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Grenner, Emily; Åkerlund, Viktoria; Asker-Árnason, Lena; van de Weijer, Joost; Johansson, Victoria; Sahlén, Birgitta – Educational Review, 2020
Observational learning is a successful method for improving writing skills in various genres. We explore effects of a five lesson intervention series based on peer observation. Fifty-five Swedish 5th-grade students aged 10-12 years followed this intervention programme. The students watched short film clips with peers working with texts. Each…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Personal Narratives, Observational Learning
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article presents an analysis of the longitudinal consequences of out-of-school science learning with a conceptual framework that connects the intentions of youth to their participation in science. The focus is on one girl's science activities in her home and hobby pursuits from fourth to seventh grade to create an empirical account of how…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
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Smith, Glenn Gordon; Middleton, James A. – Australian Educational Computing, 2003
This study compared interaction with a computer vs. observation as learning situations for low and high ability student's learning of spatial visualization and geometric transformations. Thirty-two fifth grade boys took the Differential Aptitude Test, Space Relations Subset (DAT), and then participated in the experiment. Pre-test and post-test…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Low Achievement, Observational Learning, Aptitude Tests