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Download full textFilippou, Filippos; Rokka, Stella; Pitsi, Athena; Gargalianos, Dimitrios; Bebetsos, Evangelos; Filippou, Dafni-Anastasia – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an interdisciplinary program of Greek folk dance music and sociology on 8th grade Middle school student satisfaction and anxiety level. To evaluate students' anxiety and satisfaction the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 and Duda and Nicholls' Satisfaction questionnaire were used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Dance, Student Satisfaction
Bykova, Svetlana S.; Kuvaldina, Elena A.; Mashkovtseva, Larisa M.; Malova, Tatyana V. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
Foreign language lessons at school are designed to form key competences, with communicative competence being an important one, implying students' ability and readiness to communicate in a foreign language. However, there are difficulties in mastering the foreign language. As before, the main ones are: the lack of active oral practice, the absence…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Projects, Student Research
Direct linkCaplinger, Robert T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of a middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule would increase eighth-grade students' reading scores, as measured by the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS). A 90-minute middle school flexible interdisciplinary block schedule served as the independent variable and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Block Scheduling, Flexible Scheduling
Richardson, Ronald Craig – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study took place in a high-achieving, suburban middle school and compared learning as a result of nine Grade 8 social studies workshops. Three classes (N=84) were the control group and four classes (N=131) were the treatment. As much as possible, classes were balanced in terms of gender, ethnicity, and proficiency in English. The key question…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Suburban Schools, Music
Bettencourt, Connie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Studies report that U.S. students rank among the lowest in the area of mathematical knowledge of all industrialized countries. Schools in the United States are producing graduates ill-prepared to be successful at jobs which require mathematical competency. To increase mathematical understanding, this study examined the inclusion of writing in…
Descriptors: Social Change, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education
De La Paz, Susan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
Seventy 8th-grade students (including talented writers, those with average ability, and students in need of special education services) participated in an integrated social studies and language arts unit designed to promote historical understandings and argumentative writing skills. The historical reasoning instruction lasted 12 days, and the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Grade 8, Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction
