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Cheng, Hong-Yu; Chen, Lu – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2022
To foster the pursuit of a better understanding of how the shift of teaching paradigms from teacher-centred instruction to student-centred instruction might have effects on Chinese students' learning, this study investigated the associations between teaching paradigms (student-centred and teacher-centred) and students' academic motivation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Conventional Instruction, Student Motivation
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Mónus, Ferenc – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Measuring environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors in schools is crucial in order to assess how pedagogical work in the schools cope with the expectations to move sustainability related attitudes and behaviors of students toward more pro-environmental ones. These changes in students' attitudes and behaviors are among the main…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Policy, Sustainability, Teaching Methods
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Fitzgerald Leahy, Lauren R.; Miller, Faith G.; Schardt, Alyssa A. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative synthesis of single-case design (SCD) research was to investigate the effects associated with increasing teacher-directed opportunities to respond (TD-OTRs) on student behavioral outcomes in general, as well as differentiated by student response mode, grade level, and SCD research quality ratings. Twelve studies,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Student Behavior, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship
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Metzger, Kelsey J.; Langley, David – College Teaching, 2020
The primary purpose of this paper is to describe the variety of active engagements that characterize student behaviors in active learning classrooms (ALCs) across an undergraduate degree program. The number of different engagement types observed during a single class meeting varied between two and eight across 23 different courses. Three forms of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education
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Nordqvist, Ola; Johansson, Stefan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
In biotechnology education research (BTER), the multifaceted construct of attitude has seldom been problematised in depth despite that the majority of studies in BTER during the last two decades have focused on students' attitudes towards modern biotechnology. Most studies on attitudes in science education use a single-factor model in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Biotechnology
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Ayele, Mulugeta A.; Woldeyesus, Kassa M.; Aboretugne, Mekbib A.; Gobaw, Mekasha Kassaye; Wamisho, Aklilu D.; Mamie, Abdulaziz H.; Woldegiorgis, Demis Z.; Berhe, Gebreegziabher D. – Africa Education Review, 2019
The purpose of the study reported on was to investigate the current classroom practices of teachers. Using multistage sampling, 245 teachers were selected from primary and secondary schools in the Amhara Region and Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia. A survey design was used for the study. The major results obtained showed that problems were observed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Godwin, Karrie E; Almeda, Ma V.; Seltman, Howard; Kai, Shimin; Skerbetz, Mandi D.; Baker, Ryan S.; Fisher, Anna V. – Grantee Submission, 2016
This paper reports results from a large-scale observational study investigating attention allocation during instructional activities in elementary school students (kindergarten through fourth-grade). In Study 1, 22 classrooms participated while a more diverse sample of 30 classrooms participated in Study 2. This work investigated temporal patterns…
Descriptors: Observation, Student Behavior, Time on Task, Elementary School Students