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Hsin, Lisa B.; Mu, Nan; Selman, Robert L. – Reading Teacher, 2021
We paint a picture of preadolescent students' thinking on a topic of everyday importance: the right to use and the responsibility not to abuse digital technology in school. We analyzed the writing of students in grades 4-7 in response to an essay prompt about classroom iPad (tablet computer) use after a hypothetical cyberbullying incident,…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Student Responsibility, Technology Integration, Handheld Devices
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Smith, Thomas; Knowles, Anne – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2021
Agentic orientation, critical thinking (CrT) and taking the fourth-person perspective (4PP) are described as teachable attainments. A Personal Viewpoints (PVs) Biblical Studies curriculum challenged Year 7 students to resolve socially problematic situations through group discussion and perspective-taking. A life-issue scenario was used to pre- and…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Critical Thinking, Pretests Posttests, Intervention
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Cho, Minkyung; Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Olson, Carol B. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Perspective taking, one's knowledge of their own mental and emotional states and inferences about others' mental and emotional states, is an important skill for writing development. In the present study, we examined how perspective taking is expressed in writing and how it is related to overall writing quality. We analyzed seventh graders'…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Thinking Skills
Cho, Minkyung; Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Olson, Carol B. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Perspective taking, one's knowledge of their own mental and emotional states and inferences about others' mental and emotional states, is an important skill for writing development. In the present study, we examined how perspective taking is expressed in writing and how it is related to overall writing quality. We analyzed seventh graders'…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Thinking Skills
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Improving vocabulary and reading comprehension is critical to students' academic success, particularly for English learners who may have less exposure to academic language than native English-speaking students. "Word Generation" is a supplemental program that aims to improve students' reading comprehension by building students'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Improving vocabulary and reading comprehension is critical to students' academic success, particularly for English learners who may have less exposure to academic language than native English-speaking students. "Word Generation" is a supplemental program that aims to improve students' reading comprehension by building students'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Improving vocabulary and reading comprehension is critical to students' academic success, particularly for English learners who may have less exposure to academic language than native English-speaking students. "Word Generation" is a supplemental program that aims to improve students' reading comprehension by building students'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
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Wolgast, Anett – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2018
Background: Beliefs about one's own abilities and perspective-taking are essential for appropriate behavior in professional and social life, cooperative learning, and situations were conflict is occurring. The social comparison theory and previous research suggested positive relations between school students' beliefs about one's own abilities and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Perspective Taking, Grade 5
Jiang, Shiyan – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This multiple case study investigated adolescents' participation patterns and trajectories in an integrated STEM plus digital Literacy (STEM+L) project. The project aims to broaden adolescents' participation in integrated STEM+L practices. In the project, fifth to eighth graders worked in small groups of three to four to create multimodal science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Computer Literacy, Student Participation, Grade 5
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Kim, Ha Yeon; Hsin, Lisa B.; Snow, Catherine E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Most U.S. classrooms serve students with various linguistic and academic needs. Tier-I universal approaches support English language learners (ELLs) without segregating them into a different track and thereby constraining future learning opportunities. The current study examines whether Word Generation (WG), a Tier-I discussion-based program…
Descriptors: Equal Education, English Language Learners, Poverty, Program Effectiveness
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McCurdy, Regina P.; Nickels, Megan; Bush, Sarah B. – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2020
This study examines the interaction between students' expressions of empathy and the use of STEM integration in the science classroom. Third space theory provides the context from which this classroom ethnographic qualitative study took place, as it provided an environment in which discourse among students' sociocultural perspectives, life…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Empathy, STEM Education, Science Instruction
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Jones, Stephanie M.; LaRusso, Maria; Kim, James; Yeon Kim, Ha; Selman, Robert; Uccelli, Paola; Barnes, Sophie P.; Donovan, Suzanne; Snow, Catherine – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
With a sample of 7,752 fourth- to seventh-grade students in 25 schools which were randomized at the school level to condition, this article reports experimental impacts of an enhanced version of Word Generation on student outcomes at the end of Year 1 and of Year 2. Word Generation employs analysis, synthesis, critique, and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language
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Batanova, Milena; Loukas, Alexandra – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
Guided by the social emotional learning framework, this study examined whether early adolescents' social awareness (empathic concern, perspective taking) and self-management (effortful control) would uniquely contribute to early adolescents' subsequent forms of aggression, and whether perceptions of their school climate (friction, cohesion,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Early Adolescents, Empathy, Student Attitudes
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An, Yun-Jo – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Only a limited number of research studies have investigated how students design educational computer games and its impact on student learning. In addition, most studies on educational game design by students were conducted in the areas of mathematics and science. Using the qualitative case study approach, this study explored how seventh graders…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Games, Computer Games, Design
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Jones, Stephanie M.; Kim, James; LaRusso, Maria; Kim, Ha Yeon; Selman, Robert; Uccelli, Paola; Barnes, Sophie; Donovan, Suzanne; Snow, Catherine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Word Generation (WG) is a research-based vocabulary program for middle school students designed to teach words through language arts, math, science, and social studies classes. The program consists of weekly units that introduce 5 high-utility target words through brief passages designed to spark active examination and discussion of contemporary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Middle School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Group Discussion
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