Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 11 |
Descriptor
Data Collection | 12 |
Semi Structured Interviews | 12 |
Foreign Countries | 6 |
Data Analysis | 5 |
Case Studies | 4 |
Grade 6 | 4 |
Observation | 4 |
Qualitative Research | 4 |
Cooperative Learning | 3 |
Elementary School Students | 3 |
Grade 5 | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 10 |
Reports - Research | 10 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 2 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Middle Schools | 12 |
Elementary Education | 9 |
Junior High Schools | 6 |
Secondary Education | 6 |
Intermediate Grades | 5 |
Grade 5 | 3 |
Grade 6 | 3 |
Grade 8 | 3 |
High Schools | 2 |
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Grade 3 | 1 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Forsythe, Michelle E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2018
Sampling is a fundamental practice of many scientific disciplines. However, K-12 students are rarely asked to think critically about sampling decisions. Because of this, open questions remain about how best to support students in this practice. This study explores the emergent sampling practice of two classes of sixth-grade students as they…
Descriptors: Sampling, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Ecology
Manni, Annika; Ottander, Christina; Sporre, Karin – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2017
This study uses John Dewey's theoretical concept of "aesthetic experience" in empirically exploring expressions of cognition and emotion in students' meaning-making processes. A case study was conducted in one class of Grade 6 students during a single school semester. This article reports results from five outdoor days. The empirical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Aesthetics
Kitchenham, Andrew – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2017
This three-year research study examined the influence of interactive technologies on the math achievement of Indigenous students in Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 technology-equipped classrooms in a rural elementary school in British Columbia, Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, the researcher conducted semistructured interviews and collected math…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Preferences, Educational Technology, Interaction
Berkant, Hasan Güner; Baysal, Seda – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The changes which occur during the learning process have been explained by many teaching-learning models and theories. One of these models is allosteric learning model (ALM) which was developed by André Giordan in 1989. This model was derived from a biological metaphor related to proteins. The interaction between individual and environment in a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Lesson Plans, Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques
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
Blackwell, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The main purpose of this qualitative research was to discover the effects of problem-based learning on a fifth grade language arts classroom. The secondary purpose was to examine how receptive fifth grade students were to a new way of learning. In this descriptive study, a group of nine students created an alternate reality game as part of a…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Language Arts, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Cotnam-Kappel, Megan – Canadian Journal of Education, 2014
The following article relates a reflexive ethnographic research project that focuses on youth voice in relation to the process of choosing a high school and a language of instruction in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this methodological article is to relate a story of research and explore the tensions between theory and practice experienced by a…
Descriptors: School Choice, Conflict, Youth Opportunities, Child Advocacy
Bills, Patricia Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Science educators regard long-term investigations as one impactful form of teaching science through inquiry in K-12 classrooms. While we have idealized notions of what this work looks like, we have few, if any, descriptive studies about investigations that engage students in sustained, focused work over a period of time longer than a few days or…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Science, Science Education
Kennedy-Lewis, Brianna L. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background: Federal zero-tolerance policies require the exclusion of students exhibiting violent behaviors, with the intent of maintaining a safe school environment for other students to learn. In California, legislation has been passed that provides for the placement of expelled students in community day schools (CDSs). Purpose: This study…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Expulsion, Classroom Techniques, Semi Structured Interviews
Parra Espinel, Julie Natalie; Fonseca Canaría, Diana Carolina – HOW, 2010
This study describes an investigation we carried out in order to identify how the specific roles that 7th grade public school students assumed when they worked cooperatively were related to their development of speaking skills in English. Data were gathered through interviews, field notes, students' reflections and audio recordings. The findings…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High School Students, Grade 7, Student Role
Mills, Kathy – Journal of Learning Design, 2006
Research and educational policies have alerted teachers to the importance of multiliteracies. Communication in society today is characterised by rapidly changing and emergent forms of meaning-making in a context of increased cultural and linguistic diversity. This paper responds to these imperatives, releasing key findings of a critical…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Ethnography, Student Diversity, Observation
Ulusoy, Mustafa – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
In this study, the quality of the computer and Internet based social studies course was investigated. A case study design was chosen to understand, a) how computers are used in the eighth grade classroom, b) what the students' and teachers' perceptions are about the advantages and problems of using computers. Qualitative data sources showed that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Social Studies, Qualitative Research, Case Studies