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A. Susan Gay; Jeanine Haistings; Jason L. Rucker; Lindsay Garcia; Megan Koenigsman – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
The lesson described in this article was developed and taught by a team of mathematics educators and physical therapists, with the shared goal of broadening students' perception of how mathematics concepts are applied in the real world. This lesson gives students authentic experience with the Gait Speed Test as a physical therapist would…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Physical Therapy, Mathematics Activities, Authentic Learning
Ying-Chih Chen; Jongchan Park; Jamie G. Rapkiewcz – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Productive struggle is a process in which students expend effort to grapple with perplexing problems and make sense of something that is not immediately apparent and beyond their current level of understanding and capacity. The experience encourages students to reflect on and restructure their existing knowledge toward a new understanding of…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Biology, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Nicole Boyd; Anita Green – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2023
The purpose of this article is to introduce a lesson fondly referred to as the 'Lego Shop' lesson. It stands out as not only the most engaging lesson we've conducted but is also highly adaptable to accommodate a diverse range of learners. Successfully implemented across all year levels, from Foundation to Year 6, this lesson has proven to be…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Manipulative Materials, Cooperative Learning
Patricia Fox; Andrea Gray; Julie Berger; Niki Wenigmann – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
This article examines the ways in which interdisciplinary small groups were used in a school setting in order to drive students' "joyful engagement and" literacy instruction. Drawing from the work of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad in "Cultivating Genius" (2020) and "Unearthing Joy" (2023) we designed and implemented a summer…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Summer Programs, Small Group Instruction
McREL International, 2025
Teachers use a variety of strategies to capture students' attention, which is a necessary step for any lesson. Expert-level teachers take this one step farther, making sure that their attention-gathering techniques engage students cognitively, sparking productive curiosity and connecting to key concepts and skills to be learned in a unit or…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
NWEA, 2025
The research brief, "Integrating Literacy And Science: A Powerful Partnership for Student Success," describes four key components of effective integration ofliteracy and science instruction at the elementary level. In this practitioner's guide, the authors describe sample lessons to demonstrate each of these components inaction in an…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Aleksandra Ilic Rajkovic; Nataša Nikolic – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
The study deals with the outdoor learning approach developed by Sreten Adžic (1856-1933), who is considered the founder of the outdoor learning movement in Serbia. He greatly influenced pedagogical practice as a primary-school teacher, professor, and teacher-training school manager. According to this approach, the term outdoor learning had two…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Social Systems, School Buildings
Allison Ryan; Jamie R. Lipp – Reading Teacher, 2025
Integrating content-area and literacy instruction in primary-grade classrooms creates authentic and engaging opportunities for students to build background knowledge and literacy skills. Furthermore, when students engage in meaningful dialogue about content-area topics they can discuss complex ideas and use content-specific vocabulary. These…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Literacy Education, Grade 1
Eskelson, Samuel L.; Townsend, Brian E.; Hughes, Elizabeth K. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
In this article, the authors describe their experiences with planning, implementing, and revising a lesson for which the goal is for students to consider the mathematical and pragmatic issues that are related to a task of maximizing the area for a fixed perimeter. The authors also wanted students to engage in the Standards for Mathematical…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Middle School Mathematics
Jane Watson; Noleine Fitzallen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Statistics need data and data need context. Contexts from across the curriculum can be the most powerful in creating interest, reward, and enthusiasm for both teachers and students. The activity described here is based in STEM, employing aspects of each field to create and solve a hypothetical problem of escaping from an erupting volcano (Science)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
Bowen, G. Michael; Bartley, Anthony – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
School science is often very different from "real world" science. One important difference, and possibly the main one, is that in school science the relationships between variables have often been sanitized -- essentially "cleaned up" -- so that there is very little (and often no) variation in the data from the relationship…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Data, Science Activities, Authentic Learning
Sawatzki, Carly; Sullivan, Peter – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
This article from Carly Sawatzki and Peter Sullivan encourages schools and teachers to consider ways to embed financial literacy tasks in mathematics lessons more often, and includes an authentic task to try with your students.
Descriptors: Money Management, Mathematics Instruction, Authentic Learning, Consumer Education
Elementary School Principals' Professional Learning: Current Status and Future Needs. Research Brief
Levin, Stephanie; Leung, Melanie; Edgerton, Adam K.; Scott, Caitlin – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
High-quality professional learning can build principals' capacity to lead successful schools. This brief summarizes a study about principals' professional learning based on a national survey of elementary school principals. Many surveyed principals reported that they had access to professional development that has been identified as important for…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Management Development, Capacity Building
Jonathan Brown; Erin Turner; Delia Sotelo Fierros – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Mathematical modeling involves using mathematics to represent, analyze, and make predictions or decisions about real- world situations. Garfunkel and Montgomery (2016) elaborate on six components of the mathematical modeling process, including identifying the problem, making assumptions and identifying variables, doing the math, analyzing and…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Oslington, Gabrielle; McDonald, Finn – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
Co-written by a student and his teacher, this article illustrates how a carefully structured individual education program supported by appropriate software can provide suitable challenges for a gifted Year 3 student. While the focus is on one student's statistical investigation, the story has relevance to the wider primary school environment.
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Statistics Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3