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Pi-Hun Yang; Chung-Yuan Hsu; Gwo-Jen Hwang; Gwo-Haur Hwang; Min-Ai Yang – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
The complexity of gear concepts, often misunderstood by young children, highlights the need for educational frameworks beyond simple play. To examine the effects of using the prediction, observation, and explanation (POE) model in building block activities, a true experimental design was implemented. A total of 49 preschoolers were randomly…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Play, Science Education
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Aldemir, Ozgul; Gursel, Oguz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
Children with developmental disabilities are trained using different teaching arrangements. One of these arrangements is called small-group teaching. It has been ascertained that a small-group teaching arrangement is more effective than a one-to-one teaching arrangement. In that sense, teaching academic skills to pre-school children in small-group…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Small Group Instruction, Teaching Methods
Dubinsky, Jim – 1994
A study of a junior-level grammar class for preservice teachers was conducted by an observer at Miami University of Ohio to determine the effectiveness of a Socratic teaching style that allowed the teacher to do most of the talking. Students in the class also participated in the observation; they were interviewed regularly by the graduate student.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Grammar, Higher Education