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Designing for Productive Failure
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Kapur, Manu; Bielaczyc, Katerine – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
In this article, we describe the design principles undergirding "productive failure" (PF; M. Kapur, 2008). We then report findings from an ongoing program of research on PF in mathematical problem solving in 3 Singapore public schools with significantly different mathematical ability profiles, ranging from average to lower ability. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Instructional Design, Direct Instruction
Altering Conditions for Student Participation and Motive Development in School Science: Learning from Helena's Mistake
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Andree, Maria – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2012
Previous research on science education has described various factors influencing students' participation and produced categorizations of students based on e.g. cultural background. In this article it is argued, theoretically and empirically, that an understanding of students' participation in science education needs to begin with an analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Education, Cultural Background
Struggling Readers Are Struggling Writers, Too.
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Tompkins, Gail E. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Describes an intervention program to provide extra writing instruction to seventh-grade struggling readers. Discusses characteristics of these struggling writers and compares it to other research that involved low-achieving students. Notes how teachers developed the program using authentic writing activities together with structured lessons about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Grade 7, Instructional Effectiveness
Effects of Pre- and Posttrip Activities Associated with a Residential Environmental Education Experience on Students' Attitudes toward the Environment
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Smith-Sebasto, N. J.; Cavern, Lisa – Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
The authors measured the impact of adding pre- and posttrip in-class activities to the residential environmental education program at the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). Seventh-grade students (N = 169) from a suburban, northern New Jersey school district participated in a 3-day, 2-night experience. The Environmental Adaptation,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience, Field Trips
Student Tools Supported by Collaboratively Authored Tasks: The Case of Work Learning Unit
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Akpinar, Yavuz; Bal, Volkan – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2006
This research aims to devise a set of computer-based tools to meet the diverse needs of learners for comprehending a science learning unit, namely work. A model of computer-based tools on the learning unit for developing procedural knowledge for solving work problems was developed together with a set of teacher customization and collaboration…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperative Planning, Computer Uses in Education
Classroom Events and Curricular Intentions: A Case Study in Science Education.
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Roberts, Douglas A.; Orpwood, Graham W. F. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1982
Compares two methods of teaching in two grade seven science classes in Ontario (Canada) that illustrate how students can attain different sets of objectives while mastering the same subject matter topic. Shows how different sets of classroom events can be interpreted in terms of differing curriculum emphases. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Analysis, Course Content, Course Objectives