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Cole, Merryn; Wilhelm, Jennifer; Vaught, Briana Marie-McKnight; Fish, Corinne; Fish, Hailey – Education Sciences, 2021
Research has shown that spatial ability plays a key role in understanding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) content, including chemistry. Conservation of Matter (CoM) is an essential but challenging topic for chemistry students of all ages to grasp; it is often taught in a way where students memorize it but do not learn what…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, STEM Education, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Yanik, Mehmet – Education Sciences, 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of participation in school sports teams of students studying in middle school on their levels of school engagement. The relational screening model was used in the study. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 610 students selected by the random sampling method and studying at middle…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Athletics, Learner Engagement, Grade 5
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Choi, Naya; No, Boram; Jung, Suji; Lee, San Eun – Education Sciences, 2019
This paper examines what affects adolescents' English anxiety in the English as Foreign Langauage (EFL) context. A total of 414 adolescents in South Korea participated in the study and the AMOS 20.0 was used in structural equation modeling for statistical analysis. The results are as follows. Girls showed a higher level of English anxiety and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Anxiety
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Paige, David D.; Smith, Grant S. – Education Sciences, 2018
Academic vocabulary is the specialized language used to communicate within academic settings. The Coxhead (2000) taxonomy is one such list that identifies 570 headwords representing academic vocabulary. Researchers have hypothesized that students possessing greater fluent reading skills are more likely to benefit from exposure to vocabulary due to…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Academic Discourse, Vocabulary Development, Grade 6