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Miriam Sanders; Milan Mathew; Ross Petty; Sofia Arredondo; Karen E. Rambo-Hernandez – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
To provide meaningful, high-quality learning experiences for students with diverse academic backgrounds, a critical consideration for mathematics educators is student engagement. The approach of team-based learning has allowed for an increase in student-centered class time and demonstrated positive results in tertiary education across multiple…
Descriptors: Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Grade 8
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Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Education, Science and Society, Climate
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Ahmed Raad Yousif; Hutkemri Zulnaidi; Syed Kamaruzaman Syed Ali – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
The ongoing underrepresentation of Iraqi school students in science, mathematics, and PE (physical education) (SMPE) in general, and especially in PE demonstrates the need to develop and implement strategic high impact practice, such as new effective teaching strategies that not only improve students' academic outcomes but also foster student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Teaching Methods
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Stein Dankert Kolstø; Vegard Havre Paulsen Paulsen; Idar Mestad – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Students' critical thinking is often researched using quantitative tests designed to measure critical thinking. In contrast, this study qualitatively analyses group and whole-class dialogues in an interdisciplinary SSI project by focusing on students' critical thinking practices. As such, the study provides an in-depth example of an immersion…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science and Society, Climate, Middle School Students
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Lütfiye Varoglu; Ayhan Yilmaz; Senol Sen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The examination of students' motivation towards lessons is an important aspect of educational studies. The constructivist approach significantly impacts the improvement of students' motivation. The present study aims to examine the use of the 5E learning model with concept maps to support students' motivation and compare the 5E approach and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
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Khadka, Jiban; Joshi, Dirgha Raj; Adhikari, Krishna Prasad; Khanal, Bishnu – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
Learner-centered instruction is very important concept in virtual and face-to-face classes for enhancing academic performance of students. This research aims to study the status of learner-centered instructions followed by the teachers in online classes during the pandemic and its effectiveness on the mathematics achievement of the learners. The…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Online Courses, COVID-19
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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
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Soraya Abdulatief; Xolisa Guzula – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: South Africa's "Language-in-Education Policy" (LiEP) provides for bi/multilingual education, but schools are only supported to choose monolingual English language policies from Grade 4 and ignore the learners' home language or languages as resources for learning. Many teachers translanguage orally, using the learners' home…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Writing (Composition), Code Switching (Language), Epistemology
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Armstrong, Alayne – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
In recent years, the use of personal electronic devices has become widespread in Canadian society, and many Canadian schools are adopting "bring your own device" policies. This exploratory research investigates the technological practices of middle years students with mathematics learning disabilities who use personal electronic devices…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Disabilities
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Liou, Pey-Yan; Ho, Hsin-Ning Jessie – Research Papers in Education, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine students' perceptions of instructional practices in the classroom, and to further investigate the relationships among instructional practices, motivational beliefs and science achievement. Hierarchical linear modelling was utilised to examine the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2007…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Achievement, Self Concept, Correlation
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Anderson, Derek L.; Zyhowski, Joni – Social Studies, 2018
This case study investigated how two 8th-grade teachers planned for, delivered, and reflected on their teaching of the 2016 Presidential Election. Data sources included classroom observations, teacher interviews, and lesson plans. Despite integrating student-centered lessons about the election with social and political events in US History from…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Lesson Plans, Teaching Methods, Observation
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Sullivan, Patrick – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
Current reform efforts challenge teachers to create more student-centered classrooms focused on high quality classroom discourse (NCTM, 2014). There are difficulties, however, teachers face in bringing this vision to fruition. Over the past three years, we have worked with a group of 7-12 teachers supporting their efforts to implement high quality…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction
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Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Akcay, Hakan, Ed.; Ozturk, Omer Tayfur, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on March 24-27, 2022 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Peripherals, Equipment
Ozturk, Elif; Ucus, Sukran – Online Submission, 2015
Argumentation is highlighted as one of the most important activities of science education by many researchers. The main aim of this research is to examine primary school students' nature of science classes and argumentation skills in terms of their academic success in primary science classes. Thus, the main interest of the study is centered on the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse