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Parlak, Berna; Sendurur, Emine – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2022
This study aims to improve digital literacy skills of students belonging to disadvantaged groups with regards to SES and ICT access. It is assumed that without increasing the number of available devices, appropriate pedagogical integration can enable these disadvantaged students to be equipped with digital literacy skills. Based on this frame of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Vignettes, Digital Literacy
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Sasmaz-Oren, Fatma; Karapinar, Aysegul; Sari, Kubranur; Demirer, Tugba – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2022
In recent years, countries have focused specifically on improving thinking skills in their science education programs. One of the science lesson methods that can be used to activate the use of thinking processes is scientific scenarios. In this direction, the aim of the study is to investigate the effect of socioscientific subject-based…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Science and Society
Francisco A. Rios; Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman; Angela M. Jaime; Kevin Roxas; Caskey Russell – Teachers College Press, 2024
This one-of-a-kind, "how-to" guide is designed to help Indigenous Students and Students of Color (ISOC) thrive in postsecondary education. It spotlights the personal and cultural capital ISOCs bring with them on their postsecondary educational journey. This book helps students identify, strengthen, and use these assets so that success in…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, American Indian Students, Cultural Capital, Minority Group Teachers
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Kai, Shimin; Almeda, Ma. Victoria; Baker, Ryan S.; Heffernan, Cristina; Heffernan, Neil – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2018
Research on non-cognitive factors has shown that persistence in the face of challenges plays an important role in learning. However, recent work on wheel-spinning, a type of unproductive persistence where students spend too much time struggling without achieving mastery of skills, show that not all persistence is uniformly beneficial for learning.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Models, Intervention, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Shilo, Gila; Ragonis, Noa – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
A central issue in the design of curricula for all school levels is the development of the learners' high-order thinking skills and metacognitive skills. Among such required skills is the ability to solve problems. The literature dealing with the development of problem-solving skills is vast and primarily addresses the scientific disciplines, even…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Metacognition, Problem Solving, Linguistics
Mutlu, Ahsen; Sahin, Mehmet – Online Submission, 2019
According to Feuerstein Method, people can improve their learning, thinking and analyzing skills. In addition, meaningful instruction for all children is the mediated relationship. It is a fact that everyone has the immeasurable ability to enhance their learning aptitude and heighten their intelligence. In this context, thinking, analyzing and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Experience, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Phillips, David; Hannon, James C.; Molina, Sergio – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2015
This article supports the use of strategy and tactics at games stage three (how to teach basic offensive and defensive strategy using small-sided games) as a best practices in physical education. Potential learning through game stages three and four (full-sided games) is only possible when teachers have advanced content knowledge to teach the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods, Games
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Toby Emert – English Journal, 2015
Teaching poetry offers both challenges and promises for student engagement and response. Because of the ways many students interact with poems in school settings--with an emphasis on the technical elements of poems, rather than on the emotional resonances they evoke--for many learners, poetry can often seem elusive and uncommonly difficult. This…
Descriptors: High School Students, Poetry, Learner Engagement, Emotional Response
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Robinson-Ervin, Porsha; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Musti-Rao, Shobana; Gibson, Lenwood, Jr.; Keyes, Starr E. – Behavioral Disorders, 2016
This study examined the effects of culturally relevant/responsive, computer-based social skills instruction on the social skill acquisition and generalization of 6 urban African American sixth graders with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A multiple-probe across participants design was used to evaluate the effects of the social skills…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, African American Students, Grade 6, Emotional Disturbances
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Yap, Siew Fong; Dawson, Vaille – Teaching Science, 2014
This research focuses on the use of ethical frameworks as a pedagogical model for socio-scientific education in implementing the "Science as a Human Endeavour" (SHE) strand of the Australian Curriculum: Science in a Year 10 biology class in a Christian college in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. Using a case study approach, a mixed…
Descriptors: Biology, Ethics, Science Activities, Science Instruction
Silvernail, David L.; Small, Dorothy; Walker, Leanne; Wilson, Richard L.; Wintle, Sarah E. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2008
As everyone enters the 21st Century there is a great deal of discussion in business and education circles alike about the type of skills the youth will need to survive and thrive in this century. At the same time, there is little known today about the level of 21st Century skills students currently have. In part this is because, as a nation,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Outcomes of Education, Scoring Rubrics, Teaching Guides