Improving seventh grade students' learning of ratio and proportion: The role of schema-based instruction

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-264

  Jitendra, Asha K ^a   Star, Jon R ^b   Starosta, Kristin ^c   Leh, Jayne M ^c   Sood, Sheetal ^c   Caskie, Grace ^c   Hughes, Cheyenne L ^c   Mack, Toshi R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle school students; Ratio and proportion; Schema based instruction; Word problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149103997     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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