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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"calculation skills"”.
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Cracking the Stereotype Threat Equation: Associations with Executive Functions and the Math Performance of Latine College Students
… EFs via computerized and verbal tasks, and calculation skills via standardized mathematical tests. Moderated mediation demonstrated that teacher-induced ethnic ST (i.e., students' perception that their mathematics teachers/instructors treated them differently because of their ethnicity) had …
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Involving Students in their own learning: The Experience of a first year Curriculum innovation
… their basic education; reading, writing and a calculation skills (Hannan and Shorthall, 1991). The level of satisfaction with personal and social development, preparation for work and other adult roles however fall short of the targets reached by basic education. There is no doubt though that …
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A Comparison of Two Teaching Methods for Pediatric Medication Administration: Multimedia and Text-Based Modules
… was knowledge acquisition of mathematical calculation skills for medication administration. Calculation skills were defined operationally as a student's ability to calculate (a) weight-based safe-dose ranges, (b) intravenous flow rates for primary and secondary (intravenous piggy-back) …
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Setting a foundation for the development of medication dosage calculation problem solving skills among novice nursing students: The role of constructivist learning approaches and a computer based 'Authentic World' learning environment
… during the process of learning medication dosage calculation skills via didactic transmission methods and 'word problems'. Subsequently constructivist approaches were applied to the design and development of a computer-based 'Authentic World' learning environment. The relationship between exposure …
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Field Dependence and Independence and the Effect of Level of Guidance on Learning Performance for Associate Degree Nursing Students
… the effects of minimum and maximum guided drug calculation instruction in relation to the student's cognitive style: field dependent (FD) or field independent (FI). The cognitive styles of 24 female nursing students, who were enrolled in the first year of an associate degree nursing program at a …
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An Exploration of the Relationships Among Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory-Aligned Cognitive Abilities and Math Fluency
… these cognitive abilities and math fluency skills has important implications for screening, assessment, and intervention efforts in schools. As extant mathematics research in the context of Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory has evaluated either broad mathematics performance or math …
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An investigation into the use of literacy materials by adult learners : a study of the education programmes in two Cape Town public libraries
… It involves the teaching of writing, reading, calculation skills and developmental and functional skills such as income generation skills. Literacy programmes are supported by both teaching and reading materials that are usually made available in public libraries and literacy classes. The …
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The Efficacy of a Task-Orientated Group-Intervention Programme for Children with Specific Learning Disorder with Co-morbid Developmental Coordination Disorder
… of daily life including reading, writing or calculation skills during formal years of schooling. There is strong evidence that Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), presenting as a disorder affecting motor skills, may be co-morbid with other neurodevelopmental conditions, including SLD. …
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Mathematics in workplace settings: Numeracy in the mechanical engineering trades
… the nature of the mathematical knowledge and skills, and how they are applied and developed. A purposive sample of 199 apprentices, skilled tradespersons and mechanical engineering trades educators completed a questionnaire about the mathematics and numeracy skills they used, how they used and …