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Caruso, Marcelo – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
Age-classes are a salient feature of modern schooling. Yet how did age-grouping come to prevail in entire school systems? And how was this form of grouping related to educational and pedagogic discussions at the time of its emergence? The article addresses these issues by looking at the historical context within which age classes came to a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, School Administration, Classification
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Barak, Miri; Usher, Maya – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The study goal was to assess the innovation level of engineering students' team projects and to examine the relationships between project innovation and team heterogeneity in two online environments. Applying a two-stage mixed methods research design, the qualitative and quantitative data were obtained by interviews with experts in engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Teamwork, Engineering Education
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Dong, Yang; Wu, Sammy Xiao-Ying; Dong, Wei-Yang; Tang, Yi – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2020
A rich home literacy environment (HLE) fosters students' academic achievement. However, the link between HLE and children's reading comprehension is unclear. This study examined the effects of HLE factors on children's reading comprehension through a meta-analysis of 59 studies conducted between 1998 and 2018. Results of the meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Reading Comprehension, Educational Research, Correlation
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Crosswaite, Madeline; Asbury, Kathryn – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: Despite a large body of research that has explored the influence of genetic and environmental factors on educationally relevant traits, few studies have explored teachers' beliefs about, or knowledge of, developments in behavioural genetics related to education. Aims: This study aimed to describe the beliefs and knowledge of UK…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Genetics, Environmental Influences, Teaching Experience
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Bagnall, Charlotte Louise; Fox, Claire Louise; Skipper, Yvonne – Pastoral Care in Education, 2021
Across countries, the age and timing of when children navigate school transition varies, as does provision of support during this challenging time. These two factors can heavily shape young people's adjustment, yet to date there is minimal research which has investigated how this period is navigated in different cultures. The aim of the present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age, Instructional Program Divisions, Student Adjustment
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Blatchford, Peter; Webster, Rob – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
The inclusion of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools can result in difficult decisions regarding classroom organisation and management. The premise of this article is that these are likely to be affected by the classroom context, specifically the number of pupils in the class, the size and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Kieferle, Sarah; Markic, Silvija – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
In the past decades, society in general has become strongly diverse. This change also affects schools. As a result, learning groups cannot be seen as homogeneous and taught in this way. One of the challenges is students' linguistic skills. Dealing with different linguistic competencies should not only be a focus of formal education in schools but…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
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Ali, Nadia; Ahmed, Lubna; Rose, Sarah – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Higher education students' perception of and level of engagement with the feedback they receive has gained increasing attention in the literature to identify areas which require educators' attention. However, predictors of students' perception and engagement have yet to be identified. To address this, a survey measuring students' views and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
Burge, Bethan; Benson, Louise – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2021
Since its introduction in 2017, NFER has been contracted by Ofqual to develop, deliver and analyse the results of the National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. The NRT is administered annually and shows if student performance in English and maths at GCSE level has changed from year to year. The NRT results are based on analysis of data…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Test Results, English, Mathematics Tests
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
This report focuses on the structure of mainstream education in European countries from preprimary to tertiary level for the 2017/18 school and academic year. Forty-three education systems are included covering 38 countries participating in the EU's Erasmus+ programme (28 Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, the former…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Postsecondary Education
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Brown, Geraint; Burnham, Sally – Teaching History, 2014
Ten years ago, two heads of department in contrasting schools presented a powerfully-argued case for resisting the use of level descriptions within their assessment regimes. Influenced both by research into the nature of children's historical thinking and by principles of assessment "for" learning, Sally Burnham and Geraint Brown argued…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, History Instruction, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods
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Demircioglu, Serife; Cakir, Cemal – International Education Studies, 2016
This study investigates intercultural competence of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) students and non-IBDP students and whether it is affected by some variants such as grade, gender, nationality, being a native speaker of English, living in an English speaking country and travelling abroad. The data is gathered from the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Advanced Placement, Scores, Gender Differences
UK Department for Education, 2018
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned Kantar Public and Learning and Work Institute (L&W) to undertake research to understand adults' experiences of, and decisions about, learning. This report presents the findings from in-depth interviews with 70 learners and focus groups with 16 adults not currently learning, and recommendations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Value Judgment
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Brown, Zeta; Manktelow, Ken – Education 3-13, 2016
This study aimed to investigate teachers' perspectives on the practical implementation of the standards agenda and its impact on their professional identities. Q-methodology was used alongside semi-structured interviews with UK primary school teachers. The study explored the views of 25 teachers in six schools, selected through purposive sampling…
Descriptors: Standards, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Identity, Foreign Countries
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Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
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