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Hartikainen, Jani; Haapala, Eero A.; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Sääkslahti, Arja; Laukkanen, Arto; Gao, Ying; Finni, Taija – Learning Environments Research, 2023
As a result of educational reforms in many countries, including Finland, new or renovated comprehensive schools have increasingly begun to incorporate open and flexible designs and principles. Multipurpose and adaptable open learning spaces can provide children with amplified opportunities to be physically active during general education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Physical Activities, Classroom Environment
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Channell, Adam; Cobern, William; Rudge, David; Bentz, Amy – Science Education International, 2021
This study examined United States (U.S.) K-12 science teacher interactions with parents during Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) reform following teachers' professional development (PD) participation, as well as parent accounts of understanding and support for NGSS. Fourteen teachers and 15 parents completed an online surveys and phone…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Standards, Science Education
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Williams, Ryan; Citkowicz, Martyna; Miller, David I.; Lindsay, Jim; Walters, Kirk – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Since the standards-based education movement began in the early 1990s, mathematics education reformers have developed and evaluated many interventions to support students in mastering more rigorous content. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of U.S. PreK-12 mathematics intervention effects from 1991 to 2017 to study sources of…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Mathematics Education, Educational Change, Difficulty Level
Angeline S. Lillard – Grantee Submission, 2023
Most American classrooms employ a teacher-text-centered model of instruction that is misaligned with the developmental science of how children naturally learn. This article reviews that science and the origins of the common instructional model, including three modifications intended to make it work better (grades, age-graded classrooms, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Astronomy, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Graham, Linda J. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
This study analyses exclusion, enrolment cancellation, and suspension rates in government schools in the Australian state of Queensland to investigate the impact of legislation to extend principals' disciplinary powers. Results suggest that the provision of alternative disciplinary options, including Saturday detentions and community service,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suspension, Social Isolation, Discipline
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Childs, Tasha M.; Brown, Elizabeth Levine; Brown, Naomi; Iachini, Aidyn L.; Phillippo, Kate; Galib, Linda; Parker, Audra; Fujimoto, Ken – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Understanding teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19 is essential to strengthening services and improving student health outcomes. This mixed-method study aimed to examine US PK-12 teachers' appraisals of student wellness services and supports during COVID-19. Methods: This study focuses on…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Wellness, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Formosinho, João – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
This article analyses the impact on Early Years Education policy of the crisis provoked by COVID 19 pandemia and raises some questions about the future. For a better understanding of this impact COVID 19, I present the construction of this educational level since the nineteenth century contrasting two essential models -- the educational assistance…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education