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Tsemach, Ehud; Zohar, Anat – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
Bible studies are one of the foundations of Israeli education. Nevertheless, this content area has been neglected for many years and it is now bordering on crisis. Passive learning style and classroom discussions that lead to predetermined conclusions are prevalent in Bible classes in both elementary and high schools. In this article, we present…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Religious Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Barzilai, Sarit; Zohar, Anat – Cognition and Instruction, 2012
This study examines epistemic thinking in action in order to shed light on the relation between students' personal epistemologies and their online learning practices. The study is based on observations of the learning behaviors of 6th-grade students (n = 38) during two online inquiry tasks. Data were collected through think-aloud protocols and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Protocol Analysis, Online Courses, Learning Strategies
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Ben-David, Adi; Zohar, Anat – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The aim of the present study is to explore the effects of Meta-strategic Knowledge (MSK) on scientific inquiry learning. MSK is a subcomponent of metacognition defined as general, explicit knowledge about thinking strategies. Following earlier studies that showed considerable effects of explicit instruction of MSK regarding the strategy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Inquiry