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Inel, Yusuf; Urhan, Emrah – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This study aims to find out the effect of activities and practices on concept education to help carry out activities to teach these concepts more effectively and permanently, and determine student preconceptions about the concepts related to the landforms in the 5th-grade social studies curriculum in the learning subdomain called "People,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Concept Teaching, Geographic Concepts, Physical Geography
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Grenner, Emily; Åkerlund, Viktoria; Asker-Árnason, Lena; van de Weijer, Joost; Johansson, Victoria; Sahlén, Birgitta – Educational Review, 2020
Observational learning is a successful method for improving writing skills in various genres. We explore effects of a five lesson intervention series based on peer observation. Fifty-five Swedish 5th-grade students aged 10-12 years followed this intervention programme. The students watched short film clips with peers working with texts. Each…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Personal Narratives, Observational Learning
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Horton, Jessica; Hagevik, Rita; Adkinson, Bennett; Parmly, Jilynn – Science and Children, 2013
Technology can be both a blessing and a curse in the classroom. Although technology can provide greater access to information and increase student engagement, if screen time replaces time spent outside, then students stand to lose awareness and connectivity to the surrounding natural environment. This article describes how Google Earth can foster…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Computer Uses in Education
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Wyatt, Tasha R.; Yamauchi, Lois A.; Chapman-DeSousa, Brook – Multicultural Perspectives, 2012
In this case study the authors investigate how a Native Greenlandic teacher planned and implemented the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence Standards for Effective Pedagogy, an instructional model that builds upon students' cultural and linguistic strengths. Researchers and educators interested in transformative education…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Standards
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article presents an analysis of the longitudinal consequences of out-of-school science learning with a conceptual framework that connects the intentions of youth to their participation in science. The focus is on one girl's science activities in her home and hobby pursuits from fourth to seventh grade to create an empirical account of how…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
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King, Caryn M; Parent Johnson, Lara M – Reading Research and Instruction, 1999
Discusses research concerning the four reciprocal teaching (RT) strategies: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing as they relate to fifth-grade teachers who had exposure to constructivist thinking conducted as part of the normal school day. Finds that when teachers consistently and clearly modeled all four RT strategies, students…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
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Roussey, Jean-Yves – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents a French study of the impact of providing knowledge about text superstructure on children's ability to improve text through predefined revising strategies. Reports that children exposed to a similar reading task before revising tended to improve text correctly and use the most efficient strategy. (DK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Models
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Delzell, Judith K. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1989
Studies the impact that musical discrimination training which incorporates models and discriminator foils, as well as modeling and imitation, has on beginning instrumental music classes. Shows that musical discrimination can be developed using these methods. Recommends further study to find effects of discrimination training on instrumental music…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 5
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Scarnati, James T.; Tice, Craig J. – Science and Children, 1988
Describes a lesson in which fifth graders made observations of candles. Discusses the progress of the lesson and the necessity of instructing students in what and how to watch and measure. Stresses that this can be easily accomplished inexpensively with imagination. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Sims, Wendy L. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1992
Presents study results comparing attitudes of elementary school students who did or did not attend an in-school opera performance. Explains that students completed questionnaires measuring attitudes toward opera. Reports that fifth- and sixth-grade students experienced a positive effect from attending the opera. Suggests that fourth grade may be a…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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Smith, Glenn Gordon; Middleton, James A. – Australian Educational Computing, 2003
This study compared interaction with a computer vs. observation as learning situations for low and high ability student's learning of spatial visualization and geometric transformations. Thirty-two fifth grade boys took the Differential Aptitude Test, Space Relations Subset (DAT), and then participated in the experiment. Pre-test and post-test…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Low Achievement, Observational Learning, Aptitude Tests