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Cassie F. Quigley; Danielle Herro; Holly Plank; Aileen Owens; Oluwadara Abimbade – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and context: Historically underrepresented youth in computer science persistently experience barriers making it difficult to see themselves in the computer science field including computer science programs and curricula with consistent stereotypical references focused on competition, individualism, and male-associated topics…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Minority Group Students, Student Interests, Self Concept
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Aytaç Onur Demirtas; Kerim Gundogdu – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2024
This embedded-single case study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the 8th-grade music curriculum through the lens of Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model. An initial survey involving 146 music teachers was conducted to determine the middle school grade-level music curriculum for evaluation. Subsequently, 15 music teachers, six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Music Education, Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness
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Wahid Ahmad Dar – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Rural India is witnessing a surge in the number of low-cost, poor-friendly private schools that seemingly offer quality alternatives to government schools. Untangling stakeholders' viewpoints, this research explains how outcome and performance-focused learning, broadly known as neoliberal performativity in education, is enacted in these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Costs, Private Schools
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Miha Slapnicar; Luka Ribic; Iztok Devetak; Luka Vinko – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
Student giftedness is a complex, developmentally dynamic and contextual phenomenon that teachers confront every day. In the classroom, teachers often meet students who have exceptional potential or achieve very high learning goals. The aim of this study is to illustrate the evaluation of inquiry-based learning activities in a specific context…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Chemistry, Science Education
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Yao Wu; Katie Gilligan-Lee; Terry Ng-Knight; Harriet R. Tenenbaum – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Homework is a multifaceted process that involves a complex interplay of factors. However, the processes underlying homework behavior are not yet fully understood. In Study 1, we tested a model of homework processes by examining the influences and consequences of homework behavior based on 473 Chinese students. In Study 2 with 159 British students,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
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Migle Helmersen; May Olaug Horverak – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
In line with international trends, the new Norwegian curricula for education have a stronger focus on life mastery, democracy and sustainability compared with previous requirements. Students are to develop competence that promotes health and responsible decision-making. The current study presents a programme implemented in lower secondary school…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Educational Indicators, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Anette Bentz; Bernhard Standl – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
Digital literacy is considered to be crucial for social and professional participation. Hence, several projects have been launched in school, as well as extracurricular activities to promote digital literacy in middle school. They aim, among other things, to increase interest in the so-called STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Computer Science Education, Extracurricular Activities, Middle School Students
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Bütüner, Suphi Önder; Baki, Adnan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2020
In this action study, instructional environments were enriched with activities related to the history of mathematics in order to deepen students' beliefs about mathematics and reveal for them fun, interesting, and useful activities. The study enrolled twenty-four 8th-grade students. Data were collected by using multiple data collection tools. The…
Descriptors: History, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
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Keskin, Cansu; Akcay, Hakan; Kapici, Hasan Ozgur – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2020
Providing individuals with environmental awareness from a young age is very important for a livable and sustainable world. In this context, this study aims to investigate the impacts of the environmental science project, the Water Explorer Program, on middle school students' water usage behaviors, and attitudes. A quasi-experimental research…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Middle School Students, Science Projects
Kain, Hoda; Safa, Nehme – Online Submission, 2020
This article reports on a part of a larger mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study which investigated the effect of a comprehensive model of online source- use on developing online research skills and lessening copy-paste trend in the writing pieces of Grade 8 ESL students (n = 172) in three private schools in Saida, Lebanon. Eight teachers were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Skills, Skill Development, Intervention
Claes, Ellen; Isac, Maria Magdalena – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Tolerance is necessary for the functioning of mature democracies where social cohesion is strong. Results from The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016 show that, on average, European young people tend to be tolerant, but their attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Social Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Toraman, Çetin; Aktan, Osman; Korkmaz, Gunes – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2022
The ongoing debate about if students' lives are either positively or negatively affected by parental involvement in terms of support or pressure for their children academic success is still important. This study aims to determine the relationships between secondary school students' gender, parents' income, grade, parental pressure or support for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Influence, Academic Achievement
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Schneider, Sascha; Nebel, Steve; Meyer, Selina; Rey, Günter Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
According to self-determination theory, both provision of choice and reduced task difficulty facilitate learners' motivation via an increase in 2 basic psychological needs. This study examines the moderating role of the autonomy-changing effect of "choice" on the competence-altering effect of differences in "perceived task…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Multimedia Materials, Learning Motivation, Multimedia Instruction
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Han, Hyewon; Bong, Mimi; Kim, Sung-il; Kwon, Soon Koo – Educational Psychology, 2022
We investigated the transmission of utility value from teachers to students by testing a model based on modern expectancy-value theory and empirical evidence for value transmission. A sample of 219 Korean 8th graders responded to surveys regarding the subject of history and their history teacher. Structural equation modelling showed that students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes
Tonja Detwiler – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research at the college and graduate levels indicates that the use of self-regulatory learning skills (such as time management, asking for help and setting goals) and collaboration with teachers and peers to be vital components of online learning. Little research in online learning has been done at the 7th-12th grade levels (Barbour, 2019).…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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