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Direct linkAmanda W. G. van Loon; Hanneke E. Creemers; Simone Vogelaar; Nadira Saab; Anne C. Miers; P. Michiel Westenberg; Jessica J. Asscher – School Psychology International, 2024
Targeted school-based programs seem to be a promising approach to help adolescents in need. Nevertheless, successful implementation and evaluation of such programs is challenging. However, there is limited knowledge about (overcoming) the challenges of implementation and experimental evaluation of school-based programs. The goal of the present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Grade 7, Grade 8
Shriki, Atara; Patkin, Dorit – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Spatial ability was defined by Lohman (1996) as the ability to create, maintain, retrieve, and change visual pictures. Linn and Peterson (1985) distinguished among spatial perception, mental rotation, and spatial visualization. Spatial perception is the determination of spatial connections with respect to the orientation of the learners' body;…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts, Visualization
Download full textJulia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
Dawan Coombs; Devery Bellingham – English Journal, 2015
This article explores three ways a teacher incorporated text sets into her seventh-grade classroom to foster authentic inquiry. Student reflections suggest this approach helped them cultivate questioning, researching, and cooperative learning skills that became lasting habits of inquiry and helped them succeed on core tests.
Descriptors: Grade 7, Authentic Learning, Inquiry, Skill Development
Shawley, Jessica – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
The purpose of this article is to provide support for middle school physical education programs that meet the developmental needs of students while providing for student choice. With its health and physical education program called Creating Healthy Active Minds for Personal Success (CHAMPS), Moscow Middle School is striving to cultivate student…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Middle School Students, Physical Education, Grade 6
Avery, Marybell; Rettig, Brad – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
This article focuses on the grade-level outcomes to be assessed on middle school (grades 6-8) physical education. Specifically, the article describes how to teach basic tactics and strategies while applying fundamental movement patterns to the various game and movement categories (invasion, net/wall, target, fielding/striking, dance/rhythms, &…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Grade 6
Pantaleo, Sylvia – English in Education, 2015
Explicit pedagogy that focuses on visual design and composition principles can affect students' responses to and understanding, interpretation and analysis of images, as well as the creation of their own visual representations. This article considers the why, the what, and the how of teaching various visual elements of art and design to students…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Semiotics, Art Education, Design
Skelton, Peter; Seevers, Brenda; Dormody, Tom; Hodnett, Frank – Journal of Extension, 2012
Improving youth science comprehension in the United States is imperative to reverse current trends in student achievement and to meet an expected shortage of scientists in the future. This lag in achievement scores and need for future scientists is a problem. One challenge is to link inquiry-based learning and experiential education with…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Youth Programs, Science Education, Comprehension
Lamb, Lindsay M. – Online Submission, 2017
This research brief highlights findings from the technical report (published separately). Student-level analyses were conducted with the SEL Skills Survey and the Student Climate Survey to determine if a single measure of students' SEL skill acquisition and perceptions of school climate is possible. [For the Technical Report, see ED629195.]
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Skill Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Robinson, Pip – Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2013
Informal learning practices, based on Lucy Green's research into how popular musicians learn, offer students in the music classroom the opportunity to explore collaborative, aural-based learning that is guided, rather than directed, by the teacher. Over a period of five years, informal learning projects were included in the music curricula of two…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Musicians, Music, Music Education
Davis, Dannielle Joy; Davis-Maye, Denise; Thomas, Chippewa M.; Seals, Cheryl; Alfred, Dorienna M.; Tripp, Lucretia Octavia; King-Jupiter, Kimberly L.; Lovett, Garnetta Laverne – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2011
This work introduces a model of university outreach in rural communities which promotes increasing post-secondary options for rural dwelling African American youth. KEMET (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium, and Technology) Academy is a comprehensive academic enrichment program targeting African American students enrolled in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Rural Youth, Enrichment Activities, Rural Areas
Greenwood, Scott C.; McCabe, Patrick P. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
In this article, the authors discuss how learning contracts can motivate students. "A learning contract is simply a written agreement between teacher and learner in which the learner undertakes to complete mutually agreed upon tasks in a specified amount of time on his or her own initiative" (Greenwood, 2003, p.1). Contracts are designed to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Jansen, Barbara – Library Media Connection, 2007
What motivates middle school students? Hormones and success! There is not much that teachers can do about the hormones, but they sure can affect the success. "Teaching Information and Communication Technology Skills: The Big6 in Middle Schools," a new book from Linworth Publishing, offers classroom teachers and teacher librarians new strategies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Information Technology, Technological Literacy, Information Skills
Holbrook, Jack; Rannikmae, Miia – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
This article explores the meaning of the nature of science education to enhance scientific literacy. It argues that the teaching approach for science education should be regarded as "education through science", rather than "science through education". A model of the nature of science education is proposed, having its foundations based on activity…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Scientific Principles
Shoemaker, Joel; Schau, Elizabeth; Ayers, Rachael – Knowledge Quest, 2008
Seventh grade students entering South East Junior High in Iowa City come from eight elementary feeder schools, as well as from schools around the world. Their information literacy skills and knowledge of reference sources vary, but since all seventh graders and new eighth graders are required to take one trimester of Visual Studies, all entering…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Reference Materials, Visual Literacy, Information Literacy
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