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Katy Farber; Rachel Mark – Middle Grades Review, 2024
How do service learning and self-directed learning connect and what are the implications for early adolescent students? The authors explore both the service learning and self-directed learning literature and research to discover the connections between the two approaches and concepts. This essay reviews existing frameworks for self-directed…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Service Learning, Early Adolescents, Student Development
Thiyaporn Kantathanawat; Natarika Thongsomnuek; Mai Charoentham; Paitoon Pimdee – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose. The increasing prevalence of digital tools in education necessitates models that enhance students' metacognitive skills. Despite this need, limited research exists on structured pedagogical approaches to foster metacognition within digital learning contexts. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the Cognitive Innovation…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Metacognition, Skill Development
Rubiela Cruz-Roa – HOW, 2024
This qualitative action research study explores six reading strategies to engage students in more dynamic reading through the implementation of workshops focused on the cross-curricular approach to develop critical reading skills among ninth graders at a public school. The study was conducted with 22 students selected, in the city of Manizales,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Content Area Reading, Reading Strategies, Workshops
Marios Pittalis; Ute Sproesser; Eleni Demosthenous; Eleni Odysseos – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The aim of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention program focusing on developing Grade 5 and 6 students' functional thinking. The innovative aspect lies in addressing simultaneously various aspects of function--input--output, covariation, correspondence, and object--in terms of manipulating tasks that involve functional…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction
Shaylyn Marks; Alice Hays; Tim Monreal; Amardeep Bajwa – Voices from the Middle, 2024
Inspired by the work of Muhammad (2020) and building upon the previous work of Hays (2021) in using young adolescent literature as a tool for social change, the authors highlight the ways in which educators such as Amardeep Bajwa can cultivate students' intellect through literature circle-based activities. More specifically, Hays worked with local…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Social Change, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Jiwon Hwang; Sam Choo; Stephanie Morano; Mengyuan Liang; Matthew Kabel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2024
Recent studies have posited that K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education should go beyond traditional subject silos and take an interdisciplinary approach that integrates these core subjects into a cohesive curriculum to foster authentic problem-solving skills. The purpose of this study was to field test one of five…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Moon, Peter F.; Himmelsbach, Joshua; Weintrop, David; Walkoe, Janet – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) has the potential to enhance learning when integrated into mathematical classroom activities. Teachers are being asked to include CT concepts in their core disciplines; however, there is an open question as to how best to equip teachers to integrate CT into their practice. Oftentimes teacher candidates enter math and…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Computation

Diana Owen; Alissa Irion-Groth – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of the Center for Civic Education's Project Citizen teacher professional development program and curriculum intervention in producing positive student learning outcomes that support civic engagement. Through Project Citizen, students identify and research a problem in their community, explore solutions,…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Faculty Development, Problem Solving
Danielle Marie Zammetti – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Title 1 middle schools have always faced unique challenges. Students belonging to families with low socio-economic status and financial stress have to overcome various barriers before they are academically successful and ready for college, career, and life. The COVID-19 pandemic forced students to engage in education outside of traditional school…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Federal Programs
Kelly Anne Lynd – Online Submission, 2024
This project-based thesis aimed to facilitate the creation of a collaborative culture quilt that celebrates the diverse cultural backgrounds, heritage, and traditions of students and teachers. The curriculum focused on various artists from different cultures, expanding students' understanding of art and culture both inside and outside the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Cultural Pluralism, Community Characteristics
Julia Shields Chrestay; Kyra Atterbury, Contributor; Janet Chance, Contributor; Stecy Mbemba, Contributor; Helena Miller, Contributor; Joe Alberti, Contributor; Sara Caselle, Contributor; Suzanne Cilli, Contributor; Katherine Collier, Contributor; Erica Darken, Contributor; Emily Goedde, Contributor; Rochelle Krauss, Contributor; Bernadine Magee, Contributor; Noga Newberg, Contributor; An Nguyen, Contributor; Candice Smith, Contributor – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Need in Deed's work with Philadelphia public school teachers and their students centers empathy, informed investigation, and civic action. Bolstered by these values and with the support of the My Voice framework and dedicated Need in Deed staff, educators are equipped to co-create authentic classroom communities with their students. In Need in…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Citizen Participation, Public School Teachers, Empathy
Heidi Flavian; Orna Levin – Teaching Education, 2024
Teacher-education programmes around the world face the challenge of preparing professionals capable of adapting their teaching processes to rapidly accumulating empirical knowledge, while remaining relevant in an era of constant change. In this case study, we propose that integrating Simulation-Based Learning (SBL) into teacher-education…
Descriptors: Simulation, Preservice Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Education Programs
Ayman Shakeel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educators play a crucial role in student skill development; hence this dissertation explores incentive-driven public policies and understands the effect that educators have on students. The first chapter estimates relative contributions of the subjective (supervisor observations and student surveys) versus objective (value-added) evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Skill Development, Cognitive Development, Public Policy
He Zhou Breunig – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines students' social-emotional experience with knowledge building pedagogy from the lenses of grit and growth mindset. The goal of this dissertation is to understand how interest, perseverance of effort and growth mindset oriented feedback engage students social emotionally in knowledge building to sustain and deepen their…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Learner Engagement, Knowledge Level, Skill Development
Malalina; Ratu Ilma Indra Putri; Zulkardi; Yusuf Hartono – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2024
Mathematics learning using high-order thinking skills is crucial for students. High-order thinking skills can be developed through learning materials with contexts relevant to the student's environment. This research aims to: produce maritime context mathematics teaching materials for higher-order thinking in Junior High Schools that are valid,…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Marine Education, Instructional Materials