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Eric Ryan Osborne – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the impact of participation in middle school garden programs on student well-being through a mixed-methods evaluation. Set against a backdrop of escalating mental health crises among K-12 students in the United States, characterized by heightened levels of stress, depression, and anxiety, this study evaluated whether school…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Participation, Gardening, Well Being
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Ioannis Vassiloudis; Vaia Chalda – Pedagogical Research, 2024
This study reports the results obtained from the implementation of an educational program for primary education in relation to the development or enhancement of students' learning motivation. The publication of a school journal by 24 6th grade students at a public primary school in Greece and their teacher was the main project of the project. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
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Hsiu-Ling Chen; Abebayehu Yohannes; Ning-Li Hung – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
The escape room game is an example of digital game-based learning that has become a popular learning tool in recent years. However, not enough is known about enthusiasm for and promising reports of the use of escape rooms in education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of escape room game-based civics education on eighth…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Video Games
Dawn V. Rogers – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the impact of secondary administrator perceptions on implementing restorative discipline practices in Texas middle school campuses. Ten secondary middle school administrators from diverse Texas school districts that utilized restorative practices for non-expellable offenses participated in open-ended, semi-structured…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Restorative Practices, Program Effectiveness
Simone M. Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Science talk is central to learning in the classroom but despite a variety of interventions, lack of participation in discussion is a persistent obstacle to learner engagement (Clarke, 2015; Mercer, 1996; Mercer et al., 1999; Webb, 1989). Classroom programs may aid student participation but have not been sufficient to overcome students'…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Science Education, Student Participation, Grade 6
W. Keith Burgess – ProQuest LLC, 2024
U.S. school achievement has been the subject of much discussion. In the case of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), the national underperformance across the country, as well as the underrepresentation of minorities are key issues (Anderson et al., 2023; Handelsman & Smith, 2016; National Research Council, 2015; The…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Underachievement, Disproportionate Representation
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Heather J. Leidy; Steve M. Douglas; Kathy A. Greaves – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2025
Breakfast skipping in young people has been strongly associated with reduced cognitive performance and school grades, attendance and disciplinary concerns, reduced health and well-being, and an increased risk of obesity. The school breakfast program (SBP) was implemented to improve nutrition and diet quality for all school-aged children and teens.…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Dietetics
Daymond Ray Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Addressing the social and emotional learning of students can lead to increased social and emotional functioning, improved classroom and school behavior, and increased academic performance. This study investigated the effectiveness of a social and emotional learning (SEL) intervention program in a middle school in central Georgia. The study…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Social Emotional Learning, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Wei-Cheng Lee; Chiu-Lin Lai – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Collaborative mathematical argumentation plays an important role in mathematics education. However, students often focus on the efficiency of solving problems and neglect the importance of expressing statements and reasoning in the collaborative argumentation process. Due to the weak knowledge changes in group argumentation, students' learning…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Gamification, Student Participation
Sharon L. James – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this mixed-method case study program evaluation was to assess the effectiveness of a middle-level career exploration program to determine whether any program adjustments should be implemented for overall student success. From a population of 152 core classroom teachers, 55 teachers responded to a survey…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Career Exploration, Program Effectiveness, Middle Schools
Callen, Ian; Carbonari, Maria V.; DeArmond, Michael; Dewey, Daniel; Dizon-Ross, Elise; Goldhaber, Dan; Isaacs, Jazmin; Kane, Thomas J.; Kuhfeld, Megan; McDonald, Anna; McEachin, Andrew; Morton, Emily; Muroga, Atsuko; Staiger, Douglas O. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2023
To make up for pandemic-related learning losses, many U.S. public school districts have increased enrollment in their summer school programs. We assess summer school as a strategy for COVID-19 learning recovery by tracking the academic progress of students who attended summer school in 2022 across eight districts serving 400,000 students. Based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, COVID-19, Pandemics, Summer Programs
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Kristiina Janhonen; Cecilia Olsson; Maria Waling – Education Inquiry, 2025
This action research study explores how co-developing school meals can be taken as a case for education for sustainable development, as integrated to home economics education. We analyse a seven-month-process of collaborative participation in a Finnish secondary school conducted with two home economics teachers, a school food manager, and students…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Lunch Programs, Food, Secondary School Teachers
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Beth Hosek; Anastasia Kitsantas; Shannon King; Roy Echeverria; Sahar Wahidi – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
The purpose of the present study was to explore the voices of high- and low-achieving middle school students around the function and utility of a student-engaged design learning how to learn intervention. The intervention was a year-long standard elective course in the curriculum in which all students enrolled during their time in middle school.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Rural Schools, Low Achievement, High Achievement
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Hwiyoung P. Lee; Ram A. Cnaan – Grantee Submission, 2025
Diminishing civic vitality has been reported in numerous societies, irrespective of democratic maturity. Mandatory community service initiatives in schools have garnered attention as a strategy for fostering long-term civic engagement. However, methodological challenges such as selection bias and observation timing have led to inconsistent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Victor Villarreal – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2024
School-based mental health screening has been identified as a major component of social, emotional, and behavioral multitiered systems of support models, and a promising practice that can be used to address unmet mental health needs of children and adolescents. However, there are frequently noted concerns about the feasibility of implementing…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Mental Health
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