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Boote, Stacy K.; Boote, David N. – Elementary School Journal, 2017
Students often struggle to interpret graphs correctly, despite emphasis on graphic literacy in U.S. education standards documents. The purpose of this study was to describe challenges sixth graders with varying levels of science and mathematics achievement encounter when transitioning from interpreting graphs having discrete independent variables…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 6
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Guler, Mustafa; Gursoy, Kadir; Guven, Bulent – Cogent Education, 2016
Understanding and interpreting biased data, decision-making in accordance with the data, and critically evaluating situations involving data are among the fundamental skills necessary in the modern world. To develop these required skills, emphasis on statistical literacy in school mathematics has been gradually increased in recent years. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Data Interpretation
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Konold, Clifford; Finzer, William; Kreetong, Kosoom – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
We gave participants diagrams of traffic on two roads with information about eight attributes, including the type of each vehicle, its speed, direction and the width of the road. Their task was to record and organize the data to assist city planners in its analysis. Successfully encoding the information required the creation of a case, a physical…
Descriptors: Models, Data, Worksheets, Visual Aids
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Delen, Ibrahim; Krajcik, Joseph – Research in Science Education, 2017
The use of mobile devices is increasing rapidly as a potential tool for science teaching. In this study, five educators (three middle school teachers and two museum educators) used a mobile application that supported the development of a driving question. Previous studies have noted that teachers make little effort to connect learning experiences…
Descriptors: Museums, Handheld Devices, Teacher Collaboration, Science Instruction
Cavanna, Jillian M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The idea of data use as an educational reform strategy has gained significant traction in recent years, but there is limited research that illuminates what actually happens when teachers use data in practice. This study investigates the ways a group of middle school mathematics teachers used data in their classrooms and as part of an action…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Action Research
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Jupri, Al; Drijvers, Paul – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
To investigate student difficulties in solving word problems in algebra, we carried out a teaching experiment involving 51 Indonesian students (12/13 year-old) who used a digital mathematics environment. The findings were backed up by an interview study, in which eighteen students (13/14 year-old) were involved. The perspective of mathematization,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Algebra, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Koomen, Michele Hollingsworth – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
This case study reports on a student with special education needs in an inclusive seventh grade life science classroom using a framework of disability studies in education. Classroom data collected over 13 weeks consisted of qualitative (student and classroom observations, interviews, student work samples and video-taped classroom teaching and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Science Education, Case Studies, Special Education
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Parker, Elizabeth Cassidy – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to explore four midwestern choral teachers' experiences of creating and sustaining community within their public school choirs. Research questions included (1) how choral teachers describe their experiences of creating choral communities, (2) how the teacher-student relationship is experienced, and (3)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Public Schools, Singing, Teaching Experience
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Snodgrass Rangel, Virginia; Bell, Elizabeth R.; Monroy, Carlos – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
A key assumption of accountability policies is that educators will use data to improve their instruction. In practice, however, data use is quite hard, and more districts are looking to instructional coaches to support their teachers. The purpose of this descriptive analysis is to examine how instructional coaches in elementary and middle school…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Science Education, Data, Accountability
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Armstrong, Abbigail J. – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2015
This article describes original research to determine reasons graduate students do not complete requirements for a Master's (M.Ed.) in Middle Level Education degree at the Southeastern University. Since the program's initial cohort the graduation rate has decreased. Program faculty was concerned about the increasing difference between the number…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Degrees, Academic Persistence, Teacher Education
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Ugurel, Isikhan; Morali, H. Sevgi; Karahan, Ozge; Boz, Burcak – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
The purpose of this study is to describe the procedure and examples of visual proofs (VP-or proof without words) developed by gifted mathematics secondary school students after their experiences. The participants of this study are three male 9th grade students enrolled in a private science high school. In the first stage of the research a briefing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Academically Gifted, Mathematics
Siman, Nina; Goldenberg, Shifra M.; Gold, Thomas – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2014
A major focus of the booming education technology sector is on products that aim to help teachers improve classroom practice. For their part, districts must figure out which of these resources will be most useful to schools. In New York City, the Department of Education developed its own Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS), which…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Systems, Urban Schools
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Wrench, Alison – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Stories or narratives are integral to meaning making in relation to selves, others and the choices we make in living. It follows that pre-service teachers' narratives can provide a means for understanding experiences and processes of becoming teachers of physical education (PE). This paper reports on an interview-based inquiry from which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Personal Narratives
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Stains, Marilyne; Sevian, Hannah – Research in Science Education, 2015
Students' mental models of diffusion in a gas phase solution were studied through the use of the Structure and Motion of Matter (SAMM) survey. This survey permits identification of categories of ways students think about the structure of the gaseous solute and solvent, the origin of motion of gas particles, and trajectories of solute particles in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Models, Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Level
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Burns, Barbara; Henry, Julie; McCarthy, Dianne; Tripp, Jennifer – Gifted Child Today, 2017
Math Circles are designed to allow students to explore mathematics using a problem-solving/inquiry approach. Many of the students attending our Math Circle are mathematically talented and curious. This study examines the perspectives of the students and their families in determining why students attend Math Circle, what they enjoy about Math…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academically Gifted, Secondary School Mathematics, Problem Solving
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