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The Effects of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Strategies on the Reading Proficiency of English Language Learners
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Robin Anne Padget – ProQuest LLC, 2021
English language learners (ELLs) need additional support to achieve academic success. The problem addressed in this study was the need to know if the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) support for ELL students was effective in improving their reading achievement. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine if there…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Observational Learning, Reading Achievement
Learning in and beyond School Gardens with Cyber-Physical Systems
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Zuiker, Steven J.; Wright, Kyle – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This design-based research study considers the learner-generated design and refinement of a school garden. We report one enactment of the Connected Gardening project in order to illuminate and understand how a fourth-grade class organizes and refines its garden plot using observations of the physical environment and evaluations of data from a…
Descriptors: Gardening, Environmental Education, Science Education, Elementary School Students
Participating in Science at Home: Recognition Work and Learning in Biology
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article presents an analysis of the longitudinal consequences of out-of-school science learning with a conceptual framework that connects the intentions of youth to their participation in science. The focus is on one girl's science activities in her home and hobby pursuits from fourth to seventh grade to create an empirical account of how…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 4
Organization and Stability of Transfer in Vicarious Concept Attainment
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Rosenthal, Ted L.; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Child Development, 1976
The effects of different degrees of stimulus organization on subsequent generalization were studied with 120 fourth-grade children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Observational Learning, Responses, Stimulus Generalization
Modeling Original Divergent Responses: An Initial Investigation
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Belcher, Terence L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Investigates the effects of a videotaped model upon children's verbal originality. Among the four experimental groups tested, it was found that the group who viewed the videotaped model had significant increases in both quantity and quality of divergent productions. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Children, Creative Expression, Creativity, Divergent Thinking
The Function of Direct and Vicarious Reinforcement in Human Learning.
Owens, Carl R.; And Others – 1981
The role of reinforcement has long been an issue in learning theory. The effects of reinforcement in learning were investigated under circumstances which made the information necessary for correct performance equally available to reinforced and nonreinforced subjects. Fourth graders (N=36) were given a pre-test of 20 items from the Peabody Picture…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Grade 4
Effects of Attending an In-School Opera Performance on Attitudes of Fourth-, Fifth-, and Sixth-Grade Students.
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Sims, Wendy L. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1992
Presents study results comparing attitudes of elementary school students who did or did not attend an in-school opera performance. Explains that students completed questionnaires measuring attitudes toward opera. Reports that fifth- and sixth-grade students experienced a positive effect from attending the opera. Suggests that fourth grade may be a…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities