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Schmitt, Lukas; Weber, Anke; Venitz, Laura; Leuchter, Miriam – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: The importance of diagnostic and scaffolding activities for early science learning has been shown consistently. However, preschool teachers scarcely engage in them. We developed an instrument to assess preschool teachers' willingness to engage in diagnostic and scaffolding activities in science learning situations and examined its…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Attitudes
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Gallagher, Shelagh A.; Gallagher, James J. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
One goal of the US Department of Education-funded Project Insights was to see if the use of Problem-based Learning (PBL) would encourage students to reveal previously unseen academic potential. Two PBL units were taught to 271 sixth grade students in 13 classrooms. Afterwards, teachers identified students who demonstrated previously unseen…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Academic Ability, Grade 6, Units of Study