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Kaur, Jagpreet; Kaur, Khushgeet – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2022
The present study intended to examine the impact of an activity-based intervention on the attitude and awareness of adolescents towards sustainability and its dimensions using a quasi-experimental research design. A cluster sample of 99 participants, experimental and control groups comprising of 50 and 49 school students, was selected for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Students, Secondary School Students
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Hidayati, Sri; Abdulhak, Ishak; Wahyudin, Dinn; Rusman, Rusman – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
This study aimed to test the impact of government commitment, curriculum development, and education and training, either directly or indirectly through school management and business actors' participation in maritime learning activities to develop student competencies. This research was conducted in five junior high schools in North Jakarta and…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Student Development, Competence, Learning Activities
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Daradoumis, Thanasis; Arguedas, Marta – Educational Technology & Society, 2020
There is an increasing interest in the ways pedagogical agents can provide cognitive, emotional, and metacognitive support to students. Moreover, several research studies have proposed various approaches for cultivating students' reflective learning. A variety of research has also been conducted into interrelations between metacognition and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Activities, Feedback (Response), High School Students
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Dawn Latta Kirby – English Journal, 2016
This article considers how relationships in the English classroom are influenced by the types of literacy activities, the role of the teacher, the tone of oral comments, and the types of writing students share with peers.
Descriptors: English Instruction, Writing Instruction, Literacy, Teacher Role
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Furtak, Erin Marie; Circi, Ruhan; Heredia, Sara C. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2018
This article describes a 4-year study of experienced high school biology teachers' participation in a five-step professional development experience in which they iteratively studied student ideas with the support of a set of learning progressions, designed formative assessment activities, practiced using those activities with their students,…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Behavioral Objectives, Science Teachers, Biology
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Bijlsma, Nienke; Schaap, Harmen; de Bruijn, Elly – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
Meaning-making and sense-making are generally assumed to be part of students' personal vocational knowledge development, since they contribute to both students' socialisation in a vocation and students' personalisation of concepts, values and beliefs regarding that vocation. However, how students in vocational education acquire meaning and make…
Descriptors: Vocational High Schools, Academic Achievement, Modeling (Psychology), Observational Learning
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Lou, Shi-Jer; Tsai, Huei-Yin; Tseng, Kuo-Hung; Shih, Ru-Chu – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2014
This study aims to explore the application of STEM-I (STEM-Imagination) project-based learning activities and its effects on the effectiveness, processes, and characteristics of STEM integrative knowledge learning and imagination development for female high school students. A total of 72 female high school students were divided into 18 teams.…
Descriptors: Females, High School Students, STEM Education, Student Projects
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Hooley, Diana – English Journal, 2007
One of the most important educational objectives of high school is to teach critical-thinking skills, and no class does this better than strategic debate. Professor Mike Allen, lead author in a definitive study on debate and critical thinking, lauded debate's promotion of critical-thinking skills. Additionally, researcher Joe Bellon discusses the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Critical Thinking, High Schools, Thinking Skills
Brown, Willis C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1956
One of the outstanding characteristics of American secondary education is the emphasis that it places upon individual and social needs. Most educators endorse student extraclass activities as an important way to obtain program flexibility, meet individual needs, and attain desirable education objectives. Among the purposes of this publication are…
Descriptors: Educational History, Extracurricular Activities, Secondary Education, High School Students