Speech versus text supported hints in learning to solve word problems

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Highlights：

• We examined modality of hints in learning to solve word problems by grade 5 students.

• Students' solution plan improved more after consulting audio-and-visual schema hints.

• Audio-and-visual schema hints also improved problem solving in a transfer test more.

摘要

•We examined modality of hints in learning to solve word problems by grade 5 students.•Students' solution plan improved more after consulting audio-and-visual schema hints.•Audio-and-visual schema hints also improved problem solving in a transfer test more.

论文关键词：Word problem solving,Hints,Computers,Modality principle,Metacognition,Mathematics education

论文评审过程：Received 22 June 2015, Revised 9 November 2015, Accepted 19 November 2015, Available online 28 December 2015, Version of Record 28 December 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.037