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Direct linkCellitti, Jessica; Wright, Christopher – Science and Children, 2019
One of the guiding principles highlighted in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012) states that "children are born investigators," claiming that students construct their own understanding of the natural world even before they learn about it in formal learning settings. Even if students lack a thorough…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques, Inquiry
Lubienski, Sarah Theule; Lubienski, Christopher; Crane, Corinna Crawford – American Journal of Education, 2008
Recent analyses challenge common wisdom regarding the superiority of private schools relative to public schools, raising questions about the role of school processes and climate in shaping achievement in different types of schools. While holding demographic factors constant, this multilevel analysis of National Assessment of Educational Progress…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
Flynn, John L. – Educational Technology, 1992
Describes a study at Florida State University that examined how Gagne's learning theory and events of instruction described and supported learning in the cooperative learning environment of a fourth grade classroom. Examples of instructional events and appropriate actions are given, and it is reported that Gagne's theories support cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Peer reviewedBell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve – School Psychology Review, 1995
A measure of children's attributions (effort, external, ability) for success and failure outcomes in the school domain was developed and administered to 237 fourth and fifth graders. Moderate to good psychometric properties were obtained. Social outcomes attributed to ability and effort were significantly related to self-concept and social…
Descriptors: Ability, Children, Elementary Education, Failure
Dunn, Rita; And Others – 1983
A review of the literature indicated that some studies had investigated the effects of light on learning, but that learning style preferences for bright or low light had not been studied in relation to academic achievement. This relationship was studied with fourth-graders in a suburban school in New York State. Students took the Learning Styles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Download full textMullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Gonzalez, Eugenio J.; Chrostowski, Steven J. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2004
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 is the most recent in a very ambitious series of international assessments conducted in nearly 50 countries to measure trends in mathematics and science learning. The aim of TIMSS, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, is to improve the teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 4, Mathematics Teachers
Peer reviewedFlannery, Kathleen A.; Watson, Malcolm W. – Studies in Art Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the relationship of sex differences to levels of theme realism, aggression, expressiveness, and artistic skills among 114 elementary students. Finds that boys' drawings were more unrealistic and aggressive than those of girls. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aggression, Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art
Peer reviewedShannon, Sheila M. – Urban Review, 1995
Reports on an ethnographic study of a fourth-grade bilingual classroom that examined the culture created in the classroom and how children were socialized to it. The author argues that for culturally diverse, at-risk students to succeed, the culture of the classroom must be different in its roles, values, beliefs, and expectations than what exists…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Bilingual Students, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
