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Tharathikoon Raha; Montree Wongsapan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
This study introduces a novel learning management model aimed at enhancing Thai language proficiency in sixth-grade students. Confronting challenges such as inadequate teaching resources and a lack of student-centric, practical activities in current Thai language education, this model integrates six key components: foundational principles and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 6, Independent Study, Research and Development
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Porat, Erez; Shamir-Inbal, Tamar; Blau, Ina – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Introduction: Virtual worlds (VWs) are immersive three-dimensional environments, accessible simultaneously to multiple users, and described as shared, simulated spaces, whose inhabitants represented as avatars. VWs enable freedom of expression. Using VWs in educational contexts requires a shift from teacher-centered instruction to facilitation of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Nichole Danielle Viderman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to examine how 3rd-8th grade teachers describe their use of educational technology for experiential learning in mathematics in the Southwestern United States. David Kolb et al. (2001) experiential learning theory guided the two research questions on the level of use and how teachers described…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Experiential Learning, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Akkaya Yilmaz, Mavi; Karakus, Ufuk – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2018
The objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness of teaching the 6th grade (12-13 years old) social studies lessons' unit "Our Country's Resources" by place based teaching method on student achievement. This research was conducted in 2013-2014 academic year for six weeks in a public secondary school in Milas. In this…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Social Studies, Place Based Education, Program Effectiveness
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Acharya, Kamal Prasad; Devkota, Govinda Prasad; Prasad Dhakal, Krishna – Higher Education Studies, 2020
This article explores the possibilities of the use of eco-san in the school garden in the Nepalese community school, focusing on transformative pedagogical impacts on the social learning environment of the school. In particular, the use of urine as a fertilizer in the school garden through eco-san and linking pedagogical alignment to provide a…
Descriptors: Gardening, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Iztok Tomažic; Nina Pihler; Jelka Strgar – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
In this research, the self-reported fear and disgust toward animals of preservice biology teachers and their willingness to incorporate live animals into their teaching were assessed with a questionnaire. An entire generation of pre-service biology teachers (N = 128) participated in this research. The results show that students are mostly afraid…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Biology, Science Instruction, Fear
Samosa, Resty C.; Guyo, Johnzel M.; Dapadap, Marlon Q.; De Guzman, Russel – Online Submission, 2021
This study focused on the development of the learners on how Video-Based Experiential Approach will help learners to keep the pace of learnings in this pandemic. This study provided various evidence on how innovation can be a great step in developing the learners in learning about fraction. The purpose of this action research is to determine the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Experiential Learning, Fractions
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Kirby, Sarah D.; Chilcote, Amy G. – Journal of Extension, 2014
This article describes the Energy Transformation 4-H school enrichment curriculum. The curriculum addresses energy efficiency and conservation while meeting sixth-grade science essential standards requirements. Through experiential learning, including building and testing a model home, youth learn the relationship between various technologies and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Instruction, Youth Programs, Energy Education
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Wilkerson, Trena L.; Bryan, Tommy; Curry, Jane – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
This article describes how using candy bars as models gives sixth-grade students a taste for learning to represent fractions whose denominators are factors of twelve. Using paper models of the candy bars, students explored and compared fractions. They noticed fewer different representations for one-third than for one-half. The authors conclude…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 6, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods
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Fair, Cynthia D.; Decker, Anna K.; Hopkins, Kathryn E. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2011
This qualitative longitudinal study focuses on analyses of journals written by 31 sixth grade students who participated in the Chapel Buddy program. The Chapel Buddy program is a developmental mentoring program that pairs sixth graders with kindergarten students. Mentors responded to guided writing prompts three times during the course of the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Experiential Learning, Helping Relationship, Kindergarten
McAllister, Deborah A.; McDonald, Shirley A.; Bothman, Susan M. – Online Submission, 2010
The activities contained in this document have been presented at several conference sessions. Participants engaged in hands-on activities for Grades 3 through 8 that utilized a deck of playing cards to meet mathematics content and process standards. Activities included variations of card games, but with a mathematical twist, and other card-based…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Games, Manipulative Materials, Experiential Learning
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Chen, Gwo-Dong; Nurkhamid; Wang, Chin-Yeh; Yang, Su-Hang; Lu, Wei-Yuan; Chang, Chih-Kai – Interactive Learning Environments, 2013
This study proposes a platform to provide a near-authentic environment, context, and situation for task-based learning. The platform includes two projection screens (a vertical and a horizontal screen) combined for situated or authentic learning. The horizontal screen extends the vertical screen scene to form a space for learning activities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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Tao, Ying; Oliver, Mary; Venville, Grady – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Set in the context of today's globalized approaches to curriculum reform, the purpose of this study was to compare the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian Grade 6 classrooms. A conceptual framework based on notions of culture and socioeconomic status informed the research design. Case study participants were three teachers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
James, Abigail Norfleet; Allison, Sandra Boyd; McKenzie, Caitlin Zimmerman – Corwin, 2011
If you're tired of repeating yourself to students who aren't listening, try a little less talk and a lot more action. The authors follow the best-selling "Teaching the Male Brain and Teaching the Female Brain" with this ready-to-use collection of mathematics, language arts, science, and classroom management strategies. Designed for active,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Lesson Plans
Watson, William A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Exhibits in informal science institutions, like science centers and museums, are often designed to help people learn, but research showing the immediate impact of experiences with exhibits on understanding is limited. This dissertation tested the hypothesis that the value of first-hand experience with an exhibit is not necessarily in its immediate…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Grade 6, Field Trips
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