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Matlen, Bryan J.; Klahr, David – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
We report the effect of different sequences of high vs low levels of instructional guidance on children's immediate learning and long-term transfer of simple experimental design procedures and concepts, often called "CVS" (Control of Variables Strategy). Third-grade children (N = 57) received instruction in CVS via one of four possible orderings…
Descriptors: Research Design, Guidance, Cognitive Development, Direct Instruction
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Thornley, Christina; Selbie, Joanne; McDonald, Trevor – Reading Teacher, 2011
This Teaching Tips article describes a classroom-based research project conducted between a teacher and a researcher. The topic arose from the teacher's concern about the inaccuracies and misconceptions exhibited by many of her third-grade students as they fluently decoded unfamiliar expository texts. The teacher researched her practice and the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Expository Writing, Reading Comprehension
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Hunt, Jessica H.; Welch-Ptak, Jasmine J.; Silva, Juanita M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
Documenting how students with learning disabilities (LD) initially conceive of fractional quantities, and how their understandings may align with or differ from students with mathematics difficulties, is necessary to guide development of assessments and interventions that attach to unique ways of thinking or inherent difficulties these students…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Fractions, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
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Hsu, Pi-Sui – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the current beliefs, practices and barriers concerning technology integration of Kindergarten through Grade Six teachers in the midwestern United States. The three data collection methods were online surveys with 152 teachers as well as interviews and observations with 8 teachers. The findings…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Barriers, Educational Practices, Technology Integration
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Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Bowden, A. Brooks; Pan, Yilin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This study evaluates the impacts and costs of the Reading Partners program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in under-resourced elementary schools. The evaluation uses an experimental design. Students were randomly assigned within 19 different Reading Partners sites to a program or control…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Tutorial Programs, Randomized Controlled Trials, Tutors
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Nesset, Valerie – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: As part of a larger study in 2006 of the information-seeking behaviour of third-grade students in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a model of their information-seeking behaviour was developed. To further improve the model, an extensive examination of the literature into information-seeking behaviour and information literacy was conducted…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Information Seeking, Literacy Education
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Aydin, Fatih – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2015
Background: Today, for most of us, technology is a vital and inevitable part of our lives. Due to its widespread use, a great emphasis is being given to educating generations about technology. And, every individual has his/her own style of organizing and collecting information. Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to identify the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Cognitive Style, Science Education
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Trezek, Beverly J.; Mayer, Connie – American Annals of the Deaf, 2015
The present study examined the efficacy of using an informal reading inventory to assess literacy levels in elementary-age deaf students, grades 3-5: the period when the gap between deaf and hearing learners often begins to widen, and the need to identify and remediate specific skill deficits becomes increasingly imperative. Emphasis was placed on…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Grade 3, Grade 4
Moyer, Katie – Online Submission, 2011
This action research project will be focused on a group of third grade students. Each student will be placed into three different groups based on similar learning styles, similar interests, and student readiness. These small groups will be occurring within my third grade classroom during our bi-weekly science lesson. The purpose of this action…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Action Research, Academic Achievement, Grade 3
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
"Words Their Way"[TM] is an approach to phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction for students in kindergarten through high school. The program can be implemented as a core or supplemental curriculum and aims to provide a practical way to study words with students. The purpose of word study (which involves examining, manipulating,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phonics, Spelling Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Song, Donggil; Karimi, Arafeh; Kim, Paul – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Teaching argumentation with appropriate activities and strategies would support a wide range of goals in science education. Though science labs have been suggested and employed for argumentation activities, such educational expenditures are likely to be beyond the means of most schools in under-resourced areas. Due to the lack of appropriate…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Disadvantaged Schools, Developing Nations, Rural Areas
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Elo, Janne – Educational Action Research, 2016
This article is the result of an action research project conducted in 2014 in a primary school in the city of Vaasa in Finland. The project focused on developing the practice of integrating enterprise education as a part of everyday teaching in Grade Three. The project involved three class teachers, the headmaster and a university researcher. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Relevance (Education), Barriers
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Lee, Young Ju – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2016
This study aims to explore the nature of the identities constructed by EFL learners through picture-book read-alouds and the possible relationship between these identities and their literacy learning. Eight Korean students were encouraged to connect with stories through picture-book workshops. Before and after the picture-book read-alouds, tests…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Self Concept, Reading Comprehension, Picture Books
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Gyamfi, Kwadwo; Pobbi, Michael Asamani – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The role of parents in the guiding and monitoring of child activities is critical towards the development of the child. In Ghana reforms taken, especially at the basic school level, have focused on improving school infrastructure and enrollment ignoring parents awareness to actively involve themselves both at home and in school activities which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
Rice, Diane – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In Grades 3 to 5 at a suburban southeastern elementary school, the percentage of students with disabilities (SWDs) who do not meet state standards in science and social studies is greater than that of their nondisabled peers. To address this disparity, district administrators required that proficiency ratings increase for SWDs without providing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Disabilities, Elementary School Science
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