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Bradley J. Morris; Jacob Cason; Katie Asaro; Yin Zhang; Michelle Rivers; Whitney Owens; John Dunlosky – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
Understanding experimental design (e.g. control of variable strategy or CVS) is foundational for scientific reasoning. Previous research has demonstrated that demonstrations with cognitive conflict (e.g. asking students to evaluate and explain different experimental designs) are effective in promoting children's scientific reasoning, however, the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Informal Education, Intervention, Foods Instruction
Carla Paredes; Adrienne Barnes-Story; Stephanie Zuilkowski; Bodunrin Akinrinmade – Global Education Review, 2023
In this study, we examine the association between attending a Non-Formal Learning Center (NLFC) in Sokoto and Bauchi states for at least nine months and reading outcomes for out-of-school children (OOSC) who are mainstreamed into formal schooling by grade 4 (P4). We use Hierarchical Linear Modeling with data from 1,116 pupil Early Grade Reading…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Reading Ability
Caspi, Avner; Gorsky, Paul; Nitzani-Hendel, Rakefet; Shildhouse, Bruria – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
It has been found that participation in informal, year-long STEM programmes for "primary school children" encourages further STEM learning and motivates STEM career aspirations. To date, no previous research has investigated such programmes. The study's goals were to collect and analyse demographic data about the 3rd-6th grade…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Student Participation, Informal Education
He, Xiang-xiang; Deng, Yi-ping; Liu, Jian-hua; Sun, Guang-yu; Xiong, Jian-wen; Xiao, Yang – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Students' informal science learning experiences are believed to strongly influence their attitudes toward science and their abilities in the subject. Factors associated with students' informal science learning experiences include family socioeconomic status and perceived family support. However, little is known about whether perceived family…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Amber Simpson; Jing Yang; Adam Maltese – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2024
Research has consistently highlighted the importance of promoting child-parent interactions. In this essay, we describe the development of MAKEngineering kits that provide collaborative learning experiences for children in Grades 2-6 to engage in engineering design tasks with members of their families in their home environment. First, we present…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Engineering Education, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Science
Gallup, Jenn; Coffland, David; Schultz, Kyle – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2021
This paper presents a framework for implementing informal learning events through a multi-modal event. A specific example is provided using the Mars LEGO Robotics challenge during the global pandemic Novel-coronavirus-19 (COVID). Students in grades 4-6 typically develop Lego Mars Rovers and compete in a face-to-face large competition in three…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, STEM Education, Multimedia Instruction, Informal Education
Luo, Tian; So, Winnie Wing Mui; Li, Wai Chin; Yao, Jianxin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
STEM integration has become a popular concept not only in the context of education practices but also as a way of learning. The integration of the STEM domains is evident in students' learning experiences when engaging in STEM activities. However, there is a lack of instruments for evaluating students' levels of self-efficacy in these activities.…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Students, Student Participation
Li, De-An; Zhao, Qin; Yang, Xiao-Qi; Li, Wan-Mei; Dai, Rui; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Bing – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Previous studies on students' conceptions of learning science (COLS) have focused primarily on formal environments. In these studies, students' COLS were positively associated with their approaches to and outcomes for science learning. However, little research has been conducted to explore students' conceptions of learning science in informal…
Descriptors: Science Education, Informal Education, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
Harper Benjamin Keenan – Harvard Educational Review, 2021
In this article, Harper B. Keenan investigates the treatment of violence in elementary history education through a case study of a fourth-grade unit on the colonial history of California featuring "the mission project," a long-standing tradition in California's elementary schools that has students construct a miniature model of a Spanish…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Elementary Education, Grade 4, United States History
Hauver, Jennifer – Social Education, 2017
Formal civic education that seeks to develop young people's appreciation and competence for active participation in their communities is critically important, and we should continue to advocate for its inclusion. Learning to live together--in community with diverse others--has always required far more than formal civic education curriculum has…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Civics, Informal Education
Bourke, Roseanna; O'Neill, John; McDowall, Sue; Dacre, Maria; Mincher, Nicole; Narayanan, Vani; Overbye, Sinead; Tuifagalele, Renee – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
The national COVID-19 lockdown during school Term 1 and continuing in Term 2 2020, provided a unique context to investigate?children's experiences of informal, everyday learning in their household bubble. In Terms 3 and 4, 178?children in Years 4-8 from 10 primary schools agreed to participate in a group art-making activity and?an individual…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Elementary School Students
Short-Meyerson, Katherine; Sandrin, Susannah; Meyerson, Peter; White, Lindsey – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
This study examines interactions of fourth graders and their parents during informal science activities to understand the parental influence on children's science interests, attitudes, and participation. Sixteen Latino/a parent-child dyads and 16 Non-Latino/a parent-child dyads, matched on socioeconomic status (SES), participated in this…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Activities, Parent Child Relationship
Sun, Daner; Looi, Chee-Kit; Yang, Yuqin; Sun, Jin – Educational Technology & Society, 2020
Guided by the Boundary Activity based Learning (BABL) principle, mobile technology-supported inquiry learning activities were implemented in a primary four science class in Hong Kong. An exploratory study was conducted to examine the effects of the BABL guided inquiry activities on students' learning performance and to explore how the key element,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Activities, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Lee, Carole K.; Williams, Patricia Hrusa – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Forty-one pre-service elementary teachers (PSETs) enrolled in a science methods course participated in a service-learning project on energy and sustainability. The goal was to help PSETs and elementary students to understand concepts regarding energy, energy saving, and sustainability through an oncampus Family Energy Day event for 65 elementary…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Children, Service Learning
Shaby, Neta; Assaraf, Orit Ben-Zvi; Tal, Tali – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
This research explores learning in science museums through the most common activity in a science museum--interaction with exhibits. The goal of this study was to characterize the learning behaviors exhibited by students as they engage with interactive exhibits in order to draw insight regarding the design of the exhibits. In order to do so, we…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Teaching Methods, Interaction