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Pruekpramool, Chaninan; Sangpradit, Theerapong; Dahsah, Chanyah – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2022
Scientific imagination plays an important role in learning science. The ways students interact with the learning activities in different classroom contexts can reflect their learning abilities. This research aimed to promote scientific imagination of lower secondary school students using a science learning activities package. The participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Imagination, Secondary School Students
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Kagnici, Aysegül; Sadi, Özlem – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2021
Although many studies are analyzing the effect of the STEM model on students' cognitive characteristics, it is known that there are not many studies conducted especially on its impact on students' conceptions of learning (COL), and it is thought that there is a need for these studies as well. It is necessary to determine how COL, which may vary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, Science Achievement, Science Instruction
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Wallace, Jessica; Covassin, Tracey; Beidler, Erica – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: The ability of athletes in underserved communities to recognise sport-related concussion (SRC) may be complicated by the lack of a qualified professional, such as an athletic trainer, present. An active learning educational activity (Concussion Bingo) was developed to assist in SRC identification. This study examined learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, Athletes, Low Income Students
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Acharya, Milan – Research in Pedagogy, 2019
In education reform movements, there is an emphasis on health and population education teaching through activity-based instruction. Teacher education is an important part in this process. In this context, this study aims to investigate the effect of activity-based professional development training on high school health and population education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Learning Activities, High School Teachers
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Michalek, Anne M. P.; Phalen, Lisa; Bobzien, Jonna L.; Chen, Chung-Hao; Urbano, Maria; Hartmann, Kathrin; Okwara, Leonore; Gorrepati, Purnima; Deutsch, Stephen; Williams, Takeshia – Preventing School Failure, 2020
Social communication deficits associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder are often exacerbated during adolescence. Group based approaches are effective intervention techniques for facilitating improved social communication skills in people with ASD; however, science, technology, engineering, and math activities, while highly preferred areas of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Hayduk, Dina M. – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to share classroom teaching methods for introducing and teaching the recognition of the progression of intimate partner violence patterns. Methods: Students are taken through activities to facilitate the recognition of yellow flags and red flags in intimate partner relationships. Students are assessed for…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Risk, Dating (Social), Violence
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Holden, Caitlin; McNeill, Elisa Beth; Shipley, Meagan; McDonald, Skye – Health Educator, 2018
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for school age youth, with 1 in 12 high school students reporting seriously contemplating suicide over the past year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). The majority of students and teachers have not received adequate mental health training (Jacobs, 2006); thus, there is a need to…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Mental Health, Training
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Al-Murtadha, Mutahar – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2019
Willingness to communicate (WTC) research has focused mostly on identifying factors that influence second language (L2) WTC in ESL contexts. This study differs by examining the effects of a 6-week treatment aimed at enhancing WTC in a group of 206 Yemeni rural high school EFL learners. Classes were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 102) or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Goal Orientation
Cooper, Felicia Cecile – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The dissertation is an initial investigation of a peer mentoring program in a suburban high school in the southeastern United States. Additionally, the Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) study examined whether the Program improves academic performance and attendance, and decreases referrals. Utilizing an experimental design, a Participant and a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Attendance, Program Effectiveness
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Silva, Cecila; Kucer, Stephen – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2016
This research examines the impact of field experiences with English language learners on the conceptual and emotional development of preservice disciplinary students. For one semester, preservice university students worked with English language learners enrolled in middle and high school Newcomer Programs. During this time the university students…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Field Experience Programs, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
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Chauraya, Million; Brodie, Karin – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
Professional learning communities as a form of teacher development have been in existence internationally for some time now and more recently in South Africa. Although strong claims have been made for their influence on teacher practices, very few research studies have investigated these claims. This paper presents a case study that connects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Mathematics Teachers
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Ko, Tiffany; Tejero Hughes, Marie – Education Sciences, 2015
Reading comprehension is a significant concern for adolescents with learning disabilities (LD), particularly in secondary schools in the United States (US) where content is taught primarily through textbooks. Surprisingly little is known about the actual reading instruction for students with LD in secondary classrooms. Thus, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Disabilities, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
Hunt, Anthony; Walton, Frank; Martin, Stephen; Haigh, Mavis; Irving, Earl – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2015
Technological, social and economic change is encouraging increasing emphasis on the development of higher order thinking skills throughout the world and they are being incorporated into national curriculum goals in many countries, including New Zealand. Simultaneously the use of digital technologies is being promoted by many educators and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Electronic Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Mercier, Kevin; Iacovelli, Tracy – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2014
Physical education classes at the authors' high school expose students to a variety of activities that are specifically geared toward their interests. The teachers and students also assess learning with the goal of attaining physical education standards including skills, strategies, rules, and personal/social responsibility. Seven years ago…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Physical Education, High Schools, Program Improvement
Zacamy, Jenna; Jaciw, Andrew P.; Lin, Li; Newman, Denis – Empirical Education Inc., 2014
In October 2010, WestEd's Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI) won an i3 "Validation" grant to scale up and validate the Reading Apprenticeship (RA) model in three core secondary content area classes: U.S. history, biology, and English language arts. SLI's proposal stated two goals. Goal 1: To transform academic literacy teaching and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
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