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Carvalho, Bruna Lima; Sobrinho, José Falcão; de Araújo, Raimundo Lenild – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
This work aims to understand the importance of relief and how it is addressed in geography teaching. Supporting, including its different meanings. To carry out this work, a wide bibliographic research was carried out on the theme. As results it was possible to perceive that the theme relief presents a significant contribution to the student's…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geographic Concepts, Textbooks
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Xiang bin Qiu; Cheng Shan; Jin Yao; Qing ke Fu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In recent years, an increasing number of teachers and researchers have used virtual reality (VR) to enhance English as a foreign language (EFL) learning, but the learning effects they found varied. Because of these differences, we conducted a meta-analysis. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of VR-based EFL learning methods with…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Baumanns, Lukas; Rott, Benjamin – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2021
In research on mathematical problem posing, a broad spectrum of different situations is used to induce the activity of posing problems. This review aims at characterizing these so-called problem-posing situations by conducting three consecutive analyses: (1) By analyzing the openness of potential problem-posing situations, the concept of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Guidelines
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Lockard, Joe; Goggin, Peter – Science & Education, 2023
The paper describes an upper-division university course in Mars literature taught online since Fall 2013. The course readings comprise six novels relating to Mars. Authors include H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick, Greg Bear, and Kim Stanley Robinson. After an introduction, sections of the paper discuss course…
Descriptors: College Science, Astronomy, Space Sciences, Science Instruction
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Haskel-Ittah, Michal – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
Many studies have characterized students' difficulties in understanding and reasoning about scientific mechanisms. Some of those studies have drawn implications on teaching mechanisms and how to guide students while reasoning mechanistically. In this theoretical article, I claim that one component that has not garnered much attention in the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Science Process Skills, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
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Thomas L. Good – Educational Psychologist, 2024
This article reviews over 50 years of research on teacher expectations and teacher effectiveness. In addition to describing these research traditions and findings, I tie the research in these evolving fields to the societal issues in play when the research was conducted and connect historical and emerging work. I describe the enormous growth of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational History, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Effectiveness
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Pan, Steven C.; Rickard, Timothy C.; Bjork, Robert A. – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
A century ago, spelling skills were highly valued and widely taught in schools using traditional methods, such as weekly lists, drill exercises, and low- and high-stakes spelling tests. That approach was featured in best-selling textbooks such as the "Horn-Ashbaugh Speller" of 1920. In the early 21st century, however, skepticism as to…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice
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Chan, Kennedy Kam Ho; Xu, Lihua; Cooper, Rebecca; Berry, Amanda; van Driel, Jan H. – Studies in Science Education, 2021
In recent years, teacher noticing has emerged as a construct to capture the dynamic and situational aspects of teaching expertise that underlies teachers' in-the-moment teaching decisions and actions. In mathematics education research, in particular, teacher noticing has been studied to understand how teachers attend to, and make sense of,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Observation, Science Education, Science Instruction
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Jones, Martin K. – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2021
The paper reviews major Economics textbooks used in the UK from the point of view of their use of rationality as a teaching tool. The textbooks vary widely in their explicit analysis of rationality from finding it important to totally ignoring it. When textbooks do use the concept as part of their analysis, the definitions vary considerably. In…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Content Analysis
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Kassab, Mohamad; DeFranco, Joanna; Laplante, Phillip – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2020
With close to 20.4 billion devices connected to the Internet to be deployed by 2020, Internet of things (IoT) is already being leveraged in diverse sectors. Now, because of the ubiquitous nature of IoT devices, schools and academic institutions are looking to incorporate IoT in educational activities. With the increased use of IoT in the education…
Descriptors: Internet, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Technology Uses in Education
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Leah R. Cheek; Vinson Carter; Michael K. Daugherty; Christian Z. Goering – Reading Teacher, 2024
Empathy, an unsung, yet critical element of learning, can be strategically interlaced with literacy instruction and engineering design to create a rich and authentic learning experience for students. Integrated STEM education rests on the promise of engaging students and providing deep understandings through the intentional practice of delivering…
Descriptors: Empathy, STEM Education, Literacy Education, Engineering Education
Klein, Shelby J. – Online Submission, 2021
This paper has been developed based on my learning experiences within the Master of Education program at Thompson Rivers University. As well as, my time teaching at Burdett School while working with the Low German Mennonite student population; and experiencing the interrupted mental health and well-being they face given their migration, forced or…
Descriptors: Migration, Mental Health, Minority Group Students, Well Being
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Meir Muller; Eliza Braden – Journal of Jewish Education, 2024
Early childhood Jewish education provides an opportune moment to teach about race and Black-Jewish relations as young children grapple with concepts like justice. This article argues that picture books containing interactions between Black and Jewish characters or a Black Jewish character are a powerful pedagogical tool for this purpose. We…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Early Childhood Education, Judaism, Religious Schools
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Rodriguez, Jon-Marc G.; Towns, Marcy H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Analogies are useful tools instructors can use to help make challenging concepts less abstract by drawing connections to familiar contexts. In this paper we provide an overview of the various analogies published in the education literature that are situated in the context of enzyme kinetics, including narrative-based analogies (analogies intended…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Kinetics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Janis Leinfuss; Erin O'Hara – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
Educational inclusion aims to support all students through instructional and contextual designs that promote learning. Educators are assigned the task of teaching an increasingly neurodiverse population with varying neurological processes and perceptions. Traditional school-based settings are designed for individuals with less neurodivergence,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Educational Practices, Inclusion
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