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Hüseyin Kotaman; Mustafa Aslan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of humour, teaching, gender, age, birth order, siblings, parents' level of education and income on kindergarteners' costly sharing behaviours. The participants consist of 106 kindergarteners enrolled in three public kindergartens in Sanliurfa. The participants interacted with two assistants,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Sharing Behavior
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Tassell, Janet Lynne; Novak, Elena; Kessler, Bruce – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2019
"Operation Comics" is a series of mathematics comic books for 4th-6th grades that was implemented with 142 elementary school students to investigate the effects of an "Operation Comics" books intervention on student mathematics and comic book attitudes using the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (Tapia, 1996; Tapia &…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Cartoons, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Charisse L. Nixon; Dharma Jairam; Stan Davis; Christine A. Linkie; Seria Chatters; James J. Hodge – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2020
Bullying victimization is a pervasive problem nationwide and is related to students' psychological distress, including increased loneliness, anxiety, depression, helplessness, and suicidal behaviors. Importantly, not all students respond to peer victimization in the same way. This study examined the effectiveness of students' coping strategies in…
Descriptors: Bullying, Gender Differences, Victims, Instructional Program Divisions
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Sheikha Al-Araimi; Abdullah Ambusaidi; Mohammed Selim; Mohammed Al Amri – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
This research aimed to examine the impact of caricature drawings in the acquisition of scientific concepts and attitudes of 4th grade students for basic education towards science. The sample of the research consisted of 162 students from4th grade. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences at (p = 0.001) between the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Attitudes, Cartoons
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Yoon, Irene H. – Berkeley Review of Education, 2018
Racial humor among students of color presents a sociopolitical dilemma for teachers, requiring rapid calculations of if and how to respond in ways that support an inclusive and equitable classroom climate. This analysis uses two instances of racial humor in an elementary classroom to unpack a White teacher's responses to students of color who were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Racial Bias, Teaching Methods, Socialization
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Aydin, Aydan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Problem Statement: Teacher candidates who will soon be responsible for educating the future generations should possess certain characteristics. Specific teacher candidates should have specific characteristics taken into consideration: pre-school and primary teacher candidates should be seen as role models by younger students; psychological…
Descriptors: Humor, Preservice Teachers, Multiple Regression Analysis, Anxiety
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Brownhill, Simon – Gender and Education, 2014
Young boys' "underachievement" and their disaffection with learning continue to dominate education agendas [Francis, B. 2006. "Stop That Sex Drive." "Times Educational Supplement" 30; Peeters, J. 2007. "Including Men in Early Childhood Education: Insights from the European Experience." "NZ Research in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Underachievement, Achievement Gap
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Søbstad, Frode; Lillemyr, Ole Fredrik – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2010
Humour and play have many features in common, both of which are important aspects in children's lives. In this article the focus is set on the relationship between different aspects of children's self-concept, including their humoristic self-concept, and interest in learning, play and local cultural activities. Participants in this study were…
Descriptors: Humor, Self Concept, Correlation, Interests
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Boutte, Gloria Swindler; Hopkins, Ronnie; Waklatsi, Tyrone – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: This study content analyzed 29 frequently used children's books in pre-kindergarten through 3rd-grade classrooms. Although the books included European and African American literature, none of the 29 books addressed other ethnic groups in the United States, and only two included international perspectives. Male and middle…
Descriptors: African American Children, Early Childhood Education, Fantasy, African American Culture