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Maffia, Andrea – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
Parents can play a key role in their children's homework activities; this has been particularly true during the home-schooling caused by the pandemic. However, how parents affect students' mathematical activity is scarcely researched, in particular in the case of primary school students. Within the framework of activity theory, in this…
Descriptors: Parent Role, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Yesilkaya, Özge Çongur; Töreyin, Ayse Meral – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2022
The main concern in this study is constituted by the possibility of implementing a music training model which has been developed on the basis of the Multiple Intelligence Theory in the music lessons of the 4th and 5th grades of primary schools. Core study group was formed by 150 fourth and fifth grades students from Ankara Tegmen Kalmaz Primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Miller, Jocelyn; Roberson, Katy – Science and Children, 2020
This article describes an unit that was created for first-grade students using both the "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in a student-centered, problem-based approach. The multifaceted classroom unit combined with a take-home field study provides students…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, STEM Education, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Martin, Christie Lynn; Polly, Drew – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine how fifth grade students were impacted by the infusion of multiple writing tasks in mathematics. In this study, writing tasks provided opportunities for students to communicate prior knowledge, share ideas to construct and justify arguments, for reflection, and assessment. In this deductive qualitative…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Content Area Writing, Mathematics Instruction
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Docherty, Julie; James, Mary-Louise; Spalding, Kate; Walker, Iain – Educational & Child Psychology, 2018
Aim: This study aimed to explore the efficacy of using internet based resources to increase parental engagement in an area of social and economic deprivation with a focus on numeracy attainment outcomes. Method: 22 pupils in one mainstream primary school class took part in a six week intervention using Learning Journals to demonstrate numeracy…
Descriptors: Poverty, Achievement Gap, Elementary School Students, Intervention
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Williams, Keith; Swift, Jennifer; Williams, Hefin; Van Daal, Victor – Educational Research, 2017
Background: This paper is a qualitative evaluation of a small-scale pilot study that attempted to generate parental involvement in children's learning. It used problem-solving mathematics homework in order to raise the children's self-efficacy, or, put another way, the child's belief that success lies in their own hands. Purpose: Homework is often…
Descriptors: Homework, Problem Solving, Parent Child Relationship, Qualitative Research
Project Tomorrow, 2014
The Speak Up National Research Project annually polls K-12 students, parents and educators about the role of technology for learning in and out of school. With this year's national report on the views of 325,279 K-12 students representing over 9,000 schools and 2,700 districts nationwide, the focus is on getting beyond the anecdotally-driven…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Computer Uses in Education
Clark, Kevin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In many of the secondary classrooms across the country, including the research site for this study, students are passively engaged in the mathematics content, and academic performance can be described, at best, as mediocre. This action research study sought to bring about improvements in student engagement and performance in the secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Godzicki, Linda; Godzicki, Nicole; Krofel, Mary; Michaels, Rachel – Online Submission, 2013
This action research project report was conducted in order to increase motivation and engagement in elementary and middle school students through technology-supported learning environments. The study was conducted from August 27, 2012, through December 14, 2012 with 116 participating students in first-, fourth-, fifth- and eighth-grade classes. To…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Homework, Educational Technology, Student Motivation
Curriculum Review, 2007
In this questions and answer interview with Rachel Dickinson, author of "Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself", the writer discusses her interest in the American pioneer movement, her research, and her goals in introducing readers to the day-to-day life of an American pioneer. Dickinson's book offers a hands-on look at what life…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, United States History, Authors, Interviews
Geller, Joshua S.; Berry, Kathryn – Instructor, 1977
Is it for elementary kids? A district gives some guidelines, a teacher her philosophy. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary School Students, Guidelines, Homework
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Begley, Sharon – Newsweek, 1998
Examines research indicating that while homework assigned at the middle school level does improve achievement, homework in the lower grades appears to undermine children's school attitudes and to have little effect on their school performance. Suggests goals and characteristics of useful homework assignments. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Homework
Epstein, Joyce – Instructor, 1994
The "Kitchen of Words" home project lets parents help their children master nouns and adjectives within their own kitchens, focusing students on the words involved in the kitchen setting. Students create a list of words that apply to their kitchens, recording nouns, their adjectives, and adjectives suggested by family members. (SM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Schnobrich, Janice – 1986
To remedy the problem of an ineffective homework policy, a Follow Through kindergarten teacher at the George Howland elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, implemented a practicum designed to increase parent involvement with the school. The program designed for the practicum included: (1) regular homework assignments, (2) grading of homework by…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grading, Guidelines, Homework
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