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Sandra Preusler; Johanna Fleckenstein; Steffen Zitzmann; Jürgen Baumert; Jens Möller – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Multilingualism is often associated with advantages for acquiring additional languages. Theoretical approaches explain these advantages by assuming a Common Underlying Proficiency or a Metalinguistic Awareness. At the State Europe School in Berlin, students from different language backgrounds receive instruction in German and a partner language…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, German, English (Second Language)
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Cordeiro, Carolina; Magalhães, Sofia; Nunes, Andreia; Olive, Thierry; Castro, São Luís; Limpo, Teresa – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
Writing is a complex task that requires the activation and coordination of several processes. In addition to the research on the domain-specific factors that contribute to school achievement, there is an increasing interest on general variables, such as mindfulness. Here, we aimed to test the contribution of middle-grade students' trait…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Writing Achievement, Prediction, Executive Function
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Lemke, Cristiane Ely; Weissheimer, Janaína; Mota, Natália Bezerra; de Souza Brentano, Luciana; Finger, Ingrid – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
The study investigates the effects of bilingualism and biliteracy on thought organisation, and syntactic complexity in the written production in a group of fifty 11-year-old children (M = 10.7) enrolled in 5th and 6th grades in a bilingual school in the south of Brazil. The children's home and community language is Portuguese, and they have been…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Grade 5, Grade 6, Bilingual Education
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Mendes, Pedro Cabral; Leandro, Cristina Rebelo; Campos, Francisco; Mónico, Lisete; Parreira, Pedro Miguel; Gomes, Ricardo – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of an interdisciplinary and intergenerational educational experience in the elderly, in teachers, students and their parents or guardians. Creative Dance and Drama Workshops were articulated with Portuguese, PE, Arts and IT subjects. A total of 20 6th graders, their parents or guardians, five…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Elementary School Students
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Susana C. Marques; J. L. Pais-Ribeiro; Shane J. Lopez – School Psychology International, 2009
The article describes the development of the Portuguese version of the Children's Hope Scale and the examination of its psychometric properties. A sample of 367 Portuguese students completed the Portuguese-language versions of the Children's Hope Scale (CHS; Snyder et al., 1997), Students' Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS; Huebner, 1991), Global…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Translation, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Macedo Dekaney, Elisa; Cunningham, Deborah A. – Music Educators Journal, 2009
For the past century and more, music education in the United States has focused primarily on Western European music traditions. Despite considerable efforts to include music from other regions and peoples in the curriculum, traditional music from world cultures is still not greatly represented. The benefits of a curriculum that incorporates…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Public Schools, Music Education, Music