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A Systematic Review of Research on Creative Thinking in Primary Education: Focus on Empirical Methodologies
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Smare, Zaina; Elfatihi, Mohamed – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
This article reviews the methodologies used in 76 empirical studies conducted on creative thinking in primary school education and published between 2011 and 2021. The studies were analysed for their context, foci of investigation and the methodologies used. Each study was coded and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings are…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Creative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education
A Comparative Study Examining Preservice Teachers' Beliefs on Mathematical Problem Solving and Their Performances in Solving Real-Life Mathematical Problems in Jordan and the United States
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Arabeyyat, Talal Hashem – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is no doubt that teachers' knowledge and beliefs play a significant role in shaping how students learn mathematics. Nevertheless, research regarding the knowledge and beliefs of preservice teachers, including the cultural dimension, is very limited (Xenofontos & Andrews, 2012). The purpose of this study is to investigate the similarities…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teachers, Beliefs, Mathematics Instruction
Education and Career Aspirations of Palestinian and U.S. Youth.
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Khallad, Yacoub – Journal of Social Psychology, 2000
Explores whether Palestinian high school students in Jordan, compared with U.S. high school students in California, would aspire to higher academic goals and a narrower range of high-status occupations. Considers whether male students perceive greater family support and the relation between aspiration levels and socioeconomic status variables.…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research