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Roman Abel; Julian Roelle; Marc Stadtler – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
We investigated how the sequence of presenting social media sources in an unsupervised inductive learning setting supports the acquisition of source evaluation skills in two different age groups. Participants were 63 upper and 59 lower secondary students. They had to identify characteristics of trustworthiness while studying sources labeled as…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Evaluation Criteria, Skill Development, Credibility
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Shi, Yuchen – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Evidence is widely recognized as an essential component of argumentation. Existing research has primarily focused on students' use of evidence to construct explanations or claims. In the present study, 54 11- to 12-year-old Chinese students participated in an extended discourse-based argumentation curriculum, along with an equivalent…
Descriptors: Evidence, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Collet, Vicki Stewart; Endacott, Jason L.; Goering, Christian Zachary; Denny, George; Jennings, Jennifer A.; Norton, Ginney P. – Journal of School Leadership, 2020
This study considers how configurations of leadership practices impact perceptions of implementation during large-scale reform: implementation in the United States of Common Core State Standards. Comments of 951 respondents to a national teacher survey were examined. Analysis revealed the hybrid nature of leadership enactment with a range of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, Leadership Styles, Common Core State Standards
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Fuxman, Shai; De Los Santos, Sabrina; Finkelstein, Daniel; Landon, Mary Kay; O'Donnell, Lydia – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2015
The study examined the relationship between young adolescents' sources of information on sex and precursors to sexual activity. Surveys were conducted with 3,940 Latino sixth grade students. According to results, girls who received information from their parents were less likely to engage in sex precursors. For boys, getting information from other…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Sexuality, Student Surveys, Grade 6
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Rhodes, Darson L.; Jozkowski, Kristen N.; Hammig, Bart J.; Ogletree, Roberta J.; Fogarty, Erin C. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if education about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) and pregnancy prevention is dependent on professional preparation and/or class structure. Design: A secondary data analysis of the 2006 School Health Policies and Programmes Study (SHPPS) was conducted.…
Descriptors: Health Education, Pregnancy, Prevention, School Health Services
Keller, Sarah Ann – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine middle school principals' and teachers' perceptions of the current issues in middle school reading education and to identify the sources of information that these educators use and find helpful to keep informed reading issues. Participants were employed in the 14 middle schools of the Knox County School…
Descriptors: Principals, Middle School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Administrator Attitudes