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Noroozi, Omid; Banihashem, Seyyed Kazem; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Smits, Mattijs; Vervoort, Mariëtte T. W.; Verbaan, Caro-Lynn – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
We know little to what extent peer feedback strategies can be applied on a large scale in higher education for complex tasks. This study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate an online-supported peer feedback module for large-scale use to enhance higher education students' argumentative essay writing performance. To do this, 330 students from…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Evaluation, Electronic Learning
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Evagorou, Maria; Vrikki, Maria; Papanastasiou, Elena – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2023
The current study aims to examine students' and teachers' voices and views on the outcomes of the implementation of a curriculum as relevant and appropriate to enhance students' citizenship skills by engaging them in dialogic and argumentative practices. To achieve the aim an innovative curriculum, consisting of 15 lessons per education level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Outcomes of Education, Persuasive Discourse
William Keating – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study utilizes action research to examine the design and implementation of inquiry-based teaching in a middle school social studies classroom. As a practitioner, fulfilling the role of teacher and researcher, I sought to better understand my teaching practices. To do so, I collected multiple forms of data that would help me understand…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Action Research, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Ammah-Tagoe, Naa; Caspary, Kyra; Cannady, Matthew A.; Greenwald, Eric – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: The emphasis on scientific practices articulated by the National Research Council framework and the Next Generation Science Standards requires significant pedagogical shifts for U.S. science teachers. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: This study provides a rare window into the challenges and opportunities…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Assignments
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Amber B. Ray; Tara Mason – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
Teaching middle school students with learning disabilities strategies for writing essays that incorporate information from source texts helps prepare them for academic success. The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the effects of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) writing instruction using technology tools implemented by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Persuasive Discourse
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Chauncey Monte-Sano; Ryan E. Hughes – Social Education, 2024
Middle school social studies teachers are increasingly working on argument writing in their classrooms so that students can successfully write counterarguments that acknowledge competing perspectives about historical and social issues by the end of eighth grade. The authors' prior research indicates that eighth-grade students "can" grow…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Social Studies, Writing Instruction, Middle School Students