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Sixth graders who used the experiment room to solve each problem through trial and error were the students doing worst in mathematics

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q2 i? Students doing the worst in math class were those who used the experiment room to solve each problem through trial and error rather than developing an overall understanding of additive color. → Daniel L. Schwartz and Dylan Arena 2013

Evidence

Daniel L. Schwartz and Dylan Arena 2013

Daniel L. Schwartz and Dylan Arena. (2013). Measuring What Matters Most: Choice-Based Assessments for the Digital Age. The MIT Press. http://www.macfound.org

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In the same sixth-grade choicelet study, log-file tracking of choices revealed that the lowest-performing mathematics students relied on trial-and-error use of the experiment room instead of discovering the general principle governing the solutions. No effect size is printed.

"The students who were doing the worst in math class, for instance, were those who used the experiment room to solve each problem through trial and error."

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title Sixth graders who used the experiment room to solve each problem through trial and error were the students doing worst in mathematics
description Sixth graders who used the experiment room to solve each problem through trial and error were the students doing worst in mathematics
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2013
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