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Download full textYuwamon Prasretsung; Naruemon Thepnuan; Duangkamol Kaewdaeng – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2024
The objectives of this research were to: 1) develop online lessons with the Google Classroom application on computer system operation for secondary 2 (Grade 8) students; 2) study pre-test and post-test academic achievement; and 3) study the students' satisfaction with the online lessons with the Google Classroom application on computer system…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Electronic Learning, Computers, Curriculum Development
Direct linkNanette I. Marcum-Dietrich; Meredith Bruozas; Rachel Becker-Klein; Emily Hoffman; Carolyn Staudt – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
The Precipitating Change Project was a 5-year development, implementation, and research study of an innovative 4-week middle school curricular unit in computational weather forecasting that integrates students' learning and use of meteorology and computational thinking (CT) concepts and practices. The project produced a list of CT skills and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Urban Areas
Migle Helmersen; May Olaug Horverak – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
In line with international trends, the new Norwegian curricula for education have a stronger focus on life mastery, democracy and sustainability compared with previous requirements. Students are to develop competence that promotes health and responsible decision-making. The current study presents a programme implemented in lower secondary school…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Educational Indicators, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Elizabeth Belanger – History Teacher, 2024
Many studies show the value of local history, especially multicultural history, to youth development and student learning outcomes. Incorporating local history into classrooms improves students' ability to question historical significance, analyze primary sources, contextualize their historical thinking, and embrace the learning process as their…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Civil Rights, Local History
Sotáková, Ivana; Ganajová, Mária; Babincáková, Mária – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
The research aim was to identify the effect of revising the thematic unit "Changes in Chemical Reactions" using IBSE (based on confirmation inquiry) in the 8th grade of secondary school. This thematic unit is taught in chemistry lessons in the 2nd term of the 7th grade. A set of activities verified by a piece of pilot research was used…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Education, Curriculum Development
Eronen, Lasse; Kokko, Sirpa; Sormunen, Kari – Curriculum Journal, 2019
In 2014, the Finnish National Board of Education launched a new core curriculum with the aim of meeting the skills and competence requirements of the 21st century. The purpose of this case study was to find out what transversal competencies Finnish eighth graders developed and how they experienced studying in a problem-based transdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, 21st Century Skills, Core Curriculum
Paulina Haduong; Julia Jeffries; Allison Pao; Willie Webb; Danielle Allen; David Kidd – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2024
There is increasing urgency to broaden access to inclusive and culturally sustaining K-12 civic education. Civic education can foster young people's development of their civic identity, which can support a functioning American democracy. Civic education often includes opportunities for learners to develop civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions,…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Inclusion, Cultural Maintenance
del Valle, Julie Lucille – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2023
Learner-centred education has become a global reform policy among Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines. This policy however raised critical issues in pedagogy as it placed learner-centred teaching in binary opposition with teacher-centred instruction, thus creating a simplistic dichotomy between good and bad teaching in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Lim, Yian Hoon; Lee, Joon Kiat; Ng, Weiliang; Teo, Tang Wee – Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This paper reports on the evaluation results of the implementation of the Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM) in a Singapore secondary school for Grades 7-10. PCM was adopted by the school in 2016 to provide a comprehensive framework for designing the school's curriculum around the core, connections, practice, and identity. Two years into the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Carlita S. King – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Following a massive wave of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators found the need to be hyper-critical of how they spend their instructional time with students. Almost all students are expected to return nearly a full grade-level behind and would likely have to learn to navigate a completely new school environment. As a result,…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Achievement Gains, Tutoring, After School Education
Hunter, D. A.; Castagno, A. E.; Gonzales, T.; Tallsalt, V.; Little, A.; Brown, T.; Pipe, M.; Greyeyes, J.; Marsh, E.; Smith, J.; Paulson, S.; Yazzie, J.; Black, P.; Saganey, E.; Cole, C. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP) at Lowell Observatory is an in-class STEM enrichment program that pairs astronomers with 4th-8th grade teachers at Native-serving schools in northern Arizona. The astronomer works with the teacher to present hands-on astronomy activities to their class with the goal of getting students excited…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kelly Anne Lynd – Online Submission, 2024
This project-based thesis aimed to facilitate the creation of a collaborative culture quilt that celebrates the diverse cultural backgrounds, heritage, and traditions of students and teachers. The curriculum focused on various artists from different cultures, expanding students' understanding of art and culture both inside and outside the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Cultural Pluralism, Community Characteristics
Lijun Ni; Gillian Bausch; Elizabeth Thomas-Cappello; Fred Martin; Bernardo Feliciano – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
This study examined student learning outcomes from a middle school computer science (CS) curriculum developed through a researcher and practitioner partnership (RPP) project. The curriculum is based on students creating mobile apps that serve community and social good. We collected two sets of data from 294 students in three urban districts: (1)…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Middle School Students, Coding, Self Efficacy
Fitchett, Paul G.; Heafner, Tina L. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
Examining the connections among teacher characteristics, instructional decision-making, and student learning in social studies education are both complicated and contentious. In the current study, we shed light on middle grades social studies teaching and learning--a black hole of research in the subject area. Using data from the National…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, National Competency Tests
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
