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Tracey-Ann Palmer; Emily Booth – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
This literature review offers compelling evidence for the significant role music and song can play in cultivating student engagement in elementary school science lessons. With students disengaging from science education, there is concern about the lack of necessary scientific literacy skills required in today's world. To explore whether music and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Singing, Music
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Grimshaw, Michele; Schofield, Kathy – Primary Science, 2021
Many newsworthy events have brought with them scientific developments that have furthered the knowledge and understanding of the world and impacted life today. Events such as these can provide the perfect way to link history with science and provide children with the opportunity to make the connection between science and everyday life. As Primary…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries
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Reigh, Emily; Miller, Emily Adah; Simani, Maria Chiara; Severson, Alice – Science and Children, 2023
Since the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) were released, K-12 science teachers have been figuring out how to extend related learning opportunities to all students, including multilingual learners (MLLs) who are new to speaking English. Elementary schools often prioritize math and English language arts, the subjects that are…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, English Language Learners, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Wilkinson, Debs; Stone, Glenn – Primary Science, 2019
Teaching children scientific vocabulary is an important part of science education and should be carefully considered when planning units of work so that children can understand new words and apply them to their learning (Sewell, 2018). This view is echoed in the aims of the National Curriculum in England, which states that pupils should be able to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Grammar, Vocabulary Development
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Markwick, Andy – Primary Science, 2019
Exploiting the special synergy between science and mathematics can deepen children's understanding of scientific concepts and ideas and provide a range of contextualised opportunities for children to apply their mathematical knowledge and skills. With some creative thought and careful planning, science activities can be developed so that they…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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Tyner, Adam; Kabourek, Sarah – Social Education, 2021
Improving the reading ability of young students could hardly be a more urgent priority for our elementary schools. Two thirds of American fourth and eighth graders are not able to read proficiently--and the outcomes are far worse for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2019 showed that only…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary School Students, Literacy, Reading Skills
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Johnson, Ingrid L.; Abbate, Vinny; Chase, Rachael – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2017
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the ease with which physical educators, or any other teacher in a school, can incorporate physical movement skills (physical literacy) while teaching reading, writing or any other content area at the same time.
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Jakobson, Britt; Wickman, Per-Olof – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2015
Here we examine the role art activities play in aesthetic experience and learning of science. We compare recordings of two sequential occurrences in an elementary school class. The purpose of the first sequence was scientific and involved the children in observing leaves with magnifiers. The second sequence had an artistic purpose, where the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Art Activities, Aesthetics, Science Instruction
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Cormas, Peter C. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Preservice teachers in six sections (n = 87) of a sequenced, methodological and process-integrated elementary mathematics/science methods course were able to reconcile an issue centered on a similar area of epistemology. Preservice teachers participated in a science inquiry lesson on biological classification and a mathematics problem-solving…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Epistemology, Integrated Curriculum
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Vardell, Sylvia M.; Wong, Janet S. – Science and Children, 2014
Like science, poetry often involves a high level of abstraction in language and ideas, requiring specific critical-thinking skills and promoting interaction. Casteel and Isom (1994) acknowledge, "The literacy processes are the means by which science content is learned because content information is rooted in written and oral language"…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment, Poetry, Interdisciplinary Approach
Blackstock, Alan, Ed.; Straight, Nathan, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2015
Synchronous technologies, particularly interactive video conferencing (IVC), are becoming common modes of teaching and delivering college courses. The increasing popularity of IVC in the U.S. and abroad calls for more pedagogically effective practices for instructors using this technology. This volume focuses on innovative and proven approaches to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Theory Practice Relationship, Technology Uses in Education
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Henning, Mary Beth; Peterson, Barbara R.; King, Kenneth Paul – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
In an effort to improve science and social studies instruction, preservice teachers developed original science, technology, and society units to teach in elementary and middle school classrooms during their clinical field experience. Data revealed that the preservice teachers fell into categories of being skeptics, open-minded instructors, or…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Personality, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education
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Plotnick, Roy E.; Varelas, Maria; Fan, Qian – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
Physical World is a one-semester course designed for elementary education majors, that integrates earth science, astronomy, and physics. The course is part of a four-course set that explores science concepts, processes, and skills, along with the nature of scientific practice, that are included in state and national standards for elementary school…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Majors (Students), Earth Science, Astronomy
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Casteel, Carolyn P.; Isom, Bess A. – Reading Teacher, 1994
Argues that, by drawing upon literature, practitioners can explore parallel processes in science and literacy. Provides a framework designed to deepen student learning in both areas and promote stronger curriculum connections. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literacy, Science Instruction
Smith, Robert W. – Learning, 1987
Snails, lizards, frogs, and toads can be used to generate student interest in elementary school science. Art, writing, and science activities involving these animals are suggested. (CB)
Descriptors: Animals, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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