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Ana-Simona Ilie; Paula Maria Buda; Daniela Pahome – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2023
In this study, we aim to analyze the effects of discovery-based learning through film viewing on students' knowledge about a specific animal species and its habitat. The following hypothesis is tested: students' knowledge about animals and their environment is greater as a result of discovering information through watching videos. The study…
Descriptors: Films, Discovery Learning, Video Technology, Learning Processes
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Tsortanidou, Xanthippi; Daradoumis, Thanasis; Barberá, Elena – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The purpose of this pilot study is to identify how Waldorf-inspired imaginative teaching methods, and low-technology prototyping promote New Media Literacies (NMLs) development at upper elementary school students. Particularly, the aim is twofold: firstly, to test the feasibility of the research design and validate the research instruments;…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Imagination, Learning Processes, Skill Development
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Lubis, Akhmad Badrul; Miaz, Yalvema; Putri, Indah Eka – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2019
Difficulties of primary school students in solving mathematical problems that require problem solving or reasoning abilities indicate the existence of problems in the process of learning mathematics, because one of the purposes of learning mathematics in primary school is to develop the students' mathematical problem-solving skills. As a solution…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
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Badescu, Ovidiu; Stan, Cristian – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
This article presents a research project on the development of critical thinking of 6th graders in Caras-Severin county using an educational program based on learning by discovery and problematisation. The first stage of the research consisting in diagnosing the of critical thinking level of development of 5th graders in Caras-Severin county using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Skill Development
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Ryoo, Ji Hoon; Tai, Robert H.; Skeeles-Worley, Angela D. – Research in Science Education, 2020
In longitudinal studies, measurement invariance is required to conduct substantive comparisons over time or across groups. In this study, we examined measurement invariance on a recently developed instrument capturing student preferences for seven instructional strategies related to science learning and career interest. We have labeled these seven…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Longitudinal Studies, Comparative Analysis, Error of Measurement
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Febrian, Febrian; Astuti, Puji – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2018
The use of concrete objects in a real-life situation is one of the effective ways for teachers to teach and students to explore and learn transformation geometry. The present study, which used a local wisdom or learning context (called Malay woven motif of Kepulauan Riau), focused on developing the reasoning of transformation geometry with…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Geometry, Transformations (Mathematics), Geometric Concepts
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Richard Beach; Michelle M. Falter; Jennifer Jackson Whitley – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to make the case for the value of fostering collaborative sensemaking in responding to literature. Drawing on examples of classroom interactions in 6th-, 8th-, 11th- and 12th-grade classrooms, it proposes methods for teachers to foster collaborative sensemaking. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing…
Descriptors: Current Events, Literature, Grade 6, Grade 8
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Veselinov, Danica; Nikolic, Radmila – Research in Pedagogy, 2015
In the era of contemporary society, which revolves around the fast information science revolution, the pupil is no longer just an observer in the educational process but rather an active constructor of one's own knowledge. Current didactic theories proclaim teaching, in which the teacher is an instructor and a facilitator, and as such should…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
Vanlaar, Gudrun; Denies, Katrijn; Vandecandelaere, Machteld; Van Damme, Jan; Verhaeghe, Jean Pierre; Pinxten, Maarten; De Fraine, Bieke – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
This study investigated the effect of class practices on students' learning gains in reading comprehension in the 5th grade. A sample of 4,344 students in 283 classes in 176 schools was studied. Several class practices that have previously been demonstrated to be effective were tested while controlling for student characteristics and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, At Risk Students, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Cavazos, Rebecca R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
This article details how certain mathematical "discoveries" that Cavazos' fourth graders made were recorded throughout the year. Cavazos invited a math professor, a biologist, a literacy professor, a chemist, a statistician, and an engineering student, as well as their school principal and computer lab technician, both of whom are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Investigations, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities
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Dalimonte, Cathy – Science and Children, 2013
In the STEM classroom, students can work in collaborative teams to build those essential skills needed for the 21st-century world. In project-based learning (PBL), teams of four to six students are often randomly selected to describe a realistic situation that may occur in today's workplace; this may be done by counting off in fours, fives,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Teamwork
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Hushman, Carolyn J.; Marley, Scott C. – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors investigated whether the amount of instructional guidance affects science learning and self-efficacy. Sixty 9- and 10-year-old children were randomly assigned to one of the following three instructional conditions: (a) guided instruction consisting of examples and student-generated explanations, (b) direct instruction consisting of a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Smeeton, Nicholas J.; Williams, A. Mark; Hodges, Nicola J.; Ward, Paul – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2005
The relative effectiveness of explicit instruction, guided discovery, and discovery learning techniques in enhancing anticipation skill in young, intermediate-level tennis players was examined. Performance was assessed pre- and postintervention, during acquisition, and under transfer conditions designed to elicit anxiety through the use of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Racquet Sports, Control Groups, Anxiety
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Triona, Lara M.; Klahr, David – Science Education Review, 2007
Hands-on science typically uses physical materials to give students first-hand experience in scientific methodologies, but the recent availability of virtual laboratories raises an important question about whether what students' hands are on matters to their learning. The overall findings of two articles that employed simple comparisons of…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Scientific Methodology, Virtual Classrooms, Laboratory Experiments
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Purvis, David – Science and Children, 2006
A lot of good elementary science involves studying solids, liquids, and gases, and some inquiry-based activities that are easy to set up and do. In this article, the author presents activities pertaining to simple phase change. Using water as the example, these activities introduce upper-grade students to the idea of the arrangement of molecules…
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Classroom Environment, Elementary School Science, Classroom Techniques