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Pedro Vázquez-Marín – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
Despite the ongoing debate in academic circles regarding the impact of the arts on individual and collective well-being, there is a paucity of empirical research in this area. Nevertheless, recent studies have begun to establish a significant correlation between arts engagement and a range of positive outcomes. The objective of this study is to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Well Being, Grade 6, Learner Engagement
Maina, Michael P.; Maina, Julie Schlegel; Hunt, Kevin – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2016
Often students have a difficult time when asked to use critical thinking skills to solve a problem. Perhaps students have a difficult time adjusting because teachers frequently tell them exactly what to do and how to do it. When asked to use critical thinking skills, students may suddenly become confused and discouraged because the teacher no…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Educational Environment
Crow, Sherry R.; Kastello, Lisa – School Library Research, 2016
This paper is based on two studies conducted in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2008 and in Kampala, Uganda, in 2014. The basic research question addressed in both studies was: "What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?" The secondary question was:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Motivation, Information Seeking, Personality
Blackwell, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The main purpose of this qualitative research was to discover the effects of problem-based learning on a fifth grade language arts classroom. The secondary purpose was to examine how receptive fifth grade students were to a new way of learning. In this descriptive study, a group of nine students created an alternate reality game as part of a…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Language Arts, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Guthrie, John T.; Coddington, Cassandra S.; Wigfield, Allan – Journal of Literacy Research, 2009
Previous research has investigated motivations for reading by examining positive or affirming motivations, including intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. Related to them, we examined two negative, or undermining, motivations consisting of avoidance and perceived difficulty. We proposed that the motivations of intrinsic motivation and avoidance…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, African American Students, White Students, Self Motivation