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Jamain, Ludivine; de Place, Anne-Laure; Bouffard, Thérèse; Pansu, Pascal – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Research on the self-evaluation bias of students' school competence has focused mainly on its correlates for students' school adaptation. This study focused on teachers' theories about students with a positive or negative bias in their self-evaluation of competence. French students enrolled in the third and fifth grades of elementary school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Attitudes
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Ailhaud, Emilie; Chenu, Florence; Jisa, Harriet – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Revisions in writing aim at text improvement. Literature has shown that revision activity differs between novice and experienced writers. Our ultimate goal is to understand how children and adolescents develop the capacity to shift perspectives from language producer to language recipient -- a prerequisite ability to successful revision. In this…
Descriptors: French, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Khelifi, Rachid; Sparrow, Laurent; Casalis, Severine – Brain and Cognition, 2012
This study aimed at examining sensitivity to lateral linguistic and nonlinguistic information in third and fifth grade readers. A word identification task with a threshold was used, and targets were displayed foveally with or without distractors. Sensitivity to lateral information was inferred from the deterioration of the rate of correct word…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Identification, Word Recognition, Grade 5
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Macedo-Rouet, Monica; Braasch, Jason L. G.; Britt, M. Anne; Rouet, Jean-Francois – Cognition and Instruction, 2013
In two experiments, we examined fourth and fifth graders' comprehension of the source of information in texts presenting controversial issues. In Experiment 1, participants read short texts in which two people presented different arguments regarding an issue. Participants identified who said what and evaluated each source's knowledge of the issue.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Reading Comprehension
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Savanovitch, Chantal; Sauvant-Rochat, Marie-Pierre – Education Sciences, 2013
An educational resource on water and health, using an approach focused on health education and environmental health education, was developed to help teachers in the classroom. The implementation of health education programs in French primary schools is explained. Three specific objectives were identified, targeting 3rd, 4th, and 5th year pupils:…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Water, Instructional Materials, Instructional Material Evaluation
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Allal, Linda – Research Papers in Education, 2011
Since pedagogy is a key term in the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) principles, it is of interest to examine the evolution of the concept of pedagogy in the French-language world of education, as well as the emergence of a new field of research called "didactics". Work on situated cognition provides a framework for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instruction, French, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks