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Scott R. Bartholomew; Nathan Pehrson – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2023
A group of adults, dressed in authentic medieval costumes, organize and stage a full-scale battle at a local park; weapons (made from foam), roles, and medieval speech are all part of the event. This is known as "Live Action Role Play" -- more commonly referred to as "LARP." Although many settings and scenarios have been used…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Learning Activities, Engineering Education, Design
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Chiaki Ishiguro; Toru Ishihara; Noriteru Morita – npj Science of Learning, 2023
The present longitudinal study examined whether extracurricular activities in the arts and corresponding scores in art classes have a positive association with general academic performance. Data were collected from 488 seventh-grade children (259 boys and 229 girls) for over two years. Information regarding their participation in extracurricular…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Students, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement
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Chea, Soth; Baba, Takuya – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2021
Purpose: It is crucial for teachers to understand what students already know and what they are thinking, before conducting their lessons, because identification of the cause is the first step of remedy. This study analyses students' conceptions that underlie the errors they make in algebraic expressions under two categories of conceptual…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Formulas, Grade 9, Secondary School Students
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Ng, Clarence – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2021
Mathematics self-schemas are students' cognitive generalisations of their selves in learning mathematics (Ng in "Educational Psychology," 34(6), 730-762, 2014). These salient subject-based self-conceptions are conceptualised as a cognitive frame guiding students' coping responses when dealing with challenging mathematics tasks. In study…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics, Coping, Foreign Countries
Aeniqua Burks Flowers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of social media on adolescent mental health. The study was intentional in examining the effects of social media usage on depression, self-esteem, and academic achievement. The research was completed during the fall and spring of 2020 and 2021 with 136 ninth grade students within a large…
Descriptors: Social Media, Depression (Psychology), Self Esteem, Academic Achievement
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Chun-Ting Yang – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This article focuses on the role of language ideology in four students' ethnic identity during one stage. I employ Bakhtin's concepts of ideological becoming, and of authoritative and internally persuasive discourse to explore how the student participants are conscious of language and social worlds, including their heritage language and ethnic…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Grade 8, Grade 9, Native Language Instruction
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Yagmur Çerkez; Nedret Türksoy Alkim; Yasemin Sorakin – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This qualitative research aimed to explore high school students' opinions on the effectiveness of using the mind map method asa note-taking, thinking, and learning tool. The study involved 80 students from 9th, 11th, and 12th grades who were introducedto the mind map method and asked to apply it in their lessons. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Notetaking, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Mapping
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Ben Le; Kristin E. Black; Coleen Carlson; Jeremy Miciak; Lindsay Romano; David Francis; Michael J. Kieffer – Grantee Submission, 2024
This brief analyzes 4-year graduation rates among students ever classified as English learners (ever-ELs) and those never classified as English learners (never-ELs) at the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood income. We follow two cohorts of New York City students who entered ninth grade in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (N =…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Graduation Rate, English Language Learners, Race
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Wesley Jeffrey; Benjamin G. Gibbs – Research in Higher Education, 2024
While a substantial body of work has shown that higher-SES students tend to apply to more selective colleges than their lower-SES counterparts, we know relatively less about "why" students differ in their application behavior. In this study, we draw upon a sociological approach to educational stratification to unpack the SES-based gap in…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Socioeconomic Status, Socioeconomic Influences, College Choice
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Ben Le; Kristin E. Black; Coleen Carlson; Jeremy Miciak; Lindsay Romano; David Francis; Michael J. Kieffer – Educational Researcher, 2024
This brief analyzes 4-year graduation rates among students ever classified as English learners (ever-ELs) and those never classified as English learners (never-ELs) at the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood income. We follow two cohorts of New York City students who entered ninth grade in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (N =…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Graduation Rate, English Language Learners, Race
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Sally Valentino Drew; Jeff Thomas; Corey Nagle – Exceptionality, 2024
There have been many calls for the development of discipline-specific argument writing interventions to integrate science-specific and general literacy standards and goals. Yet, adolescents with and without exceptionalities struggle to meet existing writing demands. This explanatory sequential mixed methods design draws from the strengths of…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition), Inclusion, Secondary School Science
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Valentine Ukachukwu Okwara – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2024
Understanding ecological concepts is crucial in tackling environmental issues like climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction. These concepts also serve as a teaching framework, encouraging learners to effect positive change. This research was conducted with grade 9 learners from three schools in Bloemfontein, South Africa, randomly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Environmental Education, Climate
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Kagan Buyukkarci; Melike Ozelci – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the effects of self-assessment implementation on ninth grade students' writing competence and motivation. This study was designed as a quasi-experimental study and obtained quantitative data from questionnaires and writing scores. Qualitative data was gathered from semi-structured interviews conducted with the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Grade 9, Writing Skills
Drew Nucci – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Mathematical learning is supported by caring teaching, which is complex, political work particularly for white teachers in racially diverse classrooms. To investigate white teachers' understandings of care and its influence on mathematics instruction, I conducted a six-month qualitative study in two racially diverse ninth-grade Algebra 1…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Race, Mathematics Instruction, White Teachers
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Kason Ka Ching Cheung; Jack K. H. Pun; Xuehua Fu – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Researchers in science education lacks valid and reliable instruments to assess students' "disciplinary" and "epistemic" reading of scientific texts. The main purpose of this study was to develop and validate a Reading in Science Holistic Assessment (RISHA) to assess students' holistic reading of scientific texts. RISHA…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Reading Tests, Science Education, Student Evaluation
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