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Manda Sue Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perception of educators that moved away from a traditional learning environment with little movement and high academic stress through the introduction of project-based learning activities noting (a) the perception on behaviors specifically for students, ranging in age from 8 to 17…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Student Behavior, Child Abuse
Jackson, Julie; Narvaez, Rose – Science and Children, 2013
It is common to see word walls displaying the vocabulary that students have learned in class. Word walls serve as visual scaffolds and are a classroom strategy used to reinforce reading and language arts instruction. Research shows a strong relationship between student word knowledge and academic achievement (Stahl and Fairbanks 1986). As a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary, Word Lists
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conference on e-Learning (EL) 2019, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, in Porto, Portugal, July 17-19, 2019. The EL 2019 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction, Cooperation
Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing

Temple, John G. – American Biology Teacher, 2002
Details how students, working under the guidance of an instructor, design an experiment to test the relationship of temperature and digestive passage rate in garter snakes. Allows students to formulate and test hypotheses. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Secondary Education, Herpetology, Learning Strategies
An Examination of the Relationship between Student Choice in Project-Based Learning and Achievement.
Yamzon, Alicia – 1999
This ethnographic study was designed to gain a better understanding of the effects of student choice in Project-Based Learning (PBL) on achievement. Data for the study came from personal interviews with 10 predominantly female teachers who were currently involved in PBL with their students. Each teacher had at least 2 years of teaching experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Student Participation

Drogemuller, Richard – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1997
Recommends that teachers prevent plagiarism by structuring research assignments so that copying material from references is very difficult. Suggests that teachers be specific, select relevant topics, and insist on full referencing. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Internet

Rodger, Deborah; Ryan, Alan G. – Science Scope, 1998
Illustrates the use of learning contracts with students involved in science projects. For the learner, the contract is a worksheet to help plan the project as well as an agreement that outlines the tasks to be performed. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, General Science, Hands on Science, Learning Strategies

Pradl, Gordon M.; Mayher, John S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Keeping a journal of classroom experiences can help students express their understandings of the concepts they learn in school and how the lessons relate to their own lives. An eight-item reference list is provided. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes

Clark, Steve – Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 1997
Cites three incidents of cargo being lost at sea. Discusses ocean currents and directs students in an activity to explore what happens to the floating debris from lost containers. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Secondary Education, General Science, Geography

Goetsch, Emily; Mathias, Christine; Mosley, Sydnie; Shull, Meredith; Brock, David L. – American Biology Teacher, 2002
Shows how the tobacco mosaic virus can be used in conjunction with the common bean plant Phaseolus vulgaris to provide a discernable, experimental model that students can use to study induced resistance. (Contains 17 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education
Peters, Richard – 1985
The Humans and Environment Learning Program (HELP) and the Student Awareness of Global Environments (SAGE) approach are designed to directly and vicariously expose students to natural and social environments and develop their awareness of the character and nature of the different environments in which each individual functions throughout a…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Small, Ruth V.; Arnone, Marilyn P. – 2001
In the past 15 years, a number of information literacy models have been developed to describe the skills needed to successfully conduct research and solve information problems. All of these models are useful and share a common framework that the authors have synthesized into eight major categories of information skills, each with a set of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Instructional Innovation
Dlugosh, Larry L.; Bryant, Miles T. – 1994
This paper describes an innovative course in educational administration and presents students' reactions to the experience. The class was based on the constructivist perspective, which emphasizes the individual's construction of reality through dialogue, observation, writing, and reflection. The class was organized to focus students on the purpose…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation

Contreras, Gloria – Social Studies, 1995
Maintains that educators can use Vietnamese history and culture to teach about human-environment interaction, adaptation, and modification. Describes Vietnamese water puppetry and recommends its use in U.S. classrooms. Includes five photographs, a description of water puppetry, and instructional suggestions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education
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