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Ruini, Chiara; Vescovelli, Francesca; Facchini, Maria; Maset, Rossano – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2023
Various investigations have applied meditation protocols in the school context, with beneficial effects. Transcendental meditation, however, received little attention in primary school settings and few controlled studies are available. The present study is aimed: 1) to investigate the implementation of a school protocol (Quiet Time-QT) based on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Well Being, Health Promotion, Metacognition
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Chandrasekhar, Aparajita; Xie, Luyu; Mathew, Matthew S.; Fletcher, Julie G.; Craker, Kelsey; Parayil, Megin; Messiah, Sarah E. – Journal of School Health, 2023
Background: Little is known about how school breakfast programs are associated with school attendance and academic performance. This study evaluated Dallas Independent School District's (DISD) breakfast after the bell (BATB) program that provides breakfast for both habitually tardy and non-tardy students on (1) academic performance and (2) student…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students
Andrea J. Gross – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the looming enrollment cliff approaches and more adult learners return to higher education, understanding the factors that affect their persistence and retention is vital for higher education institutions. Previous studies have shown that external factors influence post-traditional learners' pursuit of higher education. This program evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Tuition
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Yerdelen-Damar, Sevda; Eryilmaz, Ali – Research in Science Education, 2021
This study investigated the effect of the metacognitive instruction in which students' epistemic cognitions were explicitly addressed, on tenth-grade students' conceptual understandings regarding force and motion. The participants of the study included 107 (49 female, 58 male) tenth-grade students at two public high schools. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Metacognition, Epistemology
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Ibrahim, Hatim – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The goal of the current research to identify the effectiveness of the use of the strategy of electronic defects in the development of the educational techniques of the students of the middle level in Dammam city and the direction towards it, the descriptive and semi-experimental curriculum was used, for their content for research purposes, and has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Hasegawa, Raiden B.; Deshpande, Sameer K.; Small, Dylan S.; Rosenbaum, Paul R. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2020
Causal effects are commonly defined as comparisons of the potential outcomes under treatment and control, but this definition is threatened by the possibility that either the treatment or the control condition is not well defined, existing instead in more than one version. This is often a real possibility in nonexperimental or observational…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Inferences, Randomized Controlled Trials, Experimental Groups
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Double, Kit S.; McGrane, Joshua A.; Hopfenbeck, Therese N. – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Peer assessment has been the subject of considerable research interest over the last three decades, with numerous educational researchers advocating for the integration of peer assessment into schools and instructional practice. Research synthesis in this area has, however, largely relied on narrative reviews to evaluate the efficacy of peer…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Control Groups
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Yildiz Durak, Hatice – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
The aim of this research is to determine the effects of Scratch and Alice tools and programming teaching practices on student engagement, reflective thinking and problem-solving skills and computational thinking (CT) comparatively. A quasi-experimental design was used in the research and patterns with pretest-posttest control group were chosen for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Science Education, Programming, Programming Languages
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Parlakay, Eda Salman; Koç, Yasemin – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
This study aims to investigate the effects of Science Technology Education Math (STEM) practices on academic achievement and motivations of students in the 5th grade of middle school in "Exploring and Knowing the World of Living Creatures" section in Science lecture. The study was designed in a semi-experimental pattern with pre-test…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Grade 5
St. Yordanov, Valeri – Online Submission, 2020
In connection to studying the physical activity and psycho-physical achievements of the students from 7th grade, tests for physical capacity of boys were conducted at "Hristo Botev" Secondary School, Ruse. The tests are mandatory for all 7th grade boys. 102 students participated in two groups -- "A" and "C"…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Males, Physical Activity Level
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Mursalin – Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning, 2019
The learning Algebra courses are often taught using coventional textbooks. However, the reality of the learning outcomes has not been able to absorb the material to the maximum extent possible, and this is because the textbooks is limited in number so that students only record some of what is taught by the Lecturer. At the same time, electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
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Kazanidis, Ioannis; Pellas, Nikolaos; Fotaris, Panagiotis; Tsinakos, Avgoustos – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
While "flipping" a classroom has gained attention in K-12 and Secondary school programs, there has been relatively no explicit focus on its effectiveness as a teaching method for instructional media design courses in Higher Education. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the effectiveness of the flipped classroom…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Media, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ge, Yun-Ping; Yang, Hsiuting – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
Arrows are recognized as efficient visual elements in conveying location, direction, connection, and process because the shape is thought to have an immediate, common sense impact on viewers. However, the results of our prior quantitative study did not support the assumed effects of arrows in reading energy pyramid diagrams. The current study…
Descriptors: Energy, Visual Aids, Semiotics, Comprehension
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Whitehead, Evangelin – Excellence in Education Journal, 2019
This study investigated the impact of meta-cognitive strategy instruction on the listening comprehension of level III student-teachers. Sixty-eight student participants were selected whose listening proficiency was at the average to below average level. The selected students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Listening Comprehension
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Kirwin, Meghan; Harper, Nevin Jason; Young, Tarli; Itzvan, Itai – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2019
Mindfulness can be successfully combined with adventure education but the area is understudied. This longitudinal quasi-experimental study investigated whether an 8-day Outward Bound Mindfulness Program in nature would increase levels of positive affect, savouring, and mindfulness. Results indicate the experimental group experienced a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Outdoor Education, Intervention, Adventure Education
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