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Blown, Eric J.; Bryce, Tom G. K. – Research in Science Education, 2020
The research described here examined the sources of knowledge of astronomy of children (age 3-18) in China and New Zealand, together with the development of their awareness of competing sources, ranging from everyday language, childhood literature and folklore to the scientific accounts prevalent in schools. The authors cite examples of the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Folk Culture, Children, Adolescents
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Kenwright, Debbie; McLaughlin, Tara; Hansen, Sally – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
School-based mindfulness programmes promote student wellbeing and positive behaviour as well as the development of key life skills including self-regulation and stress management. Teacher buy-in has been raised as a critical factor for the successful implementation of mindfulness programmes in schools. This paper reports on a mixed-methods study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Metacognition
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Escott, Sharnee; McCrudden, Matthew T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
We investigated writing performance and knowledge of writing before and after a persuasive writing intervention for ethnically diverse elementary school students in a low socio-economic community in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ). We used a one-group pre-post design. The participants (n = 24) were year 5 and 6 students (ages 9-11) from the same…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups, Student Diversity, Writing Instruction