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Cook, Kristin; Buck, Gayle; Park Rogers, Meredith – Science Educator, 2012
This study investigates a project-based learning (PBL) approach to teaching evolution to inform efforts in teacher preparation. Data analysis of a secondary biology educator teaching evolution through a PBL approach illuminated: (1) active student voice, which allowed students to reflect on their positioning on evolution and consider multiple…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Evolution, Biology
Lee, Jung-Sook – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This study examined relationships between students' perceptions of the school social environment and student outcomes, using U.S. data from the Program for International Student Assessment 2000 (OECD, 2000). The sample comprised 3748 fifteen-year-old 9th and 10th graders from 147 schools. The two-dimensional approach of parenting typology was here…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Social Environment
Henry, Kimberly L.; Knight, Kelly E.; Thornberry, Terence P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Over the past 5 years, a great deal of attention has been paid to the development of early warning systems for dropout prevention. These warning systems use a set of indicators based on official school records to identify youth at risk for dropout and then appropriately target intervention. The current study builds on this work by assessing the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, Adolescents, Developmental Stages
Shute, Valerie J.; Ventura, Matthew; Kim, Yoon Jeon – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Digital games are very popular in modern culture. The authors are examining ways to leverage these engaging environments to assess and support student competencies. The authors examine gameplay and learning using a physics game they developed called Newton's Playground. The sample consisted of 167 eighth- and ninth-grade students who played…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Educational Games, Educational Technology
Geigle, Bryce A. – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of this thesis is to investigate and present the status of student synthesis with color coded formula writing for grade level six through twelve, and to make recommendations for educators to teach writing structure through a color coded formula system in order to increase classroom engagement and lower students' affect. The thesis first…
Descriptors: Color, Coding, Writing (Composition), Grade 6
Dedmond, Rebecca M.; Kestler, Erin T. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
Student engagement is an essential part of the many transitions adolescents must make on their way to self-sufficient adulthood. Motivating students to learn at pivotal points in their school careers, especially as they transition into high school, is sometimes difficult. The Freshman Transition Initiative (FTI) at The George Washington University…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Service Learning, High School Freshmen, Student Motivation
Brinegar, Kathleen; Bishop, Penny A. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2011
Although curriculum integration has a long history of myriad models, rarely have those stakeholders most connected to the practice--the students--been consulted about the efficacy of the approach. This study applied a longitudinal, intrinsic case study approach (Stake, 2000) to examine middle school students' perceptions of learning and engagement…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Learning, Learner Engagement
Patterson, Russell Edward, III. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Within the African American community, African American males, arguably, experience a great deal of difficulty in the current educational system (Biggs, 1992; Kleinfeld, 1998a, 1998b; Kunjufu, 2005; Tatum, 2003; Wynn, 1992; Wynn, 2005). This study seeks to examine the role of culturally relevant texts and comprehension strategy instruction in the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Culturally Relevant Education, Grade 9
Wang, Jing; Iannotti, Ronald J.; Luk, Jeremy W. – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
Patterns of engagement in cyber bullying and four types of traditional bullying were examined using latent class analysis (LCA). Demographic differences and externalizing problems were evaluated across latent class membership. Data were obtained from the 2005-2006 Health Behavior in School-aged Survey and the analytic sample included 7,508 U.S.…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Bullying, Grades (Scholastic), Females
Corner, Claire – Improving Schools, 2012
This article is an account of a creative learning project conducted in the author's school in which she worked with a storyteller to engage a class of 14-15-year-old students in exploring other worlds, inspired by the "His Dark Materials" novels by Philip Pullman. The project was conceived as teacher-led action research in which the author…
Descriptors: Evidence, Action Research, Creative Activities, Educational Change
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction" is a reading comprehension instructional program for grades 3-9 that integrates reading and science through activities and the use of science books during reading instruction. The program supplements a school's standard science and reading curricula and offers instruction in reading strategies,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Science Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Content Area Reading
Wang, Ze; Bergin, Christi; Bergin, David A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
Research on factors that may promote engagement is hampered by the absence of a measure of classroom-level engagement. Literature has suggested that engagement may have 3 dimensions--affective, behavioral, and cognitive. No existing engagement scales measure all 3 dimensions at the classroom level. The Classroom Engagement Inventory (CEI) was…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Clark, Douglas B.; Nelson, Brian C.; Chang, Hsin-Yi; Martinez-Garza, Mario; Slack, Kent; D'Angelo, Cynthia M. – Computers & Education, 2011
This study investigates the potential of a digital game that overlays popular game-play mechanics with formal physics representations and terminology to support explicit learning and exploration of Newtonian mechanics. The analysis compares test data, survey data, and observational data collected during implementations in Taiwan and the United…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Research and Development, Student Attitudes, Mechanics (Physics)
Fischer, Christopher; Bol, Linda; Pribesh, Shana; Nunnery, John – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2013
The extent to which smaller learning communities' (SLCs) focus on academic press and strong social relationships affects academic engagement among 9th graders in urban high schools was investigated. Data were collected through classroom observations, student questionnaires, and focus groups with teachers. Data were analyzed using descriptive…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High School Students, Grade 9, Urban Schools
Perez, Miguel S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The nation's generation of "Baby Boomers" is now the grandparents of a new generation of students known as "Gen Y" and "Gen Z," respectively. "Gen X," parents of our current students, have the enormous task of raising their children as "digital natives" in a technological-savvy world. The idea of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, STEM Education