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Akkurt Denizli, Zeynep; Erdogan, Abdulkadir – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2022
This study aims to investigate how primary school students' three-dimensional geometric thinking changes across grades. The survey model was used, and the study group was comprising of 520 primary school students in a large city of Turkey. In the study, the Three-Dimensional Geometric Thinking Test, which is a paper and pencil test, was used to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Geometric Concepts, Spatial Ability, Instructional Program Divisions
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Çalis-Sasi, Duygu; Balci, Sibel – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental models of primary school students about the concept of environment. The research group consisted of 400 students, 219 girls and 181 boys, enrolling to the 3rd and 4th grade in a primary school located in Istanbul. The students were asked to draw the environment and explain the items they draw.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Children
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Hsieh, Tian-Da; Huang, Shih-Jung – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore the children's understanding of moon phase changes. Study methods include qualitative and quantitative methods. The subjects of the study are 683 students from grade three to six in an elementary school in New Taipei City. This study uses the method of writing assessment to explore the ideas of elementary…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
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Israel-Fishelson, Rotem; Hershkovitz, Arnon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
Persistence has proven to be a great challenge in online learning environments. Gaming and interactivity have been suggested as essential features in reducing dropout and increasing persistence in online learning. Yet in interactive game-based learning environments, persistence in moving forward in the game may come at the expense of investing in…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Elementary School Students, Thinking Skills, Persistence
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Jaakkola, Tomi; Veermans, Koen – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
The present study investigates the effects that concreteness fading has on learning and transfer across three grade levels (4-6) in elementary school science education in comparison to learning with constantly concrete representations. 127 9- to 12-years-old elementary school students studied electric circuits in a computer-based simulation…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Learning Processes
Tang, Hengjun; Seah, Wee Tiong; Zhang, Qiaoping; Zhang, Weizhong – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: Given that prior research has confirmed that students' mathematics values significantly affect their mathematics learning, understanding how students' values form and change, especially during different learning stages, is an important topic. Design/Approach/Methods: This study administered a questionnaire to investigate the values of…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, High School Students
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Türk, Cumhur; Kalkan, Hüseyin; Kiroglu, Kasim; Ocak Iskeleli, Nazan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental models of elementary school students on seasons and to analyze how these models change in terms of grade levels. The study was conducted with 294 students (5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders) studying in an elementary school of Turkey's Black Sea Region. Qualitative and quantitative data collection…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Astronomy
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Kim, Min Kyeong; Cho, Mi Kyung – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
Students can learn subjects more meaningfully through integrated education, as it helps them to link school education with their real lives. There is a strong need to develop an alternative integration method to promote effective implementation of integrated education at a classroom level. The purpose of this study was to develop a model for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Ward, Edna M. – 1970
This study, which is a partial replication and validation of the 1962 Laurendeau and Pinard study of causal thinking, investigates cross-cultural differences among three age levels of Canadian and American school children in the development of causal thinking. Also studied is the relationship between level of development of causal thinking and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies
Acuna, Jasmin Espiitu – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1982
Summarizes four stages in the development of causality obtained from interviews with Filipino children (N=1,228), reporting how they responded to questions and effect of grade/age levels on their characteristic responses. Includes a fifth stage, a logical analysis of what would be required of an adolescent trying to understand the sciences.…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation