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Tekin Guler – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
The current study examines the impacts of scenario-based science activities on the scientific creativity and reflective thinking skills of fourth-grade students in primary school. Therefore, it was carried out in a primary school in Yozgat city center during the 2023-2024 Academic Year. An experimental group (24 students [13 girls, 11 boys]) and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Education, Thinking Skills
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April Camping; Ashley Stack; Abigail Bristow; Kausalai Wijekumar; Debra McKeown; Pilar Sierra; Sandra Hotcaveg – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the skills and types of instruction present within four commonly used writing textbooks at grades four and five via content and quantitative analyses. Determining the presence of standards-based skills and evidence-based practices may help shed light on the effectiveness and quality of these curricula. The…
Descriptors: Skills, Educational Practices, Writing Instruction, Textbooks
Ispir, Bünyamin; Yildiz, Ali – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of writing for learning and model-based learning activities on academic achievement in the "Simple Electrical Circuits" unit of the fourth-grade science course and the views of students and classroom teachers about these activities. In the quantitative part of the research, which has…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Grade 4
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I. Wayan Widiana; Sulis Triyono; I. Gede Sudirtha; Made Aryawan Adijaya; I. Gusti Ayu Agung Manik Wulandari – Cogent Education, 2023
Reading interest and students' creative thinking skills cannot be optimal in the current learning process. Several things cause this. One of them is low learning models. It happens because the learning activities applied by the teacher are less innovative and varied. This study aims to analyze the effect of using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy-Oriented…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Learning Activities, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Aygün, Müge; Hacioglu, Yasemin; Ceylan, Derya; Durkan, Elif – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
This study aims to determine the usability of the book 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' authored by Jules Verne, as a context for interdisciplinary teaching of fourth-grade science and social studies courses. As a document review, the book was analyzed based on the Science and Social Studies Curricula/Turkey-2018. The book was associated with all…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Curriculum
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Hamman-Ortiz, Laura; Santiago Schwarz, Vanessa; Hamm-Rodríguez, Molly; Gort, Mileidis – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
This article reports on findings from the first year of a professional learning partnership aimed at supporting elementary teachers in improving their writing instruction for emergent bilingual students. Specifically, we present a case study of one fourth grade teacher's writing instruction, exploring how an introduction to a functional approach…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Writing Instruction, Bilingual Students, Faculty Development
Leslie Deitrich Sauder – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student engagement in math and science courses decreases starting in middle school and continues throughout high school (Museus, et al., 2011). This lack of engagement results in students taking only the required math and science coursework and not advanced coursework that would help prepare them for future careers in science, technology,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learner Engagement, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Øystein Gilje – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2024
Over the last few years, Norway's lower secondary education has increasingly integrated one device for each student, reflecting broader technological trends in the Western world. To plan for learning and assessment in one-to-one classrooms, this article advocates for an ecological approach by elaborating on the term "educational…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Technological Literacy
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Halil Tas; Muhammet Baki Minaz – SAGE Open, 2024
Today, individuals should adapt themselves to the rapidly changing and developing information age and have learning skills. It is only possible by adopting new approaches and strategies instead of traditional teaching methods and techniques. Different learning and teaching approaches are characterized by various methods and designs, such as…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learning Modalities, Learning Activities, Academic Achievement
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Cheng Yao; Supawadee Kanjanakate; Nirat Jantharajit – Journal of English Teaching, 2024
The study explores the effects of a hybrid instructional approach combining Situated Learning (SL) and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on the executive functions and cognitive abilities of fourth-grade students learning English as a second language (ESL). Method: An experimental design was employed, with students divided into control and…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Situated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pierratos, Theodoros; Koumara, Anna – Primary Science, 2020
In this article, a series of activities on explicit teaching of specific aspects of the 'nature of science' are presented. The authors explore teaching the nature of science through inquiry-based activities on electric circuits. The activities concern classification of objects as conductors or insulators and took place in three classes of 4th…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Learning Activities
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Ortega-Tudela, Juana M.; Lechuga, María-Teresa; Bermúdez-Sierra, Miriam; Gómez-Ariza, Carlos J. – SAGE Open, 2021
While the learning benefits of retrieval activities have been clearly demonstrated in laboratory settings, evidence on their usefulness in naturalistic school settings is still scant. The goal of the present studies was to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of retrieval-based learning in children (fourth and sixth grades) when school…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Public Schools, Elementary School Students
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Vorensky, Sandra – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
In this article, the author shares the Menu Writing project, designed to promote a meaningful, real-world connection to mathematics with the lives of students. The rationale for developing this project was two-fold: (1) to connect school mathematics to students' lived experiences to encourage and sustain students' interest, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education), Student Motivation
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Jeannotte, Doris; Corriveau, Claudia – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
This study investigates the use of manipulatives by elementary students working on a fraction task. Extending previous work on the role played by the manipulatives in students' activity, we aim at describing how the choices made for the task design disrupt students' activity, creating opportunities to learn. The theoretical underpinnings allow…
Descriptors: Fractions, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Aulia Wulandari; Sukarno; Matsuri – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2023
IPAS ("Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam dan Sosial"/Natural and Social Sciences) constitutes essential subjects in the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in primary schools. The primary goal of integrating IPAS is to enable students to effectively manage their natural and social environment as a whole. In light of this objective, the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Elementary School Teachers, Principals
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