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Lucas Vasconcelos; Cory Gleasman; Duygu Umutlu; ChanMin Kim – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
Science teachers have been urged to use emerging technologies, such as robots, in ways that empower K-12 students as active participants responsible for their learning and knowledge development within the scientific domain. And yet, little is known about whether the use of robots effectively supports students' epistemic agency in science learning.…
Descriptors: Robotics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Video Technology
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Ritter, Nicole; Arslan-Ari, Ismahan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
The flipped classroom approach has grown in various disciplines; however, only few research studies are conducted in social sciences at K-12 settings. This action research investigated the impact of implementing a flipped classroom approach on students' motivation and learning the content knowledge in a suburban high school introductory psychology…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Student Motivation, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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McParker, Matthew C. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2021
Researchers have proposed integration as an approach to effectively teach social studies in primary grades. Many teachers integrate by teaching social studies content and skills during time allocated for other subjects, such as literacy, science, or math. Integration clearly uses time efficiently to allow for more social studies content. However,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality
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Shanks, Neil – Social Studies, 2020
This paper considers the implications of the neoclassical dominant narrative in economics education and conceptualizes specific responses that teachers and teacher educators can take to promote a humanizing economics pedagogy. I briefly describe alternative economic paradigms and contrast them with neoclassical fundamentals. Then, I include…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Economics Education, Lesson Plans, Course Content
Lewis, Charla Dawn – Online Submission, 2022
This action research project examined a rural band director's attrition/retention and possible reasons for staying or leaving a position. The purpose of this case study was to describe a rural band director's experience with content-related professional development and support networks, providing access to and a process for collaboration in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Music Education, Teacher Persistence, Administrators
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Disney, Andria; Eisenreich, Heidi – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2018
This paper seeks to describe the importance of using the context of a candy shop and how focusing on discourse can deepen place value understanding in the base ten number system. Using the language of pieces (ones), rolls (tens), and boxes (hundreds) helps situate place value in a familiar context for K-2 students. Best practice in mathematics…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, English
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Freire, Juan A. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
This study examined Spanish-English dual language (DL) K-6 teachers in collaborative professional development as they worked towards achieving the bicultural goal of DL education, beyond traditional interpretations, and incorporating sociopolitical consciousness as a fourth goal. These two principles are part of the transformational DL educational…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Murata, Aki; McGee, Anna; Madkins, Tia C.; Fabrega, Judith; Kim, Hee-Jeong; Gillingham, Denny; Shareff, Becca L. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study investigated the learning process of preservice elementary teachers (PSTs) through lesson study in a mathematics teaching methods course. Lesson study meeting data of kindergarten PSTs were analyzed to examine the shifting focus on (1) student collaboration in classroom (vision), (2) teaching practices (making content accessible), and…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Ulanoff, Sharon H.; Quiocho, Alice M. L.; Riedell, Kate – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2015
This study explores the development of academic language and discourse by third grade English language learners (ELLs) in the context of inquiry-based lessons taught in Spanish with a focus on student development of questioning skills during content-based instruction (Wadham, 2013). The qualitative, narrative study is guided by the following…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Grade 3