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Casado-Ledesma, Lidia; Cuevas, Isabel; Martín, Elena – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Scientific literacy can be promoted through oral and written argumentative practice. Collaborative discourse has proven effective in fostering conceptual understanding, especially when discussions are developed under deliberative goals. Likewise, writing tasks as argumentative syntheses stand out for its epistemic value and its contribution to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Synthesis
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Gil-Arias, Alexander; Harvey, Stephen; García-Herreros, Francisco; González-Víllora, Sixto; Práxedes, Alba; Moreno, Alberto – European Physical Education Review, 2021
As an alternative to the direct instructional model, Metzler proposed a range of pedagogical models that include second generation models such as teaching games for understanding (TGfU) and sport education (SE). These pedagogical models have key design features that can promote high levels of autonomous motivation for both boys and girls.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Determination, Student Motivation, Physical Education
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Rodríguez-Negro, Josune; Yanci, Javier – Educational Psychology, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two different instructional models (i.e. direct instructional model (DIM) and tactical games model (TGM)) with primary education students. Perceived exertion, affective valence, physical activity (PA) level, instruction time, active learning time, and relation of instruction/active learning time…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Games, Physical Activity Level
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Gil-Arias, Alexander; Claver, Fernando; Práxedes, Alba; Villar, Fernando Del; Harvey, Stephen – European Physical Education Review, 2020
The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of a hybrid teaching games for understanding (TGfU) and sport education (SE) physical education unit on autonomy support, perceived motivational climate, enjoyment and perceived competence, in comparison to a unit delivered via a traditional direct instruction model. A crossover design was…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Games, Athletics
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Pinto, Maria; Fernández-Pascual, Rosaura; Marco, Francisco Javier García – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Preference for autonomous versus directed learning for the acquisition of information competencies (ICs) was analyzed among undergraduate social science students according to gender, degree program, belief in importance, and self-efficacy. Data were gathered using the IL-HUMASS (Information Literacy Humanities Social Sciences) online survey from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Students
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Geography Teacher, 2007
"The Geography Teacher" provides hands-on reference and educative material for K-12 Geography teachers. The journal also pioneers innovative ideas for contemporary teaching methods, including lesson plans. This issue contains the following: (1) Ask Dr. de Blij (Dr. Harm de Blij); (2) Refugees in America (TGT); (3) Guinness and the Irish…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Refugees