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McAllister, Deborah A.; Glidden, Jared L.; Moyer, Peggy S.; Finch, Dorothy L. – Online Submission, 2021
This program focused on improving mathematics content and pedagogy for fifth-grade teachers, including regular classroom teachers and exceptional education teachers, as they implemented the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Mathematics. Concentrating work with a single grade allowed for tightening breadth while increasing depth of content.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Grade 5, Elementary School Mathematics, Common Core State Standards
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Porat, Erez; Shamir-Inbal, Tamar; Blau, Ina – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Introduction: Virtual worlds (VWs) are immersive three-dimensional environments, accessible simultaneously to multiple users, and described as shared, simulated spaces, whose inhabitants represented as avatars. VWs enable freedom of expression. Using VWs in educational contexts requires a shift from teacher-centered instruction to facilitation of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
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Aktin, Kibar – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2020
The Social Studies course covers many opportunities for students to actively learn-by-doing and learn-by-living outside of the school and classroom environments. In this context, the present study aims to identify how the Social Studies Curriculum in Turkey (Ministry of National Education [MoNE], 2018) supports learning in environments outside of…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Textbook Content, Textbook Publication, Social Studies
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Blevins, Brooke; LeCompte, Karon; Wells, Sunny – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2016
It is imperative that schools and communities give students opportunities to participate in active citizenship and prepare them with the important skills and dispositions needed to become informed citizens. Action civics is a promising practice that puts students at the heart of civics learning by providing them with the opportunity to learn about…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Student Participation, Student Research
Lisenbee, Peggy; Hallman, Christine; Landry, Debbie – Geography Teacher, 2015
Geocaching is an inquiry-based activity encouraging creativity, active learning, and real-world problem solving. As such, it is an educational opportunity for students in all grade levels. Educators benefit by observing students using higher-order thinking instead of rote learning offered by using traditional worksheets, tests, or quizzes. Also,…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Inquiry, Active Learning, Navigation
Koh, Ming Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study evaluates the effects of an interdisciplinary standards-based school garden-based education program on student learning. The objective of the program is to help students learn to be self-directed learners, community contributors, complex thinkers, quality producers, effective communicators, and effective/ethical users of technology. For…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Gardening, Elementary School Students, Focus Groups
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Lacina, Jan; Watson, Patricia – Social Studies, 2003
Children find learning about history meaningful when teachers find ways to interest them in the subject. A social studies wax museum is one way to bring state or national historical characters to life. It opens up a new world for children and makes history more than a chapter in a textbook. In this article, the authors present the rationale for a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Museums, Social Studies, Literary Devices
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Fleming, Louise Conn; Billman, Linda Webb – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
Teacher educators routinely encounter middle grades teachers who like to include more environmental literacy in their curricula. These educators of children in grades four through nine believe that it might be considered "fluff," take away from the class time needed to meet varying state mandates or standards, be difficult to implement, or all of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Middle Schools, Problem Solving
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education