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Title: Using worked examples to promote explanations of fractions concepts: A formative pilot study
This pilot study examined the feasibility of using worked examples as a mechanism to improve verbal explanations of fractions concepts among Grade 5 students with mathematics difficulties in a small-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) before scaling up to a large-scale RCT. Students ( N = 49) were randomly assigned to a business-as-usual (BAU) comparison group and to two variants of intervention. One intervention condition received both correct and incorrect worked example solutions, the other received correct solutions only. On a measure of verbal explanations, intervention students significantly outperformed students in BAU. Furthermore, students who received both correct and incorrect solutions significantly outperformed students who received correct solutions only on verbal explanations. On fractions proficiency outcomes, results were not significant between intervention and BAU or between the two intervention groups; however, positive findings demonstrate promise for using worked examples to elicit and develop students’ verbal explanations of fractions concepts.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2000577
PAR ID:
10490080
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
SAGE Publications
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice
Volume:
39
Issue:
2
ISSN:
0938-8982
Format(s):
Medium: X Size: p. 87-100
Size(s):
p. 87-100
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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