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Zhao, Zhuxuan; Linaza-Iglesias, José L. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: The study was carried out with children of 2nd, 4th and 6th grades of elementary school in order to explore what and how will children learn from a completely new videogame. Method: We organized children from 2nd, 4th and 6th grades of elemental school, giving them chance to play a freshly released videogame by that time. We formed…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Grade 2, Grade 4
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Zhou, Juan; Mori, Mikihiko; Ueda, Hiroshi; Kita, Hajime – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
The Multi-Mouse Quiz System is an application used to treat quizzes in a classroom or other learning environment. The system comprises the Multi Mouse Quiz (MMQ) and MMQEditor. The MMQ is an application of Single Display Groupware (SDG), which enables multiple users to answer quizzes by connecting several mice to an ordinary computer. The…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Tests, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Wu, Sheng-Yi – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
Learning how to carry out collaborative tasks is critical to the development of a student's capacity for social interaction. In this study, a multi-robot system was designed for students. In three different scenarios, students controlled robots in order to move dice; we then examined their collaborative strategies and their behavioral…
Descriptors: Robotics, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Cooperation
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Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tong, Fuhui; Guerrero, Cindy; Sutton-Jones, Kara L.; Abdelrahman, Nahed – TESL-EJ, 2018
English language learners (ELLs) benefit when their teachers utilize a wide range of English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional strategies. However, content-area teachers often are unfamiliar with these ESL strategies as they have not received extensive professional development on meeting the needs of ELLs, especially within the context in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies
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Kumpulainen, Kristiina; Mikkola, Anna; Jaatinen, Anna-Mari – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
This socioculturally informed study examines space-time configurations of students' technology-mediated creative learning practices in a Finnish elementary school over a school musical project. This study focuses on the social practices of 21 students who worked with personal laptops, wireless internet access, and a collaborative writing service,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Creativity
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Smith-Hagadone, Perky – Science and Children, 2013
The happy chatter and clatter of students bounce off the lunchroom walls at a Northside Elementary School in Sandpoint, Idaho as children eagerly gobble their food and slurp their drinks. Boys and girls with crinkled brown bag lunches filled with disposable products sit next to students with trays heaped with hot lunch and all manner of synthetic…
Descriptors: Dining Facilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Wastes
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Turkmen, Hakan; Buyukaltay, Didem – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2015
In this study, the effect of using Jigsaw II and Jigsaw IV techniques on the subject of "Atoms-The Basic Unit of Matter" in science course of 6th grade on academic achievement was examined. Pre-test post-test control group research was used in the study. Study population is all secondary schools in Turgutlu district of Manisa province…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 6, Science Achievement, Pretests Posttests
Turkmen, Hakan; Buyukaltay, Didem – Online Submission, 2015
In this study, the effect of using Jigsaw II and Jigsaw IV techniques on the subject of "Atoms-The Basic Unit of Matter" in science course of 6th grade on academic achievement was examined. Pre-test post-test control group research was used in the study. Study population is all secondary schools in Turgutlu district of Manisa province…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 6, Science Achievement, Pretests Posttests
Hock, Michael F.; Brasseur-Hock, Irma F.; Hock, Alyson J.; Duvel, Brenda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Reading achievement scores for adolescents with disabilities are markedly lower than the scores of adolescents without disabilities. For example, 62% of students with disabilities read "below" the basic level on the NAEP Reading assessment, compared to 19% of their nondisabled peers. This achievement gap has been a continuing challenge…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Hwang, Ming-Yueh; Wu, Nien-Chen; Huang, Ying-Luan; Lin, Pei-Hsin; Chen, Yi-Ling – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
A new approach to moral education using blended learning has been developed. This approach involves 10 scenarios that are designed as a web-based game and serves as a basis for group moral-consequence-based reasoning, which is developed based on a hypothetical-deductive model. The aim of the study was to examine the changes in students' blended…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Moral Development, Educational Games, Blended Learning
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Schnittka, Jessica; Schnittka, Christine – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2016
The 21st century has brought an increasing demand for expertise in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Although strides have been made towards increasing gender diversity in several of these disciplines, engineering remains primarily male dominated. In response, the U.S. educational system has attempted to make engineering…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Group Dynamics, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Law, Yin-Kum – Educational Psychology, 2014
The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of two types of cooperative learning groups used in reciprocal teaching (RT) classes (i.e. high-structured vs. low-structured groups) for enhancing students' reading comprehension. The participants were 235 Hong Kong Chinese Grade 6 students in nine classes. Reading comprehension tests and…
Descriptors: Role, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning
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Papadouris, Nicos; Constantinou, Costas P. – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
We describe the implementation of a specially designed teaching innovation, embedded in the context of energy, for the promotion of specific aspects of the nature of science (NOS). We present empirical results from the implementation of the teaching and learning materials in three intact sixth-grade classes that involved a total of 64 students. We…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Energy, Scientific Concepts, Grade 6
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Lin, Ya-Fen – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The purpose of the study aimed to investigate the effect of the Readers Theater (RT) training on elementary school students. In particular, changes in the students' English reading comprehension before and after the RT show, comparison of the students' responses to English learning, especially English reading, the students' opinions on the RT…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension
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Jansen, Amanda – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
Through this exploratory study, I developed conjectures about classroom conditions that had the potential to support (or not) the development of productive dispositions toward mathematics. To do so, I listened to sixth-grade students' voices about their experiences with small-group work in 2 mathematics classrooms and contrasted their teachers'…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle School Students, Cooperative Learning, Small Group Instruction
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