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Gender-Specific Reading Motivation: Considering Reading from the Perspective of Five Ethnically Diverse Fifth Grade Boys
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Manwell, Anita K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study used a triangulation of survey, conversational interviews, and observations in an authentic setting to explore the phenomenon of reading motivation from the perspectives of a specific group of individuals. Five participants, all African American fifth grade boys qualifying for meal subsidies, gathered in a local youth…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Males, African American Children, Qualitative Research
Work Valence as a Predictor of Academic Achievement in the Family Context
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Porfeli, Erik; Ferrari, Lea; Nota, Laura – Journal of Career Development, 2013
This study asserts a theoretical model of academic and work socialization within the family setting. The presumed associations between parents' work valences, children's work valences and valence perceptions, and children's academic interest and achievement are tested. The results suggest that children's perceptions of parents mediate the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Academic Achievement, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship
Gender Differences in Game Activity Preferences of Middle School Children: Implications for Educational Game Design
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Kinzie, Mable B.; Joseph, Dolly R. D. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2008
Educators and learning theorists suggest that play is one of the most important venues for learning, and games a useful educational tool. This study considers game activity preferences of middle school-aged children, so that educational games might be made more appealing to them. Based on children's activity modes identified in our prior research,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Educational Games, Play, Middle School Students
Individual, Situational and Topic Interest in Geoscience Among 11- And 12-Year-Old Children
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Trend, Roger – Research Papers in Education, 2005
All interest necessarily links the person with the external environment: the object/s of interest. Research into children's interests is examined in the context of a rapidly-expanding literature which has generated several powerful concepts in recent decades, notably "individual interest", "situational interest" and "topic interest". The first is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Earth Science, Student Interests, Childhood Interests
Using Baseball in Social Studies Instruction: Addressing the Five Fundamental Themes of Geography
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Edgington, William D.; Hyman, William – Social Studies, 2005
Many children do not enjoy social studies because they see it as having little, if any, relevance to their lives. That response is attributable primarily to two factors: Dry content and even drier instructional strategies. Teachers know that if material presented to children is not meaningful and relevant to their lives, real learning does not…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Geography, Team Sports, Educational Strategies
Home Education Handbook
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Alberta Education, 2007
Alberta parents enjoy a range of choices for their children's education, including the option of home education. Alberta's "School Act" and its funding guidelines for education recognize the central role of parents in the education of their children. No matter what your decision about educational programming, your ongoing involvement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Home Schooling, Childhood Interests