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Davis, Virginia Wayman; Culp, Mara E. – Journal of General Music Education, 2024
Music education in the United States aims to be for every child, yet many students become less interested in school music as they mature. Although previous research reveals activities that upper-elementary students may prefer, much of this research may not represent 21st-century students, the instruments and activities that have enhanced curricula…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary School Students, Music Activities, Class Activities
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Leala Holcomb; Hannah Dostal; Kimberly Wolbers – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
This study investigates the communication practices of four teachers in 3rd to 6th grade classrooms with 9 deaf students with limited language proficiency and in stages of emergent writing development. Analyzing language modalities, utterance types, and class interactivity, we found that teachers using American sign language used student-centered…
Descriptors: Deafness, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Hunter-Doniger, Tracey – Art Education, 2021
The recent popularity of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education has begun a new renaissance in education. STEAM education demolishes the silos, and from the wreckage it creates a learning environment that embraces multiple discipline areas within the curriculum and allows content to be fluid rather than rigid, enabling…
Descriptors: Artists, Scientists, Art Education, STEM Education
John Stewart Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem was the impacts of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum on Chinese teachers' self-efficacy and student-centered learning practices were unknown. The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to determine the impacts of the International Baccalaureate curriculum on Chinese teachers' reports of self-efficacy and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Teena L. Martin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the understudied area of virtual reality (VR) creation among elementary-aged youth, exploring their engagement in VR creation and the ways in which educators can facilitate this creative process. Using an embedded case study, the researcher examined how the youth visualize writing using the VR creation tool, CoSpaces. To…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
Kaitlyn Marie Sassone – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Integrating technology into the classroom is more than just putting tools and hardware in front of children. To provide high-quality instruction, educators need to understand the relationship between pedagogy and technology. When technology is integrated into the classroom in a meaningful way, students become more engaged and they learn to take…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Teacher Attitudes
Farfan, Guillermo; Schoen, Robert C. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Many studies conducted in the last decades report that very few elementary-grades students understand the meaning of = in mathematics, and that upper-elementary students do not understand it any better than the lower-elementary students do. Using data from thousands of Florida elementary students, we show that students in Florida perform ten to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Symbols (Mathematics), Instructional Program Divisions
James Lamar Foster – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A growing number of schools are adopting social-emotional learning (SEL) programs to address students' social, emotional, and academic needs. The proliferation of school-based SEL programs has spurred more research to investigate the ways in which educators enact SEL in schools. However, very few studies have considered the role school leaders…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Implementation, Instructional Leadership, School Administration
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Spring, Helen – Primary Science, 2019
In this article, Helen Spring explains how a 'wow' activity is a great place to start learning outside the classroom. It will enthuse both children and staff. Teachers new to outdoor learning can start with something simple like having students use double-sided sticky tape to collect as many colours as they can from the school grounds. Then look…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Elementary School Science
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Radloff, Jeffrey; Capobianco, Brenda M. – Research in Science Education, 2021
The adoption of engineering design-based science teaching requires elementary teachers to modify their current science pedagogy, often resulting in tensions or hard choices they must make in their teaching practice. The purpose of this study is to identify, compare, and characterize the tensions faced by 45 grade 3 and grade 4 elementary teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Engineering Education, Design
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Kalyon, Demet Sahin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The aim of the study was to reveal the learning environments created by primary teachers in science classes and their teaching styles and compare them with the learning environments and teaching styles that their students dream of. Qualitative survey research design was used to find an answer to the research problem. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Wager, Amanda Claudia; Clarke, Lane W.; Enriquez, Grace – Teachers College Press, 2019
This practical resource will help K--6 practitioners grow their literacy practices while also meeting the needs of emergent bilingual learners. Building on the success of "The Reading Turn-Around," this book adapts the five-part framework for reading instruction to the specific needs of emergent bilinguals. Designed for teachers who have…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Nebraska Department of Education, 2023
In Fall and Winter 2022-2023, the NSCAS assessments were administered in ELA and mathematics for grades 3-8. In Spring 2022-2023, the NSCAS assessments were administered in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for grades 3-8 and in science for grades 5 and 8. The purposes of the NSCAS assessments are to measure and report Nebraska students'…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Student Centered Learning, Mathematics Tests
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Sias, Christina M.; Nadelson, Louis S.; Juth, Stephanie M.; Seifert, Anne L. – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Students need to be prepared for the 21st century by developing the literacy skills necessary for participating in the age of synthesis--an age that requires a progressive set of skills and knowledge. The authors identified nine educational innovations that are perceived to be effective for preparing students for the 21st century age of synthesis…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Lesson Plans, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Teachers
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