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Yao-Chung Cheng – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
School principals are integral to the success of school operations, particularly in the face of diverse challenges. Resilience emerges as a critical attribute for these educational leaders. This research investigated the sequential mediation effects of imagination and perceived hope on the relationship between savoring and resilience. A survey was…
Descriptors: Principals, Resilience (Psychology), High Schools, Junior High Schools
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Eva Hejnová; Petr Eisenmann; Lucie Loukotová; Jirí Pribyl – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2024
The paper describes the results of a study whose main aim was to find the interrelationship between pupils' school grades in Czech language (native), mathematics, and physics and pupils' cognitive predispositions to problem-solving in science and mathematics diagnosed by the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning and the Culture of Problem…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Problem Solving, Slavic Languages, Grades (Scholastic)
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Phusee-orn, Songsak; Pongteerawut, Sasipat – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
The research aimed at studying and comparing the futuristic thinking of Grade 9 students studying in schools of different sizes. The samples of the research were Grade 9 students of semester 2 in academic year 2020 in Sisaket Province, Thailand. The multi-stage random sampling technique was employed for the selection of 860 students from 12…
Descriptors: School Size, Futures (of Society), Correlation, Likert Scales
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Lee, Sam Youl; Jung, Minseo – Education Sciences, 2021
Open innovation (OI) has become an essential business model for big tech companies and innovation ecosystems. However, most STEM high schools in the United States do not have appropriate OI programs for students. This paper explores how various perspectives on open innovation as an emerging trend in the entrepreneurial ecosystem can link with STEM…
Descriptors: Case Studies, STEM Education, High School Students, Entrepreneurship
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Hollar, James L. – Multicultural Education, 2019
In this article, the author recounts his mission: a voyage into the "strange" world of American high school, specifically the science fiction elective classroom. His mission is one of curricular intervention to transform how students, particularly those of color, envision their own futuristic missions. The study strives to serve the too…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Literature, Adolescents, African American Students
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Gardiner, Paul – Research in Drama Education, 2016
Debates surrounding the teaching of playwriting are heavily influenced by theories of creativity. This article reports on research in Australian secondary schools that explored the student and teacher experiences of playwriting pedagogy. The findings of the research revealed that teaching was based on a belief in intrinsic creativity: that…
Descriptors: Playwriting, Teaching Methods, Imagination, Correlation
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Tsai, Min-Ying – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The main purpose of the study were to investigate the relationships among imagination, future imagination tendency, and future time perspective of junior high school students, then to explore the future time perspective which is predicted by background variables, imaginative qualities, and future imagination tendency. The subjects were 331 from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Imagination, Time Perspective
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Abdullah, Nurdiana; Surif, Johari – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study is conducted with the purpose of identifying the alternative framework contained in students' imagination on the concept of matter at submicroscopic level. Through the design of purposive sampling techniques, a total of 15 students are interviewed to obtain the data. Data from analysis document is utilized to strengthen the interview.…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Student Attitudes, Grounded Theory, Qualitative Research
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Hayashi, Yugo; Takeuchi, Yugo – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
This study investigated the factors underlying the estimation of learner self-confidence during explanations with a conversational agent in an online explanation task. Based on reviews of previous studies, we focused on how factors such as the learner's task activities and personal characteristics can be predictors. To examine these points, we…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Task Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Individual Characteristics
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de Acedo-Baquedano, Maria Teresa Sanz; de Acedo-Lizarraga, Maria Luisa Sanz – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: The aim of this research was to examine the relationship between state and trait anxiety and verbal and graphic creativity, as well as how the two types of anxiety contribute to predicting creativity in students of Compulsory Secondary Education. Method: The study was conducted with 89 subjects of both sexes between the ages of 12…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Secondary Education, Imagination, Compulsory Education
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Davis, Darrel R.; Bergen, Doris – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study investigated whether the types and amount of playful activity and thought exhibited from early childhood to adulthood are related to aspects of moral development, such as empathy, behavior, and reasoning. It explored whether the assertions of theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Erikson regarding the facilitative effect of games with…
Descriptors: College Students, Play, Age Differences, Developmental Stages