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Scott, Graham W.; Boyd, Margaret – Education 3-13, 2016
This paper demonstrates the positive impact of learning through ecological fieldwork upon children's ability to write, and to write about science. Specifically we have carried out a relatively large-scale study (involving 379 children aged 9-11 years from 8 primary schools in North East England) comparing intervention classes (involved in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Science Education, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Sun, Maio – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
Informed by current notions of dynamic bilingualism and the community of practice (C of P) framework, this study was designed as an ethnographic case study to explore peer collaboration in an English/Chinese bilingual program in a city in Western Canada. The main participants in the study were three Grade 5 English/Chinese bilingual students. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Communities of Practice, Bilingual Education Programs
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Balci, Ali – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The aim of this study is to establish expectations of 5th grade students from Marmara University's Department of Geography Teaching on geographical field study in Western Anatolia. For this reason, a field study trip was organized to Western Anatolia. A survey, which was consisted of open-ended questions, was prepared by experts and it was…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Human Geography, Grade 5, Geography Instruction
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Mouratidis, Athanasios A.; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Sideridis, Georgios; Lens, Willy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In 2 quasi-experimental field studies in a real-life physical education (PE) setting, the authors investigated whether the interest-enjoyment and vitality of Greek pupils (age range, 10-12 years) varied from class to class as a function of the class-to-class variation in the manipulated motivational environment (Studies 1 and 2) and pupils'…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Physical Education, Field Studies
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Shih, Ju-Ling; Chuang, Chien-Wen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
This study presents a mobile exploration activity that guides elementary students to learn during a social science activity with digital support from mobile devices and wireless communications. The students are situated in both the real world and the virtual world to extend their learning experiences. The learning activities between the field and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Grade 5
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Camargo, Jennifer; Navarro, Jenny Carolina Orbegozo – HOW, 2010
Due to the role language and literature play in the construction of social, economic and cultural systems, reading comprehension has become a growing challenge. This study examined how the relationship between English as a foreign language reading comprehension and life experiences while using the "Sight Word Strategy" could prove…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension