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Download full textSugito; E. S., Sri Mulyani; Hartono; Supartono – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2017
This study was to explore how enhance communication skill through problem posing and presentation method. The subjects of this research were the seven grade students Junior High School, including 20 male and 14 female. This research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps, they were: planning, action, observation, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Grade 7
Contreras León, Janeth Juliana; Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2017
This study investigates the impact of implementing collaborative learning from a social and dialogical perspective on seventh graders' interaction in an English as a foreign language classroom at a public school in Bogotá, Colombia. Thirty students participated in this action research where field notes, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Caicedo Triviño, Paula Andrea – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
Seventh grade teachers at a Colombian public school chose cooperative learning as a strategy to improve student's social performance and as a tool to get learners to enrich their academic level. This article reports on an action research and innovation project focused on the results eight students obtained in their written performance in English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students, Adolescents
Direct linkKahan, David – Physical Educator, 2013
Urban middle school physical education teachers undertook action research to understand activity preferences of their sixth and seventh graders (n = 701) as they sought to modify curriculum for enhancing student engagement. Students completed an anonymous survey of basic demographic characteristics and interest in participating in 24 physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Action Research
Chen, Jen Jun; Yang, Shu Ching – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
The main aim of learning English as an international language is to effectively communicate with people from other cultures. In Taiwan, learners have few opportunities to experience cross-cultural communication in English. To create an authentic EFL classroom, this one-year action research study carried out three collaborative intercultural…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Action Research
Kruse, Nathan B. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore middle school and high school band students' perceptions of two ongoing school-university partnerships. Interviews and focus group interviews were conducted with school students to capture their unique perspectives and to support the tenets of formative and action research designs. Findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Musicians
Bartle, Corey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This participatory action research study addressed questions of pedagogical strategies, motivation, assessment, and student choice surrounding an inquiry approach to teaching and learning in a 7th grade social studies classroom. Teacher and student data were collected over a 6-week inquiry project stemming from and directed by student choice. Data…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Inquiry, Active Learning, Middle School Students
Carey, Jenna L.; Howard, Cameron C.; Leftwich, Rebecca J. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this action research project report was to increase engagement during independent reading for 32 fourth-grade students and 26 seventh-grade science students. At Site A, data was collected from August 27, 2012 through December 14, 2012. At Site B, data was collected from September 24, 2012 through December 14, 2012. Students'…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Casey, Ashley; Dyson, Ben; Campbell, Anne – Educational Action Research, 2009
This paper reports on the pedagogical changes that I experienced as a teacher engaged in an action research project in which I designed and implemented an indirect, developmentally appropriate and child-centred approach to my teaching. There have been repeated calls to expunge--or at least rationalise--the use of traditional, teacher-led practice…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Interpersonal Relationship
Friebele, David – Online Submission, 2010
This Action Research Project is meant to investigate the effects of incorporating research-based instructional strategies into instruction and their subsequent effect on student achievement in the area of problem-solving. The two specific strategies utilized are the integration of manipulatives and increased social interaction on a regular basis.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Charter Schools, Student Evaluation, Economic Status
Kerr, Crystal – Ontario Action Researcher, 2009
This research project examined how to develop and sustain online, asynchronous learning communities in continuous intake, distance education environments for learners in grades 7 through 10. The study is an action research project that is based upon in-depth, qualitative data. Interviews were conducted with distance education teachers,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Research Projects, Action Research, Distance Education
Aldridge, Jill; Fraser, Barry; Ntuli, Sipho – South African Journal of Education, 2009
We examined the viability of using feedback from a learning environment instrument to guide improvements in the teaching practices of in-service teachers undertaking a distance-education programme. The 31 teachers involved administered a primary school version of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC-Primary) questionnaire to their 1,077…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Questionnaires
