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Çekmez, Erdem; Bülbül, Buket Özüm – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Problem-solving is regarded as a major component of mathematical performance, and well-designed problem-solving-based learning environments have the potential to assist students in developing a meaningful understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures. In this respect, given its various features, dynamic mathematics software has been…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods
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Hsu, Ting-Chia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
To stimulate classroom interactions, this study employed two different smartphone application modes, providing an additional instant interaction channel in a flipped classroom teaching fundamental computer science concepts. One instant interaction mode provided the students (N = 36) with anonymous feedback in chronological time sequence, while the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Peer Relationship, Homework, Video Technology
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Allen, Kelly-Ann; Kern, Margaret L.; Vella-Brodrick, Dianne; Waters, Lea – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2018
Purpose: The vision or mission statement of a school outlines the school's purpose and defines the context, goals, and aspirations that govern the institution. Using vision and mission statements, the present descriptive research study investigated trends in Australian secondary schools' priorities. Research Methods: A stratified sample of…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Secondary Schools, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
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Cherkowski, Sabre; Schnellert, Leyton – Teacher Development, 2018
This paper documents the first year of a qualitative case study investigating the experiences of reciprocal learning teams of teachers within a small, rural secondary school. The purpose of this study was to examine how teachers experienced collaborative professional development (PD) and how their experiences contributed to developing the culture…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Collaboration, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Burkitt, Esther – Educational Psychology, 2018
The present study assessed concordance between child reported and adult observed strategies to depict single and mixed emotion in the same human figure drawings. 205 children (104 boys, 101 girls) aged 6 years 2 months to 8 years 3 months formed two age groups (6 years 2 months-7 years 2 months and 7 years 3 months-8 years 3 months) across two…
Descriptors: Young Children, Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Freehand Drawing
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Alvarez-García, Olaya; Sureda-Negre, Jaume; Comas-Forgas, Rubén – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: In this paper, the results of an investigation aimed at analysing and comparing the environmental competences of future teachers undergoing training in two universities are presented. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the difference in the acquisition of environmental competences amongst two groups of students enrolled in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Competence, Preservice Teachers
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Osana, Helena P.; Przednowek, Katarzyna; Cooperman, Allyson; Adrien, Emmanuelle – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
The effects of prior encodings of manipulatives (red and blue plastic chips) on children's ability to use them as representations of quantity were tested. First graders (N = 73) were assigned to four conditions in which the encoding of plastic chips was experimentally manipulated. All children then participated in an addition activity that relied…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Manipulative Materials, Cognitive Processes
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Casey, Erin M.; DiCarlo, Cynthia F. – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
This article is centred on the constructs of teacher quality as defined by early childhood (EC) teachers in Belize. Using the concept of teacher beliefs as a framework, the researchers analyse teachers' perceptions of quality teaching, which should guide policy and practice decisions. For this pilot study, data were collected from 22 teachers…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Coding, Teacher Effectiveness, Focus Groups
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Nicoladis, Elena; Marentette, Paula; Pika, Simone; Barbosa, Poliana Gonçalves – Language Learning and Development, 2018
These studies tested two questions about the developmental origins of children's sensitivity to iconicity with regard to number gestures: (1) whether children initially learn number gestures with sensitivity to the one-to-one correspondence between fingers and quantities or whether they learn them as unanalyzed symbols; and (2) whether sensitivity…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Child Development, Cognitive Development, French
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Taylor, Matthew S. – Journal of Special Education, 2018
Researchers suggest students in early elementary grade levels are active learners and creators and need to be exposed to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curriculum. The need for student understanding in STEM curriculum is well-documented, and positive results in robotics and computer programming are leading researchers and…
Descriptors: Programming, Primary Education, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
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Downton, Michael P. – Contributions to Music Education, 2018
Intuitions are incomplete knowledge structures that help us make sense of the world around us. Additionally, when learners are given opportunities to talk about their intuitive understanding, it helps construct their knowledge in a domain (music). The issue with intuitions and intuitive responses is not whether they are correct or incorrect, but…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Music Education, Responses, Intuition
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Maras, Pam; Thompson, Trevor; Gridley, Nicole; Moon, Amy – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
The "About Me" Questionnaire (AMQ) has been used to measure components of social identity, academic self-concept and self-worth in children and adolescents in the United Kingdom and abroad. Studies have reported simple reliability statistics but a comprehensive assessment of the scale's psychometric properties has not been conducted.…
Descriptors: Self Concept Measures, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Factor Structure
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Xiong, Yiying; Zhou, Yuchun – Journal of International Students, 2018
In this study, we explore East Asian graduate students' socio-cultural and psychological adjustment in a U.S. Midwestern University. Eight participants were interviewed about their acculturation challenges as well as their effective coping strategies. Data were analyzed using open-coding techniques and five themes emerged: three themes summarized…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Psychological Patterns, Cultural Differences, Graduate Students
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Chapman, Sian; Wright, Peter; Pascoe, Robin – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2018
Arts education in Western Australian primary schools consist of learning opportunities outlined by mandated curriculum. However, assumptions underlying this curriculum involving access, resources and support impact schools' capacity to implement the curriculum without them being adequately addressed by the written curriculum. Drawing on the policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Elementary Education, Curriculum
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De Coninck, Karen; Valcke, Martin; Vanderlinde, Ruben – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2018
This study reports on the design of a video-based instrument to assess student teachers' parent-teacher communication competences (PTCC) in a reliable and valid way. PTCC refer to the competences needed to communicate successfully with parents during conversations such as parent-teacher conferences. Taking into account both conceptual and…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Video Technology
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