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Jiyoung Kim; Anne Leftwich; Daniel Castner – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Many K-12 computer science (CS) education initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels have recently started to focus on engaging the young children. Although most CS education research has focused on the secondary level, only minimal research has explored how computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) can be taught in elementary…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
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Elaine Chapman; Jian Zhao; Peyman G. P. Sabet – Education Research and Perspectives, 2024
Effective assessments guide student learning, refine teaching practices, ensure curriculum alignment, and foster workforce readiness. However, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, has significantly disrupted traditional assessment processes, raising concerns about academic integrity and necessitating…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Evaluation Methods, Influence of Technology, Integrity
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Kayahan Yüksel, Didem; Polat, Kübra – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
The aim of the study is to evaluate the National Education Council [NEC] decisions made from 1939 to 2021 in line with the components of inclusive education. In this context, the NEC decisions were examined in line with the themes of access, support, and participation, which are the components of inclusive education. In this study, document…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Inclusion, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Mongillo, Maria Boeke – Global Education Review, 2017
In the United States there has been a recent movement to expand access to preschool for children aged 3 to 4 through "universal pre-k" in states that fund programs for all age-eligible students. This has caused an increasing number of preschool programs to be housed in public schools and led by principals who often have little or no…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Standards
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Guralnick, Michael J.; Bruder, Mary Beth – Infants and Young Children, 2016
The current status and future directions of early childhood inclusion in the United States are discussed from the perspective of 4 key goals: access, accommodations and feasibility, developmental progress, and social integration. Recommendations are put forward to promote inclusion goals emphasizing administrative structures, personnel…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Eskay, Michael; Oboegbulem, Angie – Online Submission, 2013
The provision of a well-planned, modified, and articulated curriculum that would provide students with disabilities appropriate access to the general curriculum and effective instructional support is the thrust of this paper. The paper examined the various issues on the concept and objectives of special education and the role of a well-designed…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Curriculum Design
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Hochbein, Craig; Perry, Jill A. – Planning and Changing, 2013
The authors argue for a clearer understanding of the role of research in the preparation of educational professionals at the doctoral level. Building on the work of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), the authors define the nature of problems of practice, offer three ways in which professional practitioners engage research in…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Research Utilization, Professional Education, Educational Practices
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Platas, Linda M. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
The Mathematical Development Beliefs Survey was developed to measure early childhood teachers' beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning in the preschool classroom. This instrument was designed to measure beliefs concerning (a) age-appropriateness of mathematics instruction, (b) classroom locus of generation of mathematical knowledge…
Descriptors: Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Children and young adolescents are reaching puberty earlier. Providing information about such changes before puberty can help them develop in a more competent and informed manner. Context and Objective: UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" forms a comprehensive, evidence-based, authoritative…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Puberty, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
Oishi, Lindsay – District Administration, 2011
"Solve for x." While many people first encountered this enigmatic instruction in high school, the last 20 years have seen a strong push to get students to take algebra in eighth grade or even before. Today, concerns about the economy highlight a familiar worry: American eighth-graders trailed their peers in five Asian countries on the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Algebra, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Feldman, Erika N. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
The national early learning community faces the challenge of using early learning standards and assessments to improve learning environments while preserving educators' freedom to plan early childhood curriculum that accord with a child-centered focus and developmentally appropriate practices. Drawing on recent developments in approaches to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Class Activities, Learning Activities, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Swaim, John H.; McEwin, C. Kenneth; Irvin, Judith L. – Middle School Journal, 1998
Discusses the need for developmentally responsive middle level competitive sports programs that include awareness of sports injuries, psychological considerations, attrition in sports, and family pressures for students to become college and professional athletes. (JPB)
Descriptors: Athletics, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Objectives
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Armstrong, Thomas – Educational Leadership, 2007
A superhighway is being built across today's education landscape, extending from preschool to graduate school, writes Armstrong. This superhighway bypasses all the byways, narrow routes, and winding paths that have traditionally filled the road from early childhood to early adulthood. As schools race to move students through the curriculum at…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Social Development
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Anfara, Vincent A., Jr.; Waks, Leonard – Middle School Journal, 2000
Draws on the insights of John Dewey to argue that the contrast between developmental appropriateness and academic rigor is an untenable dualism. Considers directions for middle school renewal that unite these two concepts. (JPB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories
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Wakefield, Alice P. – Educational Forum, 1993
Differences between developmentally appropriate and traditional classroom practice include the following: integrated vs. separate curriculum, meaning-driven vs. skill-driven, incidental vs. explicit learning, heterogeneous vs. homogeneous grouping, ready now vs. getting ready, child-centered vs. teacher-directed, autonomy vs. heteronomy, previous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages
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