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Direct linkRodriguez-Meehan, Melissa – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Play is a developmentally appropriate practice for young children and enhances children's holistic development. However, recent educational policies and pressure to focus on academic goals and high-stakes testing have resulted in an emphasis on teacher-directed instruction, minimizing play-based child directed experiences in kindergarten…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Kindergarten, Play
Christensen, Dana; Lombardi, Doug – Science & Education, 2020
Computational thinking is a contemporary science and engineering practice that has been introduced to the US science classrooms due to its emphasis in the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS). However, including computational thinking into science instruction may be challenging. Therefore, for biological evolution (an essential…
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Evans, Julie A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2022
"Free Agent Learning: Leveraging Students' Self-Directed Learning to Transform K-12 Education" explores an emerging cohort of students that are self-directing their learning around interest-driven topics, the tools they're using to scaffold these experiences, and their motivations for these out-of-school learning behaviors. Readers will…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Kindergarten
Download full textMcAfee, Morgan A.; Hoffman, Bobby – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
When teachers harbor misconceptions or unjustified beliefs about teaching, learning, and academic motivation, the pedagogical consequences can be severe. It is likely these teachers will unintentionally perpetuate such false beliefs upon students through ineffective teaching strategies or misinterpretations of learning science. Misconceptions…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Educational Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Fuson, Karen; Clements, Douglas; Beckmann, Sybilla – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010
"Focus in Grade 1: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points" describes and illustrates learning paths for the mathematical concepts and skills of each grade 1 Focal Point as presented in Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. It includes representational supports for teaching and learning that can facilitate…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematical Concepts, Grade 1, Misconceptions
Rukavina, Paul B.; Jeansonne, Jennifer J. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
K-12 students enter physical education with many naive conceptions or misconceptions of how motor skills are acquired. One goal of physical education is to teach concepts that will help students learn and perform motor skills, but many practitioners don't know how to provide experiences that will teach students to apply their knowledge…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Misconceptions, Lesson Plans
