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Neta Shaby; Orit Ben-Zvi Assaraf; Nicole Pillemer Koch – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
There are relatively few studies examining cooperative learning during laboratory activities in a science museum. This study aims to explore such activities to better understand the nature of cooperative learning, if any, in that setting. The participants in this study were 60 fourth-grade students who visited a science museum lab as part of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Museums, Field Trips
Yishen Song; Liming Guo; Qinhua Zheng – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Scientific inquiry ability is closely related to the process of hands-on inquiry practice. However, its assessment is often separated from this practice due to the limitation of technical basis and labor cost. The development of multimodal data analysis provides a new opportunity to realize automated assessment based on hands-on practice.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Hands on Science, Experiential Learning
Laura Super; Shuting Huo; Linda S. Siegel – International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2024
This research evaluated the implementation of a climate science curriculum intervention for students in Grades 4 and 5, including those who were typically achieving and those with difficulties in mathematics, reading, or both. Pre- and posttests of measurement and climate change science concepts were administered at the beginning and end of each…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Yildiz, Mesut; Ecevit, Tugba – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2022
This study presents a STEM activity titled "A Paleontologist's Task: Fossils" designed based on the 5E learning model. The activity was implemented within the unit of "Earth's crust and Earth" in a science lesson with 22 fourth grade students attending a public primary school in Düzce/Turkey in the 2020- 2021 academic year. As…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Learning Activities, Paleontology
Widiana, I Wayan; Tegeh, I Made; Parwata, I Gusti Lanang Agung; Hanikah – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2020
The current conditions in Indonesia show that student activities in the learning process tend to be passive which impacts factual knowledge. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of concrete media in improving students' factual knowledge through observing activities. This study was quasi-experimental, designed in a non-equivalent post with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Çoruhlu, Tülay Senel; Pehlevan, Murat – Journal of Science Learning, 2021
This study aimed to develop a science experiments guidebook (based on discussion method and enriched worksheet) for fourth grade mainstreamed students with learning disabilities and to investigate its effect on their conceptual understanding of the "Matter and its Nature", "Living Things and Life", "Physical Events"…
Descriptors: Guides, Worksheets, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts
Lacy, Sara J.; Tobin, Roger G.; Crissman, Sally; DeWater, Lezlie; Gray, Kara E.; Haddad, Nick; Hammerman, James K. L.; Seeley, Lane – Science Education, 2022
We describe the development, design, implementation, and preliminary classroom results of an innovative curriculum, "Focus on Energy," that supports learning about energy in Grades 4-5. The curriculum is grounded in the concepts of science as practice, model-based reasoning, and learning progressions, and builds on students' pre-existing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Grade 4, Grade 5
Love, Tyler S.; Griess, Carolyn J. – Science and Children, 2020
Computational thinking has been taught in elementary classrooms in other countries for many years, but in the United States this has only been a focus recently due to the drastic shortage of computer scientists. Early exposure to computational thinking has been shown to motivate students to pursue STEM careers, especially computer science (Jin,…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Engineering Education, Elementary School Students
Short-Meyerson, Katherine; Sandrin, Susannah; Meyerson, Peter; White, Lindsey – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
This study examines interactions of fourth graders and their parents during informal science activities to understand the parental influence on children's science interests, attitudes, and participation. Sixteen Latino/a parent-child dyads and 16 Non-Latino/a parent-child dyads, matched on socioeconomic status (SES), participated in this…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Activities, Parent Child Relationship
Amedee Marchand Martella; David Klahr; Weiling Li – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
"Active learning" has been used to describe classrooms that have varied widely with respect to instructional topics, age of learners, and the procedures used to operationalize the general notion of the term. In most cases, the specific variant of active learning under investigation has been more effective than the particular control used…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Design
Zhang, Lin – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
As more concerns have been raised about withholding answers during science teaching, this article argues for a need to detach 'withholding answers' from 'hands-on' investigation tasks. The present study examined students' learning of light-related content through three conditions: 'hands-on' + no 'withholding' (hands-on only: HO), 'hands-on' +…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Investigations, Science Instruction, Grade 4
Lee, Carole K.; Williams, Patricia Hrusa – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Forty-one pre-service elementary teachers (PSETs) enrolled in a science methods course participated in a service-learning project on energy and sustainability. The goal was to help PSETs and elementary students to understand concepts regarding energy, energy saving, and sustainability through an oncampus Family Energy Day event for 65 elementary…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Children, Service Learning
Amedee Marchand Martella; David Klahr; Weiling Li – Grantee Submission, 2019
"Active learning" has been used to describe classrooms that have varied widely with respect to instructional topics, age of learners, and the procedures used to operationalize the general notion of the term. In most cases, the specific variant of active learning under investigation has been more effective than the particular control used…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Design
Smith, Wendy; Smith, Brian C. – Science and Children, 2016
The Maker Movement allows students to strengthen humanistic values through projects and experiences that require the use of their heads, hearts, and hands. Students are introduced to creative technologies that bridge the digital and physical worlds. Through whimsical projects, students take an interest in the concepts and ideas that might normally…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Energy Education, Science Materials, Blended Learning
Cook, Kristin Leigh; Bush, Sarah B.; Cox, Richard – Science and Children, 2015
The power of 3D printing technology has grown exponentially in just the past few years--people around the world are using 3D printers to prepare food, create tailored clothing, build cars and homes, and advance the medical field in ways that never seemed possible. In classrooms across the nation, 3D printers have become increasingly common because…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Engineering Technology, Printing, Grade 4