With growing demand for online courses, it is important to assess the efficacy of quality online virtual instruction. This study investigates the impact of Edmentum's Courseware Algebra I on student achievement using data on 1,205 ninth-grade students from a large urban school district in the Midwest during the 2020-2021 school year. Utilizing a…

Creative thinking skills are crucial to current generations dealing with 21st-century challenges. However, studies on higher-order thinking skills remain limited. CTS can be easily empowered if students have good metacognitive abilities. This study analysed the effect of STEM-based online learning lesson plans on the CTS of students and…

Teachers have faced various challenges during the coronavirus pandemic, including lack of skills and knowledge to teach remotely, unstable or no internet access for students in rural areas, and increasing needs to stimulate student motivation. In this article, we introduce the design, development, and implementation of a stand-alone package of…

The main purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the challenges faced in teaching, learning, and technology in online geometry classes. The perspectives of online geometry students and teachers provided insights into the effectiveness of online geometry learning. A qualitative descriptive design was used to gain insights into the…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate that project-based learning results in learners to be intrinsically motivated when learning History. Three methods were implemented in this study, namely role playing, poster-making and mixed projects (i.e., role playing and poster-making). To further enhance the understanding of intrinsic motivation, the…

The present study aimed at identifying the impact of the e-mind mapping strategy on the academic achievement of Jordanian 9th grade students in the citizenship and civic education course. It was carried out during the second semester of the academic year 2019/2018 through adopting a quasi-experimental approach. It was carried out in Princess…

This study investigated the influence of synchronous online learning on students' and parents' perceptions of online learning. The research design was a mixed method approach that utilized survey questions administered to teachers, students, and parents at a demonstration school in Thailand. The findings revealed that Microsoft Teams and Zoom were…

In this paper, we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the quality of teachers' assessment and feedback in Finland's foreign language classes during the remote teaching period in spring 2020. Multifaceted assessment and feedback practices are underscored in Finland's core curricula, forming a focal aspect of learning. Therefore, we studied…

This work presents the results of two-year-long pedagogical research, the aim of which was to demonstrate the applicability of the usage of a new strategy in education--Integrated e-Learning (INTe-L)--through its introduction into project-based physics teaching in Slovakia. The INTe-L strategy is built around the role of experiments and…

An online curriculum about biological evolution was designed according to the "Promoting Evidentiary Reasoning and Self-Regulation Online" (PERSON) theoretical framework to support evidentiary reasoning and self-regulation. An efficacy study was conducted with 83 suburban high school biology students using design-based research methods.…

Purpose: This study was conducted in ninth- and tenth-grade classrooms with the goal of studying effective scaffolding for improving argumentative writing, both conventional and digital/multimodal. Design/methodology/approach: The author conducted a formative experiment in two high-school classrooms to study ways teachers integrated forms of…

The aim of this study is to assess learner views with regard to ProbSol learning environment prepared according to problem solving steps for the teaching of "applications related to equations and inequalities". In line with this aim, the study was carried out with 15 volunteered 9th graders who are taught with ProbSol. The study is a…

The lab applications, which were started to be applied through mid 19th century, not only provide a new point of view but also bring about a new dimension to the lessons. At early times they were used to prove theoretical knowledge but lately they turned into environments where students freely discover knowledge as an individual or in groups. The…