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Aulia Wulandari; Sukarno; Matsuri – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The selection of a learning model is very crucial before the teacher carries out learning activities. Inquiry is a learning model that has existed for a long time and is recommended for use in learning activities. This study aims to map the results of studies related to inquiry learning in elementary schools. Bibliometrics is used as a method to…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Inquiry, Active Learning, Elementary Education
Miller, Samuel; Stallings, Sarah; Massey, Dixie; Metzger, Salem R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2023
While endorsed as critical for promoting learning, students' interest in a topic has had minimal, if any, influence on curriculum development. Teachers thus are challenged to promote students' interest within an established curriculum. After students demonstrated misunderstandings after reading an article about bacteria, Sarah Stallings and Samuel…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Student Participation, Student Centered Learning, Grade 4
Jonathan K. Foster; Peter Youngs; Rachel van Aswegen; Samarth Singh; Ginger S. Watson; Scott T. Acton – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2024
Despite a tremendous increase in the use of video for conducting research in classrooms as well as preparing and evaluating teachers, there remain notable challenges to using classroom videos at scale, including time and financial costs. Recent advances in artificial intelligence could make the process of analyzing, scoring, and cataloguing videos…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Automation, Classification, Artificial Intelligence
Hyndman, Brendon – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2021
This article explores the importance of embedding Active Exploration teaching approaches within PE lessons and how the provision of differing equipment and divergent learning opportunities can enable choice for students to then 'self-discover' solutions to movement problems. The article showcases how Active Exploration approaches to teaching PE…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Active Learning, Physical Activities, Teaching Methods
Mezzoni, Rachel; Kozub, Francis M. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
Sensory obstacle courses provide lesson ideas for teachers targeting objectives in both cognitive and psychomotor domains. Specific cognitive learning includes the movement concepts needed to navigate obstacles set up in the gymnasium aimed at developing athletic motor skills competences needed for sports. Sensory courses include using stations…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Sensory Experience, Psychomotor Skills
Tidd, Rachel – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2023
"Wild Learning" answers a call in the educational community for practical, easy-to-implement activities that bring core curriculum out of the classroom and into the outdoors. Outdoor learning has risen in popularity in recent years, and it has tremendous benefits. Being outside is healthier, helps children form a strong connection to the…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Learning Activities, Natural Resources, Experiential Learning
Elena Ungureanu – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2024
In this article I explore how certain pedagogic practices construct students' ability as visible. The concept of ability is viewed as constructed, put into place by specific educational practices, rather than a fixed trait of the students. Conducted in two primary classrooms, this study employs observational methods complemented by audio-video…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Ability, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
An, Song A.; Cashman, Timothy G.; Tillman, Daniel – Journal of International Social Studies, 2022
This research study focuses on preservice teachers' (n=66) inspection of pedagogical connections between geography and geometrical reasoning. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the use of mathematical analysis to enrich the social studies topics of the distortion of country sizes on the world map. The analysis of data collected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Geography, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts
Chaijalearn, Yuttana; Intharawiset, Thanin; Laosawatdikul, Phatsayakorn; Moongkumglang, Satapon; Kumrat, Wijitkon – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
The research aimed 1) to study the need in developing learning materials with plastic recycling for primary school students in Central Thailand, 2) to develop learning materials with plastic recycling for primary school students in Central Thailand based on action learning of pre-service teachers and 3) to distill the lesson learned from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recycling, Elementary Education, Preservice Teachers
Frida Azari – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2024
Practical Life holds profound significance within the Montessori philosophy, captivating educators and students alike. Here, Montessori beautifully connects these concepts of dignity and independence to the skills children learn in their Montessori classroom. The author has a particular interest in fiber arts and crafts, and in this article, the…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Classroom Environment
Cathy A. R. Brant; Andrea M. Hawkman – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
As Philadelphia has a rich history in the fight for LGBTQ+ justice, this article centers on two examples of LGBTQ+ activism that were based in the city: Dewey's Lunch Counter Sit-In and Reminder Day. Predating the Stonewall Uprising in New York City, which is marked as the start of the contemporary LGBTQ+ Pride movement, the Dewey's Lunch Counter…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Social Justice, Activism, Learning Activities
Tsortanidou, Xanthippi; Daradoumis, Thanasis; Barberá-Gregori, Elena – Education 3-13, 2023
This paper examines the implementation of unplugged tasks across different school settings developing computational thinking skills and concepts at upper primary school children in Spain without programming and without using electronic devices. The study is based on qualitative case study design. Across the three case studies/schools --…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Computation, Thinking Skills
Van de Walle, John A.; Karp, Karen S.; Bay-Williams, Jennifer M. – Pearson, 2022
"Elementary and Middle School Mathematics" illustrates how children in PreK to 8th grade learn math, and then shows the most effective methods of teaching math using problem-based activities. Examples of real student work and common challenges help you visualize developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction and assessment that…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Craig E. Shepherd; Shannon M. Smith; Cassandra Kvenild; Alan Buss; Claire Ratcliffe – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
University faculty members, librarians, and support staff developed hands-on, consumable, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricular materials that could be inexpensively provided to large audiences. Goals included fostering STEM interest, teaching STEM principles, and encouraging continued exploration in home and school…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Paper (Material), Manipulative Materials
Parks, Melissa; Hershey, Hope P.; Sobzack, Skye; Tichenor, Mercedes S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2023
The authors describe the benefits of elementary school gardening experiences and offer suggestions on how to nurture positive environmental attitudes among children through garden-based learning activities.
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gardening, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction