Purpose. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of animation in enhancing story-writing skills among fourth-grade female students in Jordan. Method. To achieve this objective, a quasi-experimental design with an experimental and a control group was employed. The participants of the study consisted of 56 fourth-grade female students from…

Background/purpose: The integration of local cultural values in education plays a crucial role in shaping students' character, fostering attitudes of global diversity and religious moderation. This study aims to develop a valid, practical, and effective IPAS learning module based on Tesuling local cultural values to enhance students' global…

Previous research used the learning hierarchy (LH) as a heuristic to select reading interventions based on the level of accuracy defined as the percentage of words read correctly. The current study examined the validity of the LH by reporting the prevalence of reading profiles proposed by the framework: Acquisition phase--inaccurate and slow,…

Research shows that targeted interventions for language comprehension and production benefit the development of English language proficiency and literacy skills of English Learner (EL) students. Despite this, many ELs in the United States do not receive such academic support, as few programs are designed to address the needs of ELs. Educational…

Children are having fewer embodied social interactions outside (Haidt, 2024). Thus, there is a need to create embodied activities that turn students' attention to each other and nature (Barwell et al., 2022) and that build from their interests (Frankenstein & Powell, 2023). Using a socio-ecological framework that centers on relationships among…

In the fall of 2021, experts declared a national emergency in children's mental health, urging organizations to put in place school-based mental health care services to reduce barriers and increase access to care. This paper describes implementation and acceptability of an innovative school-based model to deliver group art therapy that is…

While research on how classroom climate impacts students' bullying behavior has increased over past decades, studies on how a well-functioning class climate may impact the classroom prevalence of victims of bullying are scarce. Class climate refers to the quality of collective interpersonal relationships among students in a school class. Thus, in…

In "The Empathetic Classroom," educator and licensed therapist Maria Munro-Schuster helps K-12 teachers navigate emotional stress, combat exhaustion, connect with students, and avoid burning out. She also gives tools for better teaching, for teaching that feels better, and for classrooms where emotional intelligence, safety, and empathy…

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between opt-out rates, poverty, and results on the English Language Arts and Mathematics assessments for grades 3-8 in New York State. The setting included 102 school districts that were in two adjacent suburban counties in New York State: Nassau and Suffolk. A series of Pearson…

Problem-solving is a key aspect of mathematics instruction. Although it is part of several national curricula, its implementation is still being vastly explored. The present research, which is part of a larger project, aimed to investigate the effect of using problem-oriented instruction in grade 3 of primary school on students' mathematical…

With the engaging blend of visuals and texts, comics have emerged as promising tools for enhancing reading comprehension in primary classrooms. This study examined how incorporating English comics as reading materials and interventions impact students' reading comprehension. It also determined students' perceptions on the use of English comics to…

This phenomenological study investigated Syrian refugee children's experiences of loneliness in Turkish primary schools through Max van Manen's existential framework--lived space, body, time and others. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 14 children aged 9-12 and 6 weeks of classroom observation in a public school in Ankara.…

Recognizing character strengths in others, such as kindness and honesty, can encourage children to apply these strengths themselves. Developing character strengths is associated with various positive outcomes, such as improved life satisfaction and connectedness with others. As films are omnipresent in children's lives nowadays, this qualitative…

This study aims to determine the serial mediatory effect of metacognitive writing awareness and writing self-efficacy in the relationship between primary school students' self-regulation and writing success. The study participants were 408 fourth-grade students attending public primary schools in two cities in eastern Turkey. This study is a…

Purpose: With over one third of students in the United States exposed to languages other than English at home, there is a growing need to examine the role of bilingual exposure across settings on bilingual language performance. This study explored the longitudinal relationship between language exposure at home and school, and changes in bilingual…