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Rouvali, Aimilia; Riga, Vassiliki – Education 3-13, 2021
The research investigates the thoughts, needs, wishes and preferences of a pupil diagnosed with autism spectrum condition in regard to her daily experiences in a mainstream early years' setting, in a small Greek island. The purpose of this case study was to explore and provide an example of how the designing of the Individual Learning Plan could…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Inclusion
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Antonopoulou, Katerina; Xanthou, Eleni; Kouvava, Sofia – Education 3-13, 2022
The present study examined younger and older children's perceptions of friendship characteristics and expectations from best friends. One hundred and eighty eight children (Mage = 8.51 years old, SD = 1.70, age range: 6-11 years old) from two primary schools of Athens were involved in a 15-min semi-structured interview and produced drawings of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Friendship, Age Differences, Children
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Helen Drenoyianni; Paris Kourtis – Education 3-13, 2024
Within the framework of the revised taxonomy of educational objectives created by Anderson and Krathwohl, this study attempted to describe the design and examine the learning outcomes of an intervention focused on the development of higher order thinking at an elementary education setting. A class of 21 sixth graders participated in the project,…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Grade 6, Elementary School Students, Outcomes of Education
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Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Gregoriadis, Athanasios; Theodorakis, Nicholas D.; Evaggelinou, Christina – Education 3-13, 2019
The present study was set out to investigate the association between teachers' perception of the quality of their relationships with their students' and teachers' professional self-efficacy. Fifty public school teachers were asked: (a) to assess their perceived levels of efficacy and (b) to randomly select eight students from their classrooms (4…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Correlation, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents
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Zagkotas, Vasileios – Education 3-13, 2019
The tremendous impact of comics to young people at the beginning and the middle of the twentieth century drew the attention of educators, thus the debate concerning the use of comics at school began very early. Some studies revealed that Greek pupils think of History as an extremely boring lesson, full of names and dates. Therefore, there is a…
Descriptors: Cartoons, History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Alkmini Gogou; Kostas Kasvikis – Education 3-13, 2024
The aim of the paper is to analyse and discuss the results of research concerning the development of historical concepts by Greek primary education pupils when engaged in a history game based on ICT. For purposes of the research, an experimental intervention was implemented. It was addressed to 67 pupils aged 10-11 years old, using an application…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, History Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Children
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Zagkotas, Vasileios; Niaoustas, Georgios – Education 3-13, 2020
This article aims to discuss the use of postage stamps in everyday teaching. The first part presents a brief clarification of the basic philatelic terms found in the text. The second part presents the ways in which philatelic collections can be used in the teaching of specific subject matters. Part 3 contains five teaching suggestions as small…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Letters (Correspondence), Instructional Materials, Student Projects
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Iliopoulou, Ifigenia – Education 3-13, 2018
This paper reports on the thoughts 6-year-olds and 9-year-olds have related to the serious issue of air and sea pollution. More specifically, twenty seven 6-year-olds and thirty 9-year-olds attending two state schools in Volos, a small provincial town in Greece participated in the research which assessed the students' competence to think…
Descriptors: Pollution, Marine Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Cremin, Teresa; Glauert, Esme; Craft, Anna; Compton, Ashley; Stylianidou, Fani – Education 3-13, 2015
In the light of the European Union's interest in creativity and innovation, this paper, drawing on data from the EU project Creative Little Scientists (2011-2014), explores the teaching and learning of science and creativity in Early Years education. The project's conceptual framework, developed from detailed analysis of relevant literatures,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Creative Teaching, Creativity
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Kaldi, Stavroula; Filippatou, Diamanto; Anthopoulou, Barbara – Education 3-13, 2014
This study focuses upon the effectiveness of structured co-operative group work on primary school students, aged between 8.5 and 9.5 years old, regarding their content knowledge, attitudes towards co-operative group work, experiential learning and open-ended curriculum as well as students' social and learning behaviour during co-operative group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Knowledge Level
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Leondari, A.; Magos, K.; Oikonomou, A. – Education 3-13, 2014
Social stereotyping and prejudice constitute pressing societal problems and have many causes. Terror Management Theory offers a compelling and heavily researched account of individuals' reactions towards "dissimilar others" when faced with thoughts of mortality. Building from previous research with adult samples, the present study aimed…
Descriptors: Fear, Ethnic Groups, Social Bias, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Rekalidou, Galini; Pliogou, Vassiliki – Education 3-13, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of peer groups that pupils form, after selecting one another, during the various primary school classes. One hundred and fifty-nine 4th, 5th and 6th grade pupils, attending urban schools in the provinces, took part in the survey. Moreno's sociometric recommendation test was provided for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Peer Relationship
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Rekalidou, Galini; Pliogou, Vassiliki – Education 3-13, 2006
The aim of this research is to examine how social learning is connected to the acquisition of knowledge and abilities. One hundred and nineteen "A" grade students (60 boys and 59 girls) attending public primary school participated. The collection of data was carried out according to: (1) the "Athina" Test (AT) and (2) teachers'…
Descriptors: Socialization, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students