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Direct linkMoira Barbieri; Maria Varvarigou – Music Education Research, 2025
This study explores the co-development of music theory resources for Grades 7 and 8 at the Malta School of Music using a case study methodology. The first author collaborated with learners to create and refine music theory guides, testing sample chapters in classrooms and incorporating iterative feedback. Data collection included focus group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Grade 7, Grade 8
Miriam Sanders; Milan Mathew; Ross Petty; Sofia Arredondo; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
To provide meaningful, high-quality learning experiences for students with diverse academic backgrounds, a critical consideration for mathematics educators is student engagement. The approach of team-based learning has allowed for an increase in student-centered class time and demonstrated positive results in tertiary education across multiple…
Descriptors: Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Grade 8
Download full textGürbüz Ocak; Burak Olur; Mustafa Enes Tepe – African Educational Research Journal, 2025
In this study, which is aimed to investigate the balance principle of the secondary school science curriculum, a case study, one of the qualitative research methods, was employed. In the study, which was conducted by using case design, data analysis was performed by using teacher opinions, observation, and document analysis. The weighted kappa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science, Student Centered Learning
Elisa Saraiva; Fábio Faria; Célia Ferreira; Maria Manuel Azevedo – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2024
There is a consensus that the content of education for sustainability should be integrated into the curriculum, engaging students in activities that promote awareness and practice of sustainability. To achieve this goal, it is essential to adopt a student-centered approach that involves creative, stimulating, and challenging activities. This…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Student Centered Learning, Grade 8, Outdoor Education
Critical Thinking in the Making: Students' Critical Thinking Practices in a Multifaceted SSI Project
Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Education, Science and Society, Climate
Ahmed Raad Yousif; Hutkemri Zulnaidi; Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
The ongoing underrepresentation of Iraqi school students in science, mathematics, and PE (physical education) (SMPE) in general, and especially in PE demonstrates the need to develop and implement strategic high impact practice, such as new effective teaching strategies that not only improve students' academic outcomes but also foster student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Brooke A. Moore; Earl F. Legleiter; Kylia Owens; Brynne Packard; Jessica Wright – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
In rural, geographically dispersed school districts, access to high-quality face-to-face professional development (PD) is challenging. Our study developed and compared the effectiveness of an online PD for middle-school science teachers working in remote, rural areas of Kansas with an evidence-based traditional face-to-face PD with the goal of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Faculty Development
Critical Thinking in the Making: Students' Critical Thinking Practices in a Multifaceted SSI Project
Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science and Society, Climate, Middle School Students
Lütfiye Varoglu; Ayhan Yilmaz; Senol Sen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The examination of students' motivation towards lessons is an important aspect of educational studies. The constructivist approach significantly impacts the improvement of students' motivation. The present study aims to examine the use of the 5E learning model with concept maps to support students' motivation and compare the 5E approach and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
Aytaç Onur Demirtas; Kerim Gundogdu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2024
This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Music Education, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
Aaron Cavazos; Jacob Pleasants – Social Education, 2024
According to the authors, we live in a society that is deeply influenced by technology, and social studies classrooms are ideal places for students to conduct inquiries into timely and relevant technological issues. In this article, the authors describe an approach that can be used across many situations to teach students to think critically about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Technological Literacy, Current Events, Prior Learning
Julia 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
Soraya Abdulatief; Xolisa Guzula – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: South Africa's "Language-in-Education Policy" (LiEP) provides for bi/multilingual education, but schools are only supported to choose monolingual English language policies from Grade 4 and ignore the learners' home language or languages as resources for learning. Many teachers translanguage orally, using the learners' home…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Writing (Composition), Code Switching (Language), Epistemology
Anthony Lawrence Terrell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, public school educators encountered several difficulties acquiring and integrating curriculum online. The problem addressed in this study was the negative effect online curriculum implementation had on student achievement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory case…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Computer Assisted Instruction, COVID-19
