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Irena Labak; Ivan Kujundžic; Branko Bognar – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
Biology teachers received professional development to effect instructional changes that ensure student cognitive engagement and knowledge acquisition at higher cognitive levels. We asked the following questions: 1) What are the initial needs of teachers to promote active learner engagement and knowledge acquisition at higher cognitive levels? 2)…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Achievement, Science Teachers, Learner Engagement
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Sabine Sypré; Bart Soenens; Maarten Vansteenkiste; Karine Verschueren – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Higher-level questioning is an instructional method often recommended to challenge cognitively gifted students. However, professional development is needed to help teachers improve their ability to ask higher-level questions. Therefore, we developed an intervention based on Bloom's taxonomy, consisting of a 2-h session in which teachers learn how…
Descriptors: Gifted, Faculty Development, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation
Katrina Ramirez Gonzalez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study documented an interdisciplinary team of grade 8 teachers' utilization and implementation of research-based reading strategies introduced through collaboration during a Professional Learning Community (PLC). This study also investigated the teachers' perspectives on the implementation of research-based strategies, including the factors…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 8, Evidence Based Practice, Communities of Practice
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Russell Gersten; Joseph Dimino; Madhavi Jayanthi; Mary Jo Taylor – Elementary School Journal, 2024
We discuss an original study and two replications conducted over 18 years examining the impact of Teacher Study Group (TSG) in Vocabulary, a professional development (PD) approach for improving pedagogy and student learning. Study 1 focused on the design and development of the PD and included a small-scale randomized controlled trial to assess the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Durkin, Kelley; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Star, Jon R.; Loehr, Abbey – Journal of Experimental Education, 2023
Productive learning of algebra is supported when students reflect on multiple strategies, compare them and discuss the rationale behind and relative merits of particular strategies. Comparison and Discussion of Multiple Strategies (CDMS) is an instructional approach designed to support these processes in math classrooms. In the current study, 16…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Mathematical Concepts
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Tegegne, Tamene Atsebiha; Kelkay, Asrat Dagnew – Cogent Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to compare the 5E learning model with traditional learning methods in terms of their effect on students' conceptual understanding of water subtopics. The participants of the study were grade 8 students of 2021 academic year. While 27 of them were randomly assigned to the experimental group, the other 27 were assigned to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Midhat Noor Kiyani; Limin Jao; Cinzia Di Placido; Sun Jung Choi – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
Learning mathematics in a silo presents it as a complex discipline that is detached from the real world and therefore difficult to understand. As such, there is now a growing interest in interdisciplinary mathematics education (IdME). Yet, first-hand accounts of students' perspectives and experiences about IdME are lacking. Thus, this study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Attitudes, Grade 8
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McConnell, Tony; Daley, Davinia; Levy, Rebecca; Waddell, Lisa; Waddington, Richard – Teaching History, 2022
A highly distinctive and structured approach to teacher development, Lesson Study emerged in Japan but has since been adopted much more widely and now sees growing interest in the UK. Tony McConnell, Davinia Daley, Rebecca Levy, Lisa Waddell and Richard Waddington describe the process by which their school first investigated and then adopted…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Grade 8, History Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Wiets Botes; Anita Philip – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2025
This study investigated whether the Key Concepts in Science Project influenced the pedagogical development of Natural Science teachers. Grounded in social constructivism, emphasising collaborative learning and hands-on interaction, the study employed qualitative methods to collect empirical data. Through photographic evidence, field notes, and…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Cooperative Learning
Brock, Tracy Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study was designed to examine the impact of the incorporation of vocabulary instruction and various teacher strategies by a middle school science teachers team on student science achievement. The researcher focused on the teacher preparation of vocabulary word walls and the inclusion of specific words within individual units of study…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, Middle School Teachers, Team Teaching
Jeanette Wahlstrom – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teachers must meet a variety of students' mathematics learning needs but are often not trained to do so. Little is known about how teachers perceive their efficacy to meet diverse math learning needs. The purpose of this qualitative collective case study was to explore teacher attitudes and perceptions of professional development (PD) and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Christianity, Socialization
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Rashmi Ranjan Behera; Chirashree Srabani Rath; Amulya Kumar Acharya; Trupti Subhrajyoti; Sujata Acharya; Rajesh Kumar – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Prompted by the challenges faced by teachers in balancing grammar and content in English classes, coupled with the poor English proficiency of rural Odia medium school students, the study aimed to devise an intervention that could balance content and grammar, thereby enhancing the grammar competency and content comprehension of eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jeffrey Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student' achievement in science can be affected by teacher subject matter knowledge, ineffective instructional methods, and lack of student engagement. Although all schools provide professional development opportunities, not all teachers choose to engage in a program that provides teaching and learning through experiential techniques for the…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
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Sharon Vaughn; Jeanne Wanzek; Leticia R. Martinez; Eleanor M. Hancock; Anna-Mari Fall; S. Blair Payne; Sally K. Fluhler – Grantee Submission, 2025
This pilot study investigated the efficacy of the Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT) intervention, a social studies content knowledge and reading comprehension set of practices implemented with social studies classes including students with disabilities. Social studies general education teachers were provided with professional…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development, Social Studies
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Ficarra, Laura – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2022
The purpose of this article was to explore the differences in opportunity to learn between higher and lower achieving schools. Additionally, the teachers' perception of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) as it relates to students' achievement were investigated. Teachers were surveyed to investigate any difference in their perceptions of opportunity to…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Academic Achievement, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Participation
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