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Truckenmiller, Adrea; Shen, Mei; Sweet, Lake E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The current study explores the contributions of written vocabulary and syntax to informational writing quality in Grades 5 through 8. Various aspects of language skills (receptive to written, oral register to academic register) have differing relationships with narrative and informational writing achievement across development. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Vocabulary, Syntax, Writing (Composition)
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Caymaz, Belkiz – Journal of Science Learning, 2021
Laboratory studies are very important for science education but also involve various risks. It is possible to minimize these risks by providing a safe working environment. This study aims to determine the knowledge and views of secondary school students on laboratory safety and to identify their deficiencies in this regard. The survey method was…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Knowledge Level, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Gaxhiqi, Behxhet – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
This study aims to make an in-depth analysis of the prevalence and nature of the phenomenon of Internet use in teaching. The selected grades are grades VI to grade IX which in the literature are known as lower secondary education. The researcher has used the mixed method model, including qualitative and quantitative research strategies. The study…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Internet, Grade 6
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Sinnett, Didem Ünlü, Jr.; Akçay, Hakan – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine how the nature of science dimensions are represented in the secondary school 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade science textbooks of the last twenty years. It is also within the scope of the research to investigate how these dimensions in the textbooks changed during the twenty years. The document analysis method was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Secondary School Science, Grade 5
Marsha Jean Neal – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student academic success is key to education. The problem was not all middle school students, grades 6-8, across southeastern South Carolina were performing at a level of academic readiness for the next grade level. The study filled gaps in the literature by examining participants' perceptions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students
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Jee Sun Lee; Brian Holzman; Aimee Chin – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2024
Las Americas Middle School is a newcomer program within Houston Independent School District (HISD) that serves students in Grades 4 through 8 who have been in the U.S. for less than one year. As a non-zoned school of choice, Las Americas has no attendance boundary, meaning that students and families must opt to enroll in the school. This brief…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immigrants, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Lois A. Lanning; Tiffanee Brown – Corwin, 2024
A Concept-Based Curriculum is designed to help students uncover important, transferable understandings about what it means to be a capable reader, writer, speaker, viewer, listener, and thinker. But, too often, a well-designed, conceptual curriculum does not translate into conceptual teaching. "Concept Based Literacy Lessons" helps…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
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Emily Young; Zewditu Demissie; Leigh E. Szucs; Nancy D. Brener; Fareeha Waheed; Salimah Jasani – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a national surveillance system operated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A school-based system of surveys, Profiles monitors school health policies and practices in US states and other jurisdictions through questionnaires completed by school principals and lead health education…
Descriptors: Diversity, Educational Trends, Secondary Education, Child Health
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Teresa M. Ober; Ying Cheng; Meghan R. Coggins; Paul Brenner; Janice Zdankus; Philip Gonsalves; Emmanuel Johnson; Tim Urdan – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: Differences in children's and adolescents' initial attitudes about computing and other STEM fields may form during middle school and shape decisions leading to career entry. Early emerging differences in career interest may propagate a lack of diversity in computer science and programming fields. Objective: Though middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Science Education, STEM Education
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Sameh Hallaq – Education Economics, 2024
The present study investigates the effect of obesity and overweight on children's cognitive abilities and well-being using survey data from West Bank schools. The results show the significant adverse impact of obesity on a child's well-being by raising externalizing (behavioral) problems and increasing the probability of classifying a child with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Cognitive Ability, Well Being
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Emily G. Thorpe; Marc J. Stern; Robert B. Powell; Tyler L. Hemby – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Political polarization in the United States has made many environmental issues strongly partisan, with Democrats largely receptive to environmental messaging and Republicans commonly pitted against it. This phenomenon may have meaningful implications for how environmental education is conducted for people from different sociopolitical contexts. We…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Early Adolescents, Youth, Field Trips
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Emily G. Thorpe; Marc J. Stern; Robert B. Powell; Tyler L. Hemby – Environmental Education Research, 2024
In the United States, the two main political parties, Democrats and Republicans, have become increasingly polarized, including with regard to environmental issues. As part of a national study of environmentally focused single-day field trips for early adolescent youth in 2018, we conducted exploratory research to examine how outcomes differed for…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education, Public Schools, Social Influences
Molly Henschel; Andrew Scanlan – Online Submission, 2024
Newsela contracted with LearnPlatform by Instructure (LearnPlatform), a third-party edtech research company, to examine the relationship between Newsela ELA usage and outcomes for students. LearnPlatform designed the study to satisfy Level II requirements (Moderate Evidence) according to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The study included…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Grade 6
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Alexis N. Boucher; Bethany H. Bhat; Nathan H. Clemens; Sharon Vaughn; Katherine O'Donnell – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Most students with reading difficulties struggle to read words. We examined intervention effects for students with "significant" word reading difficulties (SWRD; standard score of 80 on at least one pretest measure of word reading), which includes individuals with or at risk for dyslexia. We investigated: (a) What are the effects of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Word Recognition
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Yasin Karaca; Bijen Filiz – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2024
In this study, a valid and reliable scale was developed to measure parents' perceptions of their children's social development in physical education classes. In the first part of the research, the relevant literature reviewed and student-parent interviews were held. As a result of the data obtained from the interviews, a 30-item draft scale was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
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