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Li, Xing; Xie, Kui; Vongkulluksn, Vanessa; Stein, David; Zhang, Yi – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
Computational Thinking (CT) is regarded as a crucial competency for all children in the 21st century. There are misconceptions about CT which confounds CT skills with programming skills. However, CT skills and programming skills are not the same. CT is a broader skillset of cognitive thinking that is integral to complex problem solving. Teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills, Self Concept
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Anna Hawrot – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: The control-value theory of achievement emotions postulates that it is possible to affect achievement emotions by decreasing or increasing control and value appraisals. This implies that changes in the latter should result in changes in the former. However, the assumption has been rarely tested. Aims: This study aimed at verifying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Brittney Ledane Black – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this convergent parallel mixed methods study was to understand how being both Black and a girl impacted the mathematical and STEM experiences of Black adolescent girls enrolled in informal STEM learning programs and Black adolescent girls who are not enrolled in informal STEM learning programs. Using Critical Race Theory, this study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Blacks, African American Students, Females
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Sentürk, Eray; Özdemir, Ömer Faruk – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2014
The study, carried out in Ankara, Turkey, examined the effect of Middle East Technical University's Science Centre (METU SC) on students' attitudes towards science. The sample consisted of 251 students. The age range of the students varied from 11 to 14. The attitude scale was administered before, immediately after, and one week after a visit to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction
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Magid, Michael – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
I will describe a program that I developed to motivate grade five elementary school learners of English in Singapore to put more time and effort into learning English by enhancing their vision of their Ideal second language (L2) self and making their goals for learning English more clear and specific. The Ideal L2 self is the representation of the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Borman, Geoffrey D.; Grigg, Jeffrey – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
This study addresses closing the academic performance gaps between African American and Latino students and their White counterparts, and between girls and boys in mathematics. Of the various models and theories of these social inequalities that have been advanced in literature, one particularly compelling line of research concerns the idea of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Self Concept, African American Students, Hispanic American Students