NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Trends in International…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Seifert, Tami; Gez, Yoav – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2021
The article describes projects that combined experiential learning and gamification with teachers and pupils in junior high school science classes. The pupils planned and designed projects and critiqued the quality of the final products. A field report study model was employed using principles from the world of play in order to better understand…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Game Based Learning, Play, Recess Breaks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bjørgen, Anne Mette – Education 3-13, 2022
This article investigates how 9-13 years old pupils interpret activities involving the use of tablets in two Norwegian primary schools. The theoretical context draws on Goffman's frame analysis and on research on young people's digital literacy practices as socially situated meaning-making practices. Data was gathered through group interviews. The…
Descriptors: Tablet Computers, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Digital Literacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Megan Zeni; Leyton Schnellert; Mariana Brussoni – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2024
In this study, we enacted critical participatory action research (CPAR) within an online community of practice (CoP). The CoP was designed to build a community of outdoor play and learning (OPAL) practitioners. This paper describes how a cohort (n=18) of experienced Kindergarten to grade eight (K-8) teachers from across British Columbia shared…
Descriptors: Play, Recreational Activities, Outdoor Education, Communities of Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ellis, Amy B.; Horne, Dru; Bloodworth, Anna; Nielsen, Annelise; Ely, Robert – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
Interest-driven activities, such as mathematical play, can support student agency, motivation, and engagement, and can foster dispositions that reflect authentic disciplinary engagement. However, the bulk of research on mathematical play investigates the mathematics that emerges in young children's natural play or in informal spaces such as video…
Descriptors: Play, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Visser, Margaretha M.; Juan, Andrea L.; Hannan, Sylvia M. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: The acquired skill set prior to school entry has emerged as an important issue in research and policy internationally. Much evidence exists advocating the importance of early numeracy and literacy skills in later academic achievement and economic outcomes of students. Aim: The goal of this study was to determine the association between…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Say, Serkan; Ucak, Esra; Aldan Karademir, Çigdem; Çekbas, Yüksel – Online Submission, 2015
In this research, the effect of playing a computer game individually or in a group on students' academic achievements was investigated. In addition, it was determined that whether students gender significantly differ or not according to playing the computer game individually or in a group. In this study, among the experimental research designs,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Educational Games, Middle School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ejsing-Duun, Stine; Skovbjerg, Helle Marie – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016
This article explores how student behaviour and interactions change when teachers use "producing" as a primary pedagogical strategy (Papert, 1980; Ejsing-Duun and Karoff, 2014). Based on observed student and teacher actions and responses, as well as students' production, this paper emphasizes the importance of understanding how students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Play, Games