Field trips to faith communities are generally seen as a valuable way of learning about different religions. This article reports on a qualitative study exploring the practice of primary school field trips to the Church of Norway; the majority church that historically has had a religiously dominant role in Norwegian society. Utilising perspectives…

In this study, we evaluate the impact of a game-based supplemental fraction curriculum on student engagement, fraction knowledge, and STEM interest in inclusive elementary mathematics classrooms. Utilizing a robust experimental design, the research explores how a game-based interventions can augment traditional fraction instruction and promote…

The link between technology use and cybervictimization in elementary education is less explored than in secondary education. Increased technology use since COVID-19 and high rates of cybervictimization among elementary students highlight the need to identify early risk factors. This study surveyed 1,169 families of fifth and sixth graders using a…

Background/purpose: As a developing country with a wide area, Indonesia often experiences problems with equal access and quality of learning, specifically in remote schools. To overcome these challenges, several studies have proposed using gamified mobile-based learning as an effective alternative. Therefore, this study aims to explore students'…

Background/purpose: The study tries to discover how predictive thinking can be incorporated into writing activities to assist students in developing their creative skills in writing learning environments. Through this study, teachers will be able to adopt a new teaching method that helps transform the way creative writing is taught in language…

A wide variety of gamification tools are available for language learning; however, few studies have explored the impact of Flippity-Connecto (hereafter referred to as Connecto) on learners' cognitive and affective processes. Connecto, a game similar to Tic-Tac-Toe, was designed to assist students in learning English as a foreign language (EFL).…

Research on school recess has highlighted the need for more integrated and situated knowledge of students' recess experiences as a function of school and recess context. This study assessed differences in recess-specific negative affect; enjoyment and opportunities (indoors and outdoors), and physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous physical…

Individual differences in working memory (WM) influence reading skills. We aim to identify how different domains of WM explain reading performance, and how this association changes with age and reading expertise. Hungarian children from first to sixth grade took part in our study. The decoding skills of all children were assessed with 1-min word…

Background: Environmental education is crucial for promoting pro-environmental attitudes and behavior change. However, traditional teaching methods may not effectively engage learners in environmental protection. This study aims to address the limitations of traditional teaching methods and contribute to the development of effective environmental…

This article investigates Montessori education in Italy through three studies, addressing a significant research gap in Europe. Two quasi-experimental studies examine academic and non-academic outcomes, considering factors such as gender, age, socio-economic status, years of Montessori education, and implementation fidelity. A third exploratory…

Being connected to nature can have many benefits for children, including improved well-being, and more positive attitudes towards the environment. Ecological recording, as part of a citizen science project, may offer new opportunities for children to learn about, and connect with, nature. In this study, we investigate outcomes of an ecological…

Mastery learning -- requiring students to achieve proficiency in a topic before advancing -- is a well-established and effective teaching method. Digital learning systems support this approach by personalizing content sequences, enabling students to focus on practicing topics they have not yet mastered. To achieve this, digital learning systems…

The present study aims to investigate the effects of music-related beliefs on musical leisure activities of elementary school students. To this end, the relationship between music-related beliefs and musical leisure activities was examined while controlling for sex, socio-economic status, and migration background. Data analyses are based on a…

This study examines the impact of the socioconstructivist approach on the academic performance of elementary school students and teachers in Peru to evaluate its implementation within the national educational policy. A mixed approach with a descriptive and causal-explanatory design was adopted, combining documentary analysis with bibliometric…

Students with mathematics difficulty, especially students with disabilities and emergent bilinguals, require careful consideration during word-problem instruction. Word problems that include relational terms such as more but are not easily solved using the implied operation (i.e., addition) can be particularly challenging. First, we summarize a…