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Hackenberg, Amy J.; Lee, Mi Yeon – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
To understand relationships between students' quantitative reasoning with fractions and their algebraic reasoning, a clinical interview study was conducted with 18 middle and high school students. The study included six students with each of three different multiplicative concepts, which are based on how students create and coordinate composite…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Fractions, Algebra
Sen, Ceylan; Guler, Gursel – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine current proof making skills of secondary school seventh graders using proof schemes. Data of the study were collected in two phases. Initially, Proof Schemes Test, which was developed by the researchers, was administrated to 250 seventh grade students from eight secondary schools, which were chosen randomly. The…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Secondary School Students, Mathematical Logic, Validity
Sweet, TeCora Lashon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The functional curriculum is a beneficial curriculum for education students with intellectual disabilities. Special education teachers have transitioned from spending most of their academic time using the functional curriculum to spending more time teaching the additional academic content material. There are numerous research studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Communication Skills, Special Education Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Young, Adena E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
Two studies were conducted to examine and compare the construct validity of scores on the Junior Metacognition Awareness Inventory (JMAI) and problem-solving interview protocols. Participants consisted of 183 middle and high school students attending a university summer program for academically talented youth. Study 1 results indicated that JMAI…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Mathematics Instruction, Academically Gifted
Payne, Elizabethe C.; Smith, Melissa J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide insight to the multiple ways that school leaders resist, avoid, or block LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, queer, and questioning) professional development for their staff and, thus, resist the conversations around school responsibility to these students and families. Research…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Andrews, Paul; Xenofontos, Constantinos – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2015
In this article, we analyse the problem-solving-related beliefs, competence and classroom practice of three Cypriot upper-primary teachers. Data derived from semi-structured interviews focused on teachers' beliefs about the nature of mathematical problems, problem-solving, and their competence as both problem-solvers and teachers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Teacher Competencies, Elementary School Teachers
Boyle, Joseph R.; Rosen, Sonia M.; Forchelli, Gina – Education 3-13, 2016
This mixed-methods study analysed over 200 interviews from 20 seventh-grade students with learning disabilities (LD). Students were instructed how to use a note-taking intervention during science lectures. The interview analyses were supported by pre- and post-intervention quantitative data. Data suggest that the intervention helped students…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Metacognition, Notetaking, Learning Disabilities
Kirkman, Chris J.; McNees, Heather; Stickl, Jaimie; Banner, Justin H.; Hewitt, Kimberly K. – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2016
Out-of-school suspensions for middle and high school students can have negative, long-lasting consequences. Researchers have documented that suspensions have a negative impact on academic development, increase likelihood of dropping out of school, and are associated with a stronger likelihood that students will be involved in the legal system.…
Descriptors: Suspension, Middle School Students, High School Students, At Risk Students
Koparan, Timur – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
The purpose of this study is to define teacher views about the difficulties in learning and teaching middle school statistics subjects. To serve this aim, a number of interviews were conducted with 10 middle school maths teachers in 2011-2012 school year in the province of Trabzon. Of the qualitative descriptive research methods, the…
Descriptors: Statistics, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Learning Problems
Oakley, Grace; Pegrum, Mark; Xiong, Xi Bei; Lim, Cher Ping; Yan, Hanbing – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
In a 2013-2014 Australia-China Council project, middle school students in Australia and China shared digital stories about their everyday lives and local cultures, and traditional tales with a modern twist. This article reports on research that aimed to explore the successes and challenges associated with this digital story exchange between…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Story Telling, Computer Mediated Communication, International Educational Exchange
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
Wu, Hsin-Kai; Lin, Yu-Fen; Hsu, Ying-Shao – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of representation sequences and spatial ability on students' scientific understandings about the mechanism of breathing in human beings. 130 seventh graders were assigned to two groups with different sequential combinations of static and dynamic representations: SD group (i.e., viewing…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Prior Learning, Interaction, Semi Structured Interviews
Kesler, Ted; Gibson, Lenwood, Jr.; Turansky, Christine – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Using participatory action research, the first researcher functioned as co-teacher in a fifth-grade class in a large northeastern city public school. The researcher and classroom teacher guided 28 students working in book clubs to compose digital stories in response to historical fiction. The research questions were: (a) What interpretations did…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers
Léger, Michel T.; Freiman, Viktor – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2016
Although there is a common result in recent research and practice that digital skills are important for every educated citizen, little is known of how these skills are evolving over a long period of time. Our study looks into the development and use of digital skills in former middle school students who had an individual access to the laptops a…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Middle School Students, Access to Computers, Laptop Computers
Crow, Sherry R.; Kastello, Lisa – School Library Research, 2016
This paper is based on two studies conducted in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2008 and in Kampala, Uganda, in 2014. The basic research question addressed in both studies was: "What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?" The secondary question was:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Motivation, Information Seeking, Personality