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Saira Hossain; Iva Strnadová; Joanne Danker – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2024
Well-being commonly refers to the concept that equates to a good life. What constitutes a good life at school for students has emerged as an important education agenda over time due to its wide-reaching benefits. However, there is a limited understanding of the well-being experiences of children from diverse cultures and countries, particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Grade 7, Grade 8
María Pilar García-Rodríguez; Sara Conde-Velez; Manuel Delgado-García; José Carmona Márquez – Learning Environments Research, 2024
We present the validation of a questionnaire for compulsory secondary school students (seventh to tenth grade), designated "Educational learning environments for ESO pupils" (CEApA_ESO), for the purpose of evaluating learning environments. Although many instruments have been developed in this area, our work attempts to comprehensively…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Compulsory Education, Secondary Education, Grade 7
Chengcheng Li – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Since the enactment of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2016, K-12 schools in the U.S. have responded to the challenge with various instructional reform initiatives. School climate, teaching practices, and teacher self-efficacy are important aspects of research as they affect students' learning. The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Choi, Yusik – Journal of Geography, 2021
Computers and geospatial technologies such as Geographic Information Systems, Google Earth, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) are increasingly common tools for geography instruction in schools. The NAEP Data Explorer was used to conduct an analysis of geography achievement in the eighth grade based on differences in students' access to and…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Academic Achievement, Grade 8, Geographic Information Systems
Ngobeni, Winnie Poelane; Maimane, Joseph Ramathibela; Rankhumise, Mmushetji Petrus – South African Journal of Education, 2020
In the study reported on here we investigated the effects of sign language barriers among Deaf learners in special schools for the Deaf and Blind in the Motheo District in the Free State province of South Africa. Semi-structured focus group interviews were held with 7 teachers (2 males and 5 females) and 10 Grade 8 learners (6 males and 4 females)…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Nagle, James F.; Taylor, Don – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
In 2013 the Vermont legislature enacted Act 77 mandating that students in grades 7-12 develop personalized learning plans (PLPs) to guide them toward high school graduation using proficiency based requirements. In a qualitative self-study the authors document the implementation of a personal learning framework integrating PLPs into a humanities…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Grade 7
Malin, Heather; Liauw, Indrawati; Remington, Kathleen – Journal of Character Education, 2019
Purpose is an important aspect of character development and thriving in adolescence; yet, there is little research explaining how it develops or how contexts such as school can support its development. In this study, 1,304 eighth graders completed a survey that measured purpose as the integration of 2 dimensions-- beyond-the-self life goal…
Descriptors: Personality, Educational Environment, Grade 8, Student Attitudes
Pavešic, Barbara Japelj, Ed.; Koršnáková, Paulína, Ed.; Meinck, Sabine, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Achievement, International Assessment
Al-Siyabi, Muna Abdullah; Dimitriadi, Yota – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2020
Mobile learning research has been flourishing to keep pace with the rapid technological advancement that has been invading all parts of modern life. There is a shortage of such research in Oman, especially in schools. The aim of this study is to uncover mLearning employment in schools in Oman by exploring two cases. The study investigates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
Smith, Thomas J.; McKenna, Cornelius M.; Hines, Ellen – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study examined a large, nationally-representative sample of eighth-grade students in the US to assess how the frequency of group learning activity in mathematics classrooms was associated with mathematics achievement and three measures of attitudes toward mathematics. Results showed that moderate amounts of group work in class had positive…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Environment, Attitude Measures
Lozano, Maria-Dolores – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
My purpose in this paper is to illustrate the way in which an enactivist methodological approach guided me as I conducted a two-case longitudinal study where the learning of algebra was explored in different contexts throughout time. Three groups of students in two different schools in the city of Puebla, Mexico, were followed from the last year…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Longitudinal Studies, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
Cetin-Dindar, Ayla – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between constructivist learning environment and students'motivation to learn science by testing whether students' self-efficacy in learning science, intrinsically and extrinsically motivated science learning increase and students' anxiety about science assessment decreases when more…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Constructivism (Learning), Science Education, Teaching Methods
Chisolm, Terrence Rainer – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2015
In this quantitative, archival study, academic achievement and self-concept scores were compared for middle-school students with EBD based on whether the students had been placed into a self-contained learning environment (SCLE) or a mainstreamed least restrictive environment (MLRE). Academic achievement scores and self-concept scores for 2007…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Problems, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
Örtegren, Hans – Education Inquiry, 2014
The aim of this article is to deepen the understanding of how different aspects of the implementation of digital media may be related to subject paradigms and practice in the subject of Art in secondary schools in Sweden. The article is based on observations and interviews with teachers and pupils at secondary schools about their conceptions of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
Dodeen, Hamzeh; Abdelfattah, Faisal; Shumrani, Saleh; Hilal, Maher Abu – International Journal of Testing, 2012
This study focused on comparing mathematics teachers' qualifications, practices, and perceptions between Saudi and Taiwanese schools. Data analyzed in this study were the responses of mathematics teachers to the Teacher Background Questionnaire--8th Grade from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2007. The Saudi…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Teacher Background, Mathematics Teachers, Educational Environment