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Si Hoon Leow; Berinderjeet Kaur – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Mathematical problem solving remains a struggle for many students today (Celebioglu et al., 2010; Englard, 2010; Gavaz et al., 2021; N. H. Lee et al., 2014; Yeo, 2011). Though intervention studies have reported measured impact on improving students' problem-solving abilities (Gavaz et al., 2021; Gidalevich & Kramarski, 2019; N. H. Lee et al.,…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Grade 2
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Cheung, Yin Ling; Jang, Hari – Irish Educational Studies, 2019
Most of the existing studies on academic writing were conducted in ESL/EFL university settings. Further research targeted at other educational settings such as primary schools, for students in different stages of their studies, will advance our understanding of student writing broadly. The study aims to investigate the impact of writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students, Children, Academic Language
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Tupas, Ruanni – English in Education, 2021
Despite solid work on the structural, sociolinguistic and political legitimacy of the Englishes of the world, the fact remains that some Englishes are more privileged than others. Thus, the circulation of different Englishes in the classroom demands a call to dismantle the symbolic and material infrastructures of unequal Englishes. This paper…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Language Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tan, Justina Puay Inn – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine the socialisation of new teachers into teaching in a school in Singapore through the lenses of positioning theory and micropolitical theory. Individually, they have been drawn on to discuss the socialisation of teachers. To the best of my knowledge, there has been no prior study that examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Teacher Orientation, Beginning Teachers
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Wong, Hwei Ming – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2017
Student academic self-assessment engages the students in deliberate reflection about what they are learning and how they are learning it. This intervention study investigated the effects of self-assessment training on students' perceptions towards self-assessment in two Singaporean primary schools. The study, which used a pretest-posttest design,…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Li, Dong Dong; Lim, Cher Ping – Computers & Education, 2008
This paper examines the different dimensions of scaffolding for online historical inquiry based on a case study of two secondary-two history classes from a neighborhood school in Singapore. The data collected for the study include video and screen captures, focus group interview, digital artifacts, and students' survey. Using sample transcripts…
Descriptors: Neighborhood Schools, Focus Groups, Classrooms, History Instruction