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Thomas Keller; Elke Brucker-Kley; Philip Schwammel – Discover Education, 2024
More and more children and adolescents in Switzerland show serious deficits in their German language skills. In order to specifically promote the language skills of students with a non-German first language, special lessons in German as a second language (GasL) are therefore offered in addition to the regular lessons. The aim of this case study is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kelsey DeCamillis – CATESOL Journal, 2023
During traditional, in-person writing instruction, teachers can quickly model tasks for students, students have clear directions for following lesson sequences step-by-step, and partner or group collaboration can begin by simply asking students to turn to whomever is sitting next to them. Online instruction poses challenges to these typical…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Distance Education, English (Second Language)
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Whitlock, Annie McMahon – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2019
In this paper, I describe the implementation of a project-based economics unit in a fifth-grade classroom in Michigan, titled One Hen. One Hen is a curricular unit designed to teach students about social entrepreneurship as a way for students to learn economic concepts while developing their own civic efficacy by engaging in a project where they…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Elementary School Students, Economics Education
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Newton, Kristie J.; Lange, Karin; Booth, Julie L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2020
Psychologists and mathematics educators have long viewed flexibility as critical to students' mathematical development. In this paper, we focused on the multidimensional nature of flexibility to better understand how preference, knowledge, and use of effective methods for solving algebra problems are related. In Study 1, we identified…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Mathematics Education, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
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Baranova, Evgenia V.; Simonova, Irina V.; Bocharov, Mikhail I.; Zabolotnaia, Victoria V. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
The problem of development of algorithmic competence of students -- future Computer Science teachers as a component of information competence is investigated. The aim of the study is to identify the conditions for effective algorithmization and programming learning, involving a modular representation of the content, blended learning, allocated in…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Computer Science Education
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Jenkins, Judith L.; Howard, Elizabeth M. – Science Education International, 2019
Interest in student-centered active learning pedagogies is widespread, but discipline-specific examples of implemented instructional approaches are needed to bridge the gap between pedagogical ideas and their enactment. One of these approaches, Modeling Instruction, is an active, student-centered approach wherein students learn through…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Secondary School Science, Units of Study, Energy
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Firdatus Sukma Fitri Shiyamsyah; Y. Yuliani; Yuni Sri Rahayu – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2024
In the 21st century, Indonesian education must generate life skills for dealing with the era of society 5.0. Bioentrepreneurship skills are one of those needed to achieve the primary goal of society 5.0. However, teaching modules that combine entrepreneurship skills still need to be improved. This research aims to produce project-based learning…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Readability, Teaching Methods
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Anabousy, Ahlam; Daher, Wajeeh – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2022
The understanding of what constitutes effective practice in STEM education and how to support it is still developing, as it is a brand-new field. The present research describes the design capabilities of pre-service elementary school teachers, when they design collaboratively STEM activities. These designing experiences occurred in a context of a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Units of Study, Art Education
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Büyükbayraktar, Fatma Nur; Dilber, Refik – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of active learning on students' achievement in the unit of magnetism. It is important to create proper teaching environments in order to ensure the active participation of students in learning processes. Many different methods and techniques may be used for active participation. Detailed…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Magnets, Units of Study, Science Instruction
Elizabeth Pursell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Cognitive development of eighth-grade students, as identified by Jean Piaget, occurs during a time when many of them are transitioning between concrete operations and formal operations where the ability to think in abstract concepts becomes possible. Because of this period of transition, many eighth-grade students find difficulty in demonstrating…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Wu, Nancy; Kubo, Tomohiro; Hall, Ariana O.; Zurcher, Danielle M.; Phadke, Sameer; Wallace, Rachel L.; McNeil, Anne J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Although teaching laboratories offer students the opportunity to act and think like chemists, in many cases students simply follow written procedures to generate predetermined outcomes. In recent years, there has been a movement toward inquiry-, problem-, and discovery-based learning. In a similar vein, the first-semester introductory organic…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, College Science, Introductory Courses, Laboratory Experiments
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Zhang, Hong – English Language Teaching, 2020
With effective learning as its core principle, Production-oriented Approach (POA) was developed to address the problems of English classroom instruction in China, such as text-centeredness, the separation of learning and using and "dumb English". This study applied POA to college English classroom instruction in order to examine its…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Papadopoulou, Marianna – Educational Action Research, 2021
This paper reflects on the tensions and possibilities offered by a newly developed Action Research (AR) module in a Higher Education (HE) institution. The module, that has now run its first presentation, was offered to final year, undergraduate Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) students who are already working in the early years sector.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Seniors, Early Childhood Education, Student Research
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Szmodis, Whitney E.; Bodzin, Alec – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2018
A project-based engineering education unit was implemented in a primary school in Cambodia. An effectiveness study was conducted to investigate students' attitudes and expectations of engineering as a profession and students' self-perceived 21st century skills. The findings revealed that prior to the curriculum implementation both male and female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Self Concept, Engineering Education
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Campbell, Todd; Gray, Ron; Fazio, Xavier – School Science and Mathematics, 2019
This research explores how explaining an anchoring phenomena and engaging students in investigations, as central designs of a model-based inquiry (MBI) unit, afforded or constrained the representation of scientific activity in the science classroom. This research is considered timely as recent standards documents and scholars in the field have…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Inquiry, Active Learning
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