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Prince, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative action research study examines how middle and high school STEM teachers create and implement lessons that connect concepts to the real-world and develop student metacognition. The researcher collected data through interviews, focus groups, document analysis, and survey questions. Participants from vocational, private, and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Writing (Composition)
Kübra Melis Avcu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2025
This study examines teachers' perspectives on using local folk stories and narratives in social studies education. Utilizing a qualitative research approach and a phenomenological design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 social studies teachers working in middle schools in the central district of Elâzig, Turkey. The findings…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Folk Culture, Social Studies, Middle School Teachers
Emmeline E. Hoogland; Micha H. J. Ummels – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
In secondary science education, students often do not feel engaged with the scientific concepts that are taught, which hinders conceptual learning. This lack of engagement can be overcome by fictional placemaking. Therefore, the purpose of our design-based research is to explore how the creation and use of fictional places lead to meaningful…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, Communities of Practice
Waite, Jacqueline L. – Geography Teacher, 2020
"Local foods" are inherently geographical, rooted in space and place. Students can explore local foods from multiple geography angles. This introduction highlights some of these potential angles as applied to ice cream shops in New York State. Teachers are encouraged to adapt this lesson to fit their own needs and appropriate local food…
Descriptors: Food, Teaching Methods, Geography Instruction, Lesson Plans
Min, Sun Hee; Kim, Min Kyeong – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
In this study, we designed and applied physical computing lessons for elementary 6th-grade students based on the software education guidelines in the Korean 2015 Revised National Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2015a). The participants of this study were ten 6th-grade students of an elementary school in Gyeonggi-do province in Korea. The…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
Knight, M. Amaris; Haboush-Deloye, Amanda; Goldberg, Pamela M.; Grob, Kelly – Children & Schools, 2019
Social-emotional learning (SEL) programs can be considered upstream, or primary prevention, because they focus on providing students with the life skills necessary to navigate situations and relationships from which problem behaviors may arise to prevent a crisis situation. Strategies & Tools to Embrace Prevention with Upstream Programs…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Prevention, Social Development, Emotional Development
Göktürk, Özlem; Çaliskan, Muhittin; Öztürk, Mustafa Serkan – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2020
The aim of this action research is to examine the effects of creative drama activities used in a 7th grade English course to improve speaking skills. Accordingly, the study sought to answer the following research question: How can the students' speaking skills be improved? The idea that creative drama activities could improve speaking skills, and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Drama, Teaching Methods, Attitude Measures
Rachmawati, Eka; Prodjosantoso, Anti Kolonial; Wilujeng, Insih – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) is an educational standard used in the United States. It is also used in Indonesia because it has characteristics similar to Curriculum 2013, which is used today. This standard is adapted in science learning because it is expected to easily measure students' processing skills in a specific theme. Science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, Science Education, Science Process Skills
Iwatani, Emi; Means, Barbara; Romero, Maria R.; Vang, Mai Chou – Digital Promise, 2020
Learn about the Challenge Based Science Learning Project and its larger implications for the fields of Next Generation Science Learning and Open Educational Resources. The project involved 18 middle school teachers and five administrators from three U.S. school districts partnering with instructional coaches and learning sciences researchers from…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Learner Engagement, Middle School Students
Mohr, Doris, Ed.; Walcott, Crystal, Ed.; Kloosterman, Peter, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2019
"Mathematical Thinking: From Assessment Items to Challenging Tasks" is a compilation of 36 problem-based lessons that encourage students to engage in productive struggle and deep thinking. Its 36 full-length lessons for grades 2-8 are each inspired by an actual test item from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Test Items, Elementary School Mathematics, Middle School Mathematics
Chandler, Jean – Parenting for High Potential, 2019
While it's acknowledged that some children demonstrate giftedness in leadership and social domains, it's still one area often overlooked by educators and parents. Literature on leadership has been geared mostly toward adults, not children. What does exist for student leadership has been typically organized around situations that focus on adapting…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Gifted, Student Leadership, Perspective Taking
Falco, Lia D. – Middle School Journal, 2019
Findings from recent studies suggest that students' pathways into mathematics-related careers begin as early as middle school when students are forming lasting self-perceptions of their academic abilities. Middle school is also a time when students begin making choices about future coursework in math, science, and technology that will have…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Middle School Students
Bailey, Beatrice N. – Middle Grades Review, 2017
This case study reveals how middle school social studies teachers within a professional development program are encouraging their students to use multiple disciplinary literacies to create Our History Clips as they also work toward developing a classroom community of engaged student citizens.
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Social Studies, Faculty Development, Grade 6
Hoorani, Bareerah Hafeez – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2014
This study used an Action Research Method to investigate ways to improve the thinking and reasoning skills of grade eight science students in an under-resourced school in Karachi. The students' rote learning patterns were challenged using the schema provided by Blooms' taxonomy of learning domains. A cooperative learning environment was generated…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement, Action Research
Avery, Marybell; Rettig, Brad – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
This article focuses on the grade-level outcomes to be assessed on middle school (grades 6-8) physical education. Specifically, the article describes how to teach basic tactics and strategies while applying fundamental movement patterns to the various game and movement categories (invasion, net/wall, target, fielding/striking, dance/rhythms, &…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Grade 6
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