenced by social cues such as model-observer similarity. In an eye tracking experiment with university students (N = 119), EMME were used to display multimedia-processing strategies as expressed in the eye movements of an instructed model. The model was either introduced as a successful learner (competent model), as another participant (peer model) or no EMME were presen...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 8, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): (Source: Learning and Instruction)
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): (Source: Learning and Instruction)
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): (Source: Learning and Instruction)
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Kindergarten children's symbolic number comparison skills relates to 1st grade mathematics achievement: Evidence from a two-minute paper-and-pencil test
Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): Zachary Hawes, Nadia Nosworthy, Lisa Archibald, Daniel AnsariAbstractBasic numerical skills provide an important foundation for the learning of mathematics. Thus, it is critical that researchers and educators have access to valid and reliable ways of assessing young children's numerical skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent, predictive, and incremental validity of a two-minute paper-and-pencil measure of children's symbolic (Arabic numerals) and non-symbolic (dot arrays) comparison skills. A sample of kindergarte...
Source: Learning and Instruction - November 3, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Response sentences, examples, and authenticity do not help children solve real wor(l)d problems
Publication date: Available online 30 October 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Cheryll L. Fitzpatrick, Darcy Hallett, Kyle R. Morrissey, Nadine R. Yıldız, Rutanya Wynes, Felix AyesuAbstractRealistic word problems are mathematical word problems that require the consideration of one's real-world knowledge to solve them. Research investigating children's ability to use realistic information in these problems has largely focused on interventions aimed at increasing students' realistic responses. The present study consists of three experiments that attempt to do the same in a sample of Grade 6 children. In Exper...
Source: Learning and Instruction - October 31, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Explaining school entry math and reading achievement in Canadian children using the Opportunity-Propensity framework
Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): Andrew Ribner, Elizabeth Harvey, Roger Gervais, Caroline FitzpatrickAbstractThe Opportunity–Propensity framework predicts that academic success is a function of: (a) Antecedent; (b) Opportunity; and (c) Propensity factors. The aim of the present study was to replicate and expand the O-P framework model with a population-based representative sample of French-Canadian children. The sample consisted of 2120 children followed in the context of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD). Structural equation models revealed tha...
Source: Learning and Instruction - October 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Re-visiting transition-based teaching: Impact of pre-service teacher's implementation on child outcomes
Publication date: February 2019Source: Learning and Instruction, Volume 59Author(s): Salih Rakap (Source: Learning and Instruction)
Source: Learning and Instruction - October 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
