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Mallory R. Shackelford – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educators are always looking for new ideas and best practices to positively impact student learning. Particularly after the learning interruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, schoolteachers and leaders are seeking strategies to increase the rate of student academic growth. One approach that can be borrowed from leadership development is the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4, Grade 8
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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
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Lee, Hannah; Stern, Marc J.; Powell, Robert B. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Studies of individual environmental education (EE) field trip programs have found that pre-visit preparation and post-visit follow-up activities can enhance desired student outcomes. We examined these relationships across a broad sample of single-day EE field trip programs for adolescent youth (grades 5-8) across the United States. We measured…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Learning Activities, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education
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Rutten, Cindy; Boen, Filip; Vissers, Nathalie; Seghers, Jan – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
Based on Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), this study tested whether changes in autonomous motivation toward physical education (AMPE) during the transition from elementary to secondary school can be predicted by changes in perceived need support from the physical education (PE) teacher and perceived physical school environment.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Self Determination
Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
In recent years, there has been heightened awareness of the importance of early childhood education and high school as intervention points in the educational lives of America's children. Less attention has been paid to the importance of the upper elementary grades and middle school and the role they must play in the preparation of students for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Academic Achievement