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Direct linkJiwon Hwang; Sam Choo; Stephanie Morano; Mengyuan Liang; Matthew Kabel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2024
Recent studies have posited that K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education should go beyond traditional subject silos and take an interdisciplinary approach that integrates these core subjects into a cohesive curriculum to foster authentic problem-solving skills. The purpose of this study was to field test one of five…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Melissa Pearrow; Whitney Walker; Jill S. Battal; Brian Daniels; Amy Kaye; Alexis Ervin – Middle School Journal, 2025
Early adolescence is a time of rapid cognitive, psychosocial, and physical development, and an array of contextual factors, such as systemic racism, exert significant influence. Universal behavioral health screening data of 4,234 middle school students were examined to explore the influence of demographic (e.g. ethnicity, race) and contextual…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Health Behavior
Download full textAbualrob, Marwan – South African Journal of Education, 2022
In the study reported on here I aimed to measure the extent to which fifth and ninth grade science students were cognitively, behaviourally, emotionally and socially engaged in science classes. These constructs of engagement were examined based on a set of variables: the grade, students' gender, teachers' gender, teachers' specialisation,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 9, Learner Engagement, Science Education
Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
Hatchimonji, Danielle R.; Vaid, Esha; Linsky, Arielle C. V.; Nayman, Sam J.; Yuan, May; MacDonnell, Marisa; Elias, Maurice J. – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2022
In the current study, we sought to understand relations among the key intervention targets of social-emotional and character development (SECD) interventions: character virtues, Positive Purpose, and social-emotional learning (SEL). Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (n = 1011, ages 11 to 16, M = 12.94, SD = 1.00) from five urban middle…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Values Education, Intervention, Moral Development
Zara Teixeira; Rita Morgado; Cátia Marques; Carlos Gonçalves; Paula Carvalho; Ana Cunha; Cláudia Moreira – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Researchers engaging in science communication tend to present information that they find most important. However, understanding the level of prior knowledge and interest of a target audience is key for effective communication of science, especially when dealing with complex and mediatic themes, such as climate change. This study relies on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students
Addie Keshunda Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive, single-case study was to explore educators' perceptions and uses of strategies to support 5th-grade middle school students' basic psychological needs for relatedness in the Southeastern region of the United States, because it was not known how educators perceived and used strategies to support…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Middle School Students, Student Needs, Interpersonal Relationship
Ismail Sarikaya; Mesut Ozturk; Mustafa Ozgol – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
This study was conducted to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool that can identify middle school students' self-regulation skills. Firstly, the literature was utilized in the development of the measurement tool. The form was finalized with the support of the opinions of different experts and a trial application. Then, the form was…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Control, Self Management, Student Development
Xin Li – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Evidence has suggested that preschool and kindergarten experiences affect the cognitive and social-emotion development of language-minority students (LMS). This quantitative study aims to illustrate the LMS' preschool and kindergarten experience by investigating the preschool and kindergarten experience, family environment, and school environment.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Language Minorities, Student Experience
Kadeem Campbell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A sense of belonging is instrumental to an individual's mental health. The American School Counselor Association outlined that school counselors are responsible for helping students manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills. The school setting plays an integral part in the development of student's social and emotional competencies. Approaches…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Intervention, School Counseling, Emotional Development
Shayna Duncan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate professional development, specifically related to technology, which has not provided teachers with adequate 21st century learning opportunities. This study sought to investigate a possible solution to ineffective professional development. Participants and data collected in Cycle 1…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Middle School Teachers, 21st Century Skills, Faculty Development
Anderson, Kathryn; Gong, Xue; Hong, Kai; Zhang, Xi – Education Economics, 2020
We examine the effect of the transition to a separate middle school after grade six on student cognitive, non-cognitive, and perceptual developments in China. We use an approach that combines inverse propensity score weighting and discrete factor approximation to address the endogeneity of the transition. We find that transitioning students report…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Middle School Students, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Stacy E. Ellis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The researcher explored the impact of a student voice initiative (SVI), the Student Ambassador Council (SAC), on the social-emotional competencies (SECs) of middle school, 5th-8th grades students. Drawing upon the principles of youth empowerment, more specifically Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), and social-emotional learning (SEL), the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Social Emotional Learning, Student Development
Caitlin G. McC. Fine; Melissa Braaten – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Science classroom assessment often requires multilingual learners to demonstrate ideas using only English-language resources. These assessments can provide an incomplete picture of students' knowledge and limit subsequent learning opportunities. Increasingly, science teachers are incorporating translanguaging pedagogies in their instructional…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Student Attitudes, Translation, Science Tests
Sara A. Sukalski – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Proficient reading requires the ability to analyze words for various properties, including pronunciation, meaning, and syntactical function. However, most instruction in word analysis is limited to phonics instruction provided in the early elementary grades. For older students, whose words largely center units of meaning, or morphemes, early…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle School Students, Morphology (Languages), Semantics
