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Educational Robotics and STEM in Primary Education: A Review and a Meta-Analysis
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Theodosios Sapounidis; Sokratis Tselegkaridis; Dimitrios Stamovlasis – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2024
Educational Robotics (ER) and Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) have entered schools and are parts of formal and informal education. Consequently, a wide range of relevant activities and interventions, from kindergarten to high school, are carried out emphasizing their potential benefits, in relation to traditional curriculum,…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Research Reports, Databases
Inservice Music Teachers' Vernacular Practices: A Self-Study of Curricular Application
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Nathan B. Kruse – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2024
The purpose of this self-study was to explore how a college-level vernacular music course might have played a part in shaping inservice music educators' teaching practices. Nineteen music teachers who graduated from the same teacher preparation program completed a 23-item researcher-constructed questionnaire that identified how they viewed,…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Music Education, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
Identity Development in School Makerspaces: Intentional Design
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Fasso, Wendy; Knight, Bruce Allen – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
Makerspaces are increasingly popular in K-12 schools, particularly when associated with STEM learning. Many schools are successfully entering the makerspace arena. Others face significant barriers in ideating their design, often resorting to tinkering, or the purchase of commercial kits as resources. At the heart of a makerspace is its intent, as…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Entrepreneurship, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education
Modern Band: A Review of Literature
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Powell, Bryan – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2021
The recent increase in popular music education in K-12 school music programs is in part due to the expansion of modern band programming throughout the United States. Modern band is a term used to describe school music ensembles that include popular music instruments and focus on performing music that is meaningful to the students while…
Descriptors: Music Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Singing
An Action Research Study Investigating Children's Use of an iPad during Free Play in a Kindergarten Classroom: An Exploration of Teaching Pedagogy and Children's Learning, Social Interactions, and Digital Literacy
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Reynolds-Blankenship, Tara – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As part of human development, technology plays an important role in many children's lives. As digital technologies continue to permeate aspects of many children's everyday lives, educators are integrating digital technologies into classroom practices and, as such, have created a need to examine the ways in which children use technologies in their…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Play
Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
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Duschl, Richard A., Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi A., Ed.; Shouse, Andrew W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2007
What is science for a child? How do children learn about science and how to do science? Drawing on a vast array of work from neuroscience to classroom observation, "Taking Science to School" provides a comprehensive picture of what we know about teaching and learning science from kindergarten through eighth grade. By looking at a broad range of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Education, Teacher Education, Scientific Concepts