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Mission US and Historical Empathy: A Qualitative Case Study of Sixth-Grade Students' Experiences
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Maxlow, James Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study investigated the potential development and use of historical empathy in sixth-grade students while using the colonial-era historical education game "Mission US" and its associated learning activities. A collective case study was developed to describe and interpret students' experiences. The gathered data included the students'…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, History Instruction, Empathy
Does Mother Tongue Education Support Development of Environmental Literacy in Turkey? An Analysis of Turkish Course Books
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Uyar, Yusuf; Ensar, Ferhat – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Development of environmental literacy needs an interdisciplinary effort. Especially language classes, with environment related texts, have potential to support environmental literacy. In this research it is aimed to analyze the Turkish language course books in terms of components of environmental literacy. To this end, four Turkish course books…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, Turkish, Textbooks
A Content Analysis Study about the Usage of History of Mathematics in Textbooks in Turkey
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Eren, Mehmet; Bulut, Mehmet; Bulut, Neslihan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The present study aimed to investigate how history of mathematics was integrated to some mathematics textbooks in Turkey. On this account, four different textbooks with different grade levels were chosen. In total, 42 cases were detected and studied by three researchers. Results indicated that the usage of history of mathematics was materialized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Content, Content Analysis
Exploring Elementary-School Students' Engagement Patterns in a Game-Based Learning Environment
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Hsieh, Ya-Hui; Lin, Yi-Chun; Hou, Huei-Tse – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
Unlike most research, which has primarily examined the players' interest in or attitude toward game-based learning through questionnaires, the purpose of this empirical study is to explore students' engagement patterns by qualitative observation and sequential analysis to visualize and better understand their game-based learning process. We…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learner Engagement, Educational Games, Teaching Methods
Early-Adolescents' Reading Comprehension and the Stability of the Middle School Classroom-Language Environment
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Gámez, Perla B.; Lesaux, Nonie K. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study examined teachers' language use across the school year in 6th grade urban middle-school classrooms (n = 24) and investigated the influence of this classroom-based linguistic input on the reading comprehension skills of the students (n = 851; 599 language minority learners and 252 English-only) in the participating classrooms. Analysis…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Grade 6, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
Dyadic Coregulation and Deviant Talk in Adolescent Friendships: Interaction Patterns Associated with Problematic Substance Use in Early Adulthood
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Piehler, Timothy F.; Dishion, Thomas J. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In a sample of 711 ethnically diverse adolescents, the observed interpersonal dynamics of dyadic adolescent friendship interactions were coded to predict early adulthood tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. Deviant discussion content within the interactions was coded along with dyadic coregulation (i.e., interpersonal coordination, attention…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Drinking, Substance Abuse, Marijuana