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Direct linkErin E. Marcotte – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world, personally meaningful projects that allow conceptual transformation to occur within the educational process while fostering intellectual curiosity in a supportive learning environment. PBL supports students developing deep content…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Grade 4, National Competency Tests
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Download full textBeinert, Cecilie; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Vik, Frøydis Nordgård – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Food and Health, previously referred to as Home Economics, is a mandatory school subject in Norway. It has the unique advantage of giving all students, regardless of their social background, practical skills and knowledge, life skills that are important for their future health. In the LifeLab Food and Health project, we have developed a…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Instructional Innovation, Active Learning, Learning Activities
Kathy Swan; Laura Darolia; Nick Stamoulacatos – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
In this article, the authors unveil the Trade Book Inquiry Design Model (IDM) blueprint. Anchored in a compelling question inspired by a trade book, the new blueprint is broken into two instructional blocks: "Reading and Comprehension" and "Living Social Studies." The inquiry template is designed to be instructionally efficient…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Books, Inquiry, Social Studies
Lacy, Sara J.; Tobin, Roger G.; Crissman, Sally; DeWater, Lezlie; Gray, Kara E.; Haddad, Nick; Hammerman, James K. L.; Seeley, Lane – Science Education, 2022
We describe the development, design, implementation, and preliminary classroom results of an innovative curriculum, "Focus on Energy," that supports learning about energy in Grades 4-5. The curriculum is grounded in the concepts of science as practice, model-based reasoning, and learning progressions, and builds on students' pre-existing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Grade 4, Grade 5
John H. Bickford; Jeremiah Clabough – History Teacher, 2024
Ordinary citizens and elected officials struggle with the unsettled nature of history and America's problematic racial past in particular. Textbooks--the most common curricular resource in the discipline--contribute by emphasizing singular names (e.g., Martin Luther King Jr.), curious objects (e.g., Rosa Parks's bus seat), and ahistorical notions…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, History Instruction, Local History, Grade 4
Hunter, D. A.; Castagno, A. E.; Gonzales, T.; Tallsalt, V.; Little, A.; Brown, T.; Pipe, M.; Greyeyes, J.; Marsh, E.; Smith, J.; Paulson, S.; Yazzie, J.; Black, P.; Saganey, E.; Cole, C. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP) at Lowell Observatory is an in-class STEM enrichment program that pairs astronomers with 4th-8th grade teachers at Native-serving schools in northern Arizona. The astronomer works with the teacher to present hands-on astronomy activities to their class with the goal of getting students excited…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Peterson, Bryanne – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
Watson and McMahon's (2005) work identified a need for research to examine the what and how of children's career development learning; this research is a start to answering that call, specifically focusing on STEM career interest as a precursor to development due to the current needs nationally for an increase in the STEM pipeline. This study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Choice, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Katrina Laguarda; Linda Shear; Satabdi Basu; Ela Joshi; Patrik Lundh; Hui Yang – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2023
Launched in 2016 and led by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (The Trust), CoolThink@JC is scaling the study of computational thinking to primary 4-6 students across the territory. By early 2023, the CoolThink network had enrolled 204 schools in six cohorts, achieving a critical mass of schools that will have adopted the 14-hour curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Grether, Gregory F. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Evolution by natural selection is key to understanding life and of considerable practical importance in public health, medicine, biotechnology, and agriculture. "The Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) include natural selection among several evolutionary concepts that all third-graders should know. This article explores a novel…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Genetics
Siew, Nyet Moi; Ambo, Norjanah – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
This research aimed to (i) determine the validity, reliability, and appropriateness of an integrated project-based learning and STEM teaching and learning module (PjBL-STEM), and (ii) evaluate its effects on the scientific creativity of Fifth Graders. The first phase of evaluation involved seven subject matter experts and 30 Fifth Graders. Data…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Active Learning, Student Projects
Loveless, Douglas J., Ed.; Griffith, Bryant, Ed.; Bérci, Margaret E., Ed.; Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Sullivan, Pamela, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the digital shift impacts teachers, school administration, and curriculum development. "Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development" presents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Attitudes
