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Korp, Peter; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Barker, Dean; Johansson, Anna – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: Over the last couple of decades, health has become a central part of the subject content in physical education (PE) curricula in many countries. As a result, issues of health have been foregrounded much more clearly in the teaching of PE. The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish PE teachers make sense of health in relation to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Reyes, Cynthia C.; Bishop, Penny A. – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2019
Since middle school is a critical time for literacy learning in general and comprehension in particular, educators are left to ponder how best to teach these students. In addition, what role might student perception of reading strategies through visual depictions have in order to help teachers decide how best to guide their students with…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Visualization, Reading Strategies
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Berry, Robert Q., III; Ellis, Mark W. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2013
Multidimensional mathematics teaching, as discussed in this article encourages the use of context in mathematics teaching and learning to help teachers better recognize and build upon the cultural and social resources students bring to the classroom. Such efforts can impact students' performance and can help students make sense of decisions…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
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Yucel, Elif Ozata; Ozkan, Muhlis – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to develop an instructional design whereby ecosystem, biodiversity, and environmental issues are addressed with a holistic approach that provides more efficient teaching as well as to test the effectiveness of this design. A literature review was carried out and need-assessment was firstly made using the Readiness Test. This review…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Environmental Education, Holistic Approach, Quasiexperimental Design
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Hagood, Margaret C.; Provost, Mary C.; Skinner, Emily N.; Egelson, Paula E. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
This paper reports on Year 1 of a two-year study of implementing new literacies strategies into social studies and English/language arts content areas in two low-performing middle schools (grades 6-8). Situated within a New Literacies Studies framework, the study addressed three overarching questions: (1) What are teachers' and students'…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Middle Schools, School Culture, Grade 6