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Teaching Higher-Order Thinking in Social Studies: The Role of Content Coverage and Intellectual Challenge
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Peter Nicolai Aashamar; Kirsti Klette; Anders Stig Christensen – Journal of Social Science Education, 2024
Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore opportunities to develop higher-order thinking for students in social studies, with a focus on teachers' content coverage and support for engaging in social studies analysis. Design/methodology/approach: A video study using naturalistic classroom observations of 80 social studies lessons was conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Classroom Environment, Thinking Skills
Different Versions of Assessment "for" Learning in the Subject of Physical Education
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Tolgfors, Björn – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background: Assessment "for" learning (AfL) is now marketed across the Western world as a key to an improved goal attainment in most school subjects. The concept has also attracted increased interest in the international research field of physical education (PE) in recent years. According to (Chan, K., P. J. Hay, and R. Tinning. 2011.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Formative Evaluation, Educational Theories, Instructional Effectiveness
Information and Experience: Audio-Visual Observations of Reading Activities in Swedish Comprehensive School Classrooms 1967-1969
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Dolatkhah, Mats; Hampson Lundh, Anna – History of Education, 2016
This study investigates reading activities in Swedish primary school classrooms during the late 1960s. Sound and video recordings of 223 Swedish lessons held between 1967 and 1969 are used to analyse the activity of reading as taught and performed. The results indicate that the practice of informational reading, often based on finding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Elementary Education, Classroom Observation Techniques