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Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Voulgaridou, Ioanna – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2023
The present study investigated the indirect effects of personality (Big Five) on shyness through two emotion regulation strategies -- emotion suppression and cognitive reappraisal -- in a community sample of 256 Greek pre-adolescents. Results showed that shyness was positively predicted by both regulation strategies, with emotion suppression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Grade 5
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Achilleas Mandrikas; Constantina Stefanidou; Constantine Skordoulis – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
A STEM education program entitled "Come rain or shine" implemented in a primary rural school in southern Greece as part of the "Diffusion of STEM (DI-STEM)" project and the results of its implementation are presented in this paper. The educational program deepened in weather education and intended to develop eight scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Elementary Education, Program Implementation
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Lito E. Michalopoulou; Constantinos Vouyoukas – Intercultural Education, 2024
For children, friends play an important role in their socio-emotional development and psychological well-being. Friendships may hold additional value for students who come from minoritized backgrounds. This study aimed to examine representations and themes of friendship in diverse Greek classrooms in which Roma and non-Roma elementary-age students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Relationship, Friendship, Student Diversity
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Peikos, George; Spyrtou, Anna; Pnevmatikos, Dimitris; Papadopoulou, Penelope – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: It is stated that it is necessary that students develop their nanoliteracy in order to come up with everyday issues arising from Nanoscale Science and Technology (NST) applications, taking informed decisions and estimating the potential risks and benefits. Even though the inclusion of NST in compulsory education is supported by many…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Attitudes
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Panagiota Papageorgiou – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2023
This ethnographic study explores how elementary school children's participation in a culturally diverse music program, which featured their active engagement in group music-making and their acquaintance with the cultural-historical context of the music, affected them on interpersonal, collective, and social levels. The study focuses on the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Students
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Giovos, Ioannis; Moutopoulos, Dimitrios K.; Charitou, Anastasia; Gonzalvo, Joan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
In Greece, research about Environmental Education in elementary schools is scarce and geographically limited. A total of 1,157 questionnaires focused on the marine environment and, especially, on cetaceans (dolphins and whales), were conducted among 5th and 6th grade primary school students from 25 Greek towns. Results revealed that the awareness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Elementary School Students, Wildlife
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Maria S. Poulou; Pamela Garner – School Psychology International, 2024
The current study examined whether the extent to which students perceived their teachers provided positive support influenced associations between teachers' emotional intelligence and social emotional learning (SEL) beliefs and multiple dimensions of students' other-oriented cognitions (i.e., perspective taking empathetic concern, and prosocial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Emotional Intelligence, Social Emotional Learning
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Mouratidou, Katerina; Grassinger, Robert; Lytrosygouni, Eleftheria; Ourda, Despoina – Physical Educator, 2022
Lifelong physical activity is one goal of physical education. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a 9-week designed intervention in physical education at promoting elementary school students' intention for physical activity. The intervention was based on the creation of a task-oriented motivational climate during physical…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Intention
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Stylos, George; Kotsis, Konstantinos T. – Primary Science, 2021
Science is one of the most important subjects for students at all educational levels. To promote engagement, hands-on experiments can provide a 'realistic and exciting experience of the content' (Holstermann, Grube and Bögeholz, 2010: 744) and hopefully facilitate motivation. In this article, George Stylos and Konstantinos T. Kotsis present four…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Heat, Scientific Concepts
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Despoti, Georgia; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Fanti, Kostas A. – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential moderating role of perceived social support (school personnel, friends) and gender in the association between distinct psychopathic traits (callous-unemotional traits, narcissism, impulsivity) with bullying and victimization among 1442 Greek speaking early adolescents. Results suggested that…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Bullying, Victims, Conceptual Tempo
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Lykesasa, Georgios; Giossos, Ioannis; Chatzopoulos, Dimitrios; Koutsouba, Maria; Douka, Stella; Nikolaki, Eugenia – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of four warm-up protocols on agility, strength, static and dynamic flexibility in primary school students. The participants were forty-four students of a primary school (19 boys and 25 girls) and the mean age of the children was 11.7±0.47. All of them executed, in four different days, one of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exercise, Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness
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Touloupis, Thanos – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
The present study investigated parental involvement in the homework of children with learning disabilities, during distance learning due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Also, the role of parents' fear of COVID-19 and resilience in their involvement in homework was examined. The study involved 271 parents (140 mothers and 131…
Descriptors: Parent Role, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Kouvava, Sofia; Antonopoulou, Katerina; Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Ralli, Asimina M.; Maridaki-Kassotaki, Katerina – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Understanding and regulating emotions influence children's friendships. Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD) have difficulties in understanding emotions and in controlling themselves. ?he present study examines how children's friendships and their quality may be affected by emotion…
Descriptors: Friendship, Emotional Response, Self Control, Children
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Kanellopoulou, Aikaterini; Notara, Venetia; Antonogeorgos, George; Chrissini, Maria; Rojas-Gil, Andrea Paola; Kornilaki, Ekaterina N.; Lagiou, Areti; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Children's health literacy is a crucial pillar of health. This study is aimed to examine the association between health literacy and weight status among Greek schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 years old. A population-based, cross-sectional observational study enrolling 1,728 students (795 boys), aged 10 to 12 years old, was conducted during school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Knowledge Level, Health Behavior
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Kolovelonis, Athanasios; Goudas, Marios; Samara, Evdoxia – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
This study examined the effects of a self-regulated learning teaching unit on students' performance calibration, goal attainment, and attributions in physical education. Participants were 101 fifth- and sixth-grade students who were randomly assigned to an experimental (57 students) and a control group (44 students). Calibration indexes were…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Grade 5, Grade 6, Performance
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