Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 2 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 5 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 8 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 9 |
Descriptor
Source
Social Studies and the Young… | 2 |
Art Education | 1 |
EURASIA Journal of… | 1 |
Journal of Curriculum Studies | 1 |
ProQuest LLC | 1 |
Science Education | 1 |
Science and Children | 1 |
Teaching Science | 1 |
Author
Bernstein, Debra | 1 |
Chen, Ya-Ling | 1 |
Daniel E. Ferguson | 1 |
Drayton, Brian | 1 |
Ferreira, Maria | 1 |
Flint, Rebecca | 1 |
Goode, Joel | 1 |
Grueber, David | 1 |
Haj-Broussard, Michelle | 1 |
Kathy Swan | 1 |
Keefer, Natalie | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 8 |
Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Early Childhood Education | 9 |
Primary Education | 9 |
Elementary Education | 8 |
Grade 3 | 5 |
Kindergarten | 3 |
Grade 1 | 2 |
Grade 2 | 2 |
Grade 4 | 2 |
Grade 5 | 2 |
Intermediate Grades | 2 |
Middle Schools | 2 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Daniel E. Ferguson – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2024
Objective: This study reviews the status of materials in curriculum and reform, as reflected in a network case study of curriculum in one kindergarten classroom in the United States. This paper focuses on the events leading up to and building upon one inquiry unit that became a focal point in promoting progressive curriculum reform at the school.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Chen, Ya-Ling; Tippett, Christine D. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This study explored the research question: How can project-based inquiry (PBI) in STEM teaching be designed, planned, and implemented in two preschool settings? A case study was conducted, using a collaborative action research approach. This research was conducted with 11 teachers and 300 children from 11 classes at two preschools in Taiwan. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Kathy Swan; Laura Darolia; Nick Stamoulacatos – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
In this article, the authors unveil the Trade Book Inquiry Design Model (IDM) blueprint. Anchored in a compelling question inspired by a trade book, the new blueprint is broken into two instructional blocks: "Reading and Comprehension" and "Living Social Studies." The inquiry template is designed to be instructionally efficient…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Books, Inquiry, Social Studies
Wendy Michelle Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
National mathematics achievement results show that elementary students in the United States are not increasing in cognitive ability or critical thinking skills (NAEP, 2020). For this increase, mathematically promising students require more opportunities for cognitively demanding mathematics instruction. As a result, this descriptive study focused…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Processes
Goode, Joel; Flint, Rebecca – Teaching Science, 2021
At Lockyer District High School, the inquiry-based learning undertaken by the STEM Signature Program is complementary to the general capabilities, particularly: critical and creative thinking; information and communication technology; and personal and social capability. In this STEM program, numerous different digital technologies were used to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learner Engagement, 21st Century Skills, Active Learning
Drayton, Brian; Bernstein, Debra; Schunn, Christian; McKenney, Susan – Science Education, 2020
This study examines and compares how developers designed two primary science curricula to support teacher adaptation and enable use of innovative materials at scale. The two cases--"Literacy Science" (a science and literacy curriculum for grades 2-5) and "Science as Inquiry" (a curriculum focused on matter for grades 3-5)--were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Literacy Education
Marshall, Julia – Art Education, 2016
This article examines how art fits into education, looking first at art as inquiry in a 3rd-grade classroom and then at a model of arts-based research rooted in contemporary art. From there, it discusses art integration and suggests that a focus on research in contemporary art provides a basis for integrating art across the curriculum. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Grade 3
Keefer, Natalie; Lopez, Julia; Young, Jyhane; Haj-Broussard, Michelle – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2020
At the intersection of social studies and world language curricula are opportunities to explore students' prior learning with vocabulary-rich content designed to support language acquisition goals. "Funds of knowledge" is defined as socio-cultural, economic, and historical knowledge from home and community settings. The instructional…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Spanish Speaking, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Yarema, Sandra; Grueber, David; Ferreira, Maria – Science and Children, 2014
Teachers in districts with high rates of poverty and low-achieving schools often lament the lack of resources for instruction. However, when a teacher in a third-grade inner-city classroom began a lesson about natural resources by saying, "We will find out what we know before we start," she used a precious resource--students' ideas.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Cultural Influences, Urban Schools, Poverty