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Wernet, Jamie L. W. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2017
It has been theorized that contextual tasks support student engagement and sense making. Yet, contradictory ideas exist about the role of these tasks in lessons, and further research is needed to explore how classroom interactions can help achieve their intended purposes. Through video observation of lessons in three eighth-grade classrooms using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Interaction
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Hobbs, Matthew; Daly-Smith, Andrew; Morley, David; McKenna, James – European Physical Education Review, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) lesson themes and contexts on the profile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Fifteen, Year 9 Physical Education (PE) lessons were assessed within the lesson themes of Outwitting Opponents (OO) (delivered through field hockey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, National Curriculum, Physical Activity Level
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Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
Science education at the Basic School (Primary and Junior High School) serves as the foundation upon which higher levels of science education are pivoted. This ethnographic study sought to investigate the teaching of Integrated Science at the Junior High School (JHS) level in the classrooms of two science teachers in two schools of differing…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Junior High Schools, Integrated Curriculum, Interviews
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Mayes, Eve; Mitra, Dana L.; Serriere, Stephanie C. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
This article explores how two elementary school students responded to their teacher's invitation in a civic classroom to make a difference to the world. We consider how the teacher framed the construct of civic efficacy and how the students refracted these ideas in their navigation of a civic education project. Closely analyzing these students'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Change Agents, Student Empowerment, Citizen Participation
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Özgan, Habib – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The aim of this study is to investigate the sources of conflict between students and teachers, how they are managed, and their effect on students and thus gain insight about student-teacher conflicts. The study is a qualitative one and has been carried out with the method of case study. The method of criterion sampling which is one of the methods…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Flieller, André; Jarlégan, Annette; Tazouti, Youssef – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
To what extent can teacher-student dyadic interactions modify the hierarchy of student performances within a single class? To answer this insufficiently researched question, the authors conducted two parallel studies involving 33 Grade 5 classes in France (759 students) and 15 Grade 5 classes in Luxembourg (243 students). Interactions were…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Classroom Environment, Grade 5
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Schaefer, John M.; Cannella-Malone, Helen; Brock, Matthew E. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Peer support arrangements are an evidence-based practice for increasing interactions between students with severe disabilities and their peers in general education classrooms, but it is unclear how interactions vary across instructional formats or generalize outside the classroom. In this single-case design study, we tested the efficacy of peer…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Peer Influence, Educational Environment, Intellectual Disability
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Lo, Ya-yu; Correa, Vivian I.; Anderson, Adrienne L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2015
Cross-cultural friendships and peer interactions are important skills for Latino students to become socially adjusted in U.S. schools. Culturally responsive social skill instruction allows educators to teach essential social skills while attending to the native culture and personal experiences of the students. The present study examined the…
Descriptors: Males, Hispanic American Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Interpersonal Competence
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Bayraktar, Aysegül – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: Within Language Arts instruction the use of teacher-student writing conferences is accepted as an effective strategy for teaching writing. The writing conference allows for an individual one-on-one teacher-student conversation about the students' writing or writing process and provides the student an audience in terms of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Language Arts
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Kennedy, Brianna L. – Urban Education, 2011
Students who are expelled from school often demonstrate the need for alternative learning environments that respond to their academic disengagement as well as their behavioral challenges. Teachers in such environments contend with a variety of student needs while attempting to engage students in the learning process. This grounded theory study…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Needs, Nontraditional Education, Teacher Characteristics
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Anderman, Lynley H.; Patrick, Helen; Ryan, Allison M. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
Student motivation is a cause of great concern for educators at all levels, but perhaps never more so than during the middle school years. Teachers' observations about declines in student interest and confidence in academic tasks are borne out by a number of large-scale empirical studies. In this article, the author examines how teachers create…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Interaction Process Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Hannula, Markku S. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2003
Understanding and reporting students' affective experiences with mathematics is difficult if those experiences do not resonate with personal experiences. Utilising fiction-writing in narrative reporting can be a technique that helps both the researcher and the reader of the research report to immerse themselves in the student's experiential world.…
Descriptors: Fiction, Learning Experience, Student Experience, Student Centered Curriculum