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Saouma, Dahlia; Bahous, Rima; Natout, Mahmoud; Nabhani, Mona – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2018
Background: This study investigates the role of figures of speech in the process of conceptual change in the physics classroom. Purpose: Its objectives are to examine what teachers and students perceive to be the advantages in using figures of speech in teaching physics concepts, what they perceive to be the challenges in using them, and how…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Amir, Dana; Shoshana, Avihu – Critical Studies in Education, 2018
This article examines the interpretations of high school students from different socioeconomic locations (in terms of socioeconomic class and ethnicity) with regard to the text "Brown Morning," used as a didactic tool for antiracism education within the framework of Civics courses. The research findings uncover differences in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Civics, Socioeconomic Status
Price, Cecelia Joyce – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Employing the research approach known as portraiture, this study investigated the varying ways in which three secondary English language arts teachers at a visual and performing arts high school conceptualized and designed multimodal literacy learning. Also studied were the ways in which their students responded to these designs; and in keeping…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Multiple Literacies, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Argon, Türkan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This study aims to fill the gap in the field of observation-based longitudinal studies about metaphors in educational literature and investigates students' perceptions about the concept of university before and after university by identifying and comparing the change and the direction of change observed in perceptions. The phenomenological study…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Chen Hsieh, Jun Scott; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Marek, Michael W. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
Instruction in English is a priority around the globe, but instructional methodologies have not always kept pace with the changing needs of students. To explore the benefits of the flipped classroom model for learners of English as a Foreign Language, the researchers used flipped learning and Wen's Output-driven/Input-enabled model to design a…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction