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Ma, Xin; Zhang, Yin; Luo, Xingkai – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Although there is an increasing recognition of the importance of critical thinking in science education across the world, the relevant research literature is extremely thin. There is an urgent need to generate more empirical evidence. Purpose: We examined two essential issues concerning critical thinking (the relationship between…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Science Education, Academic Achievement, Physics
Yi Zou; Xinyu Xue; Lizhen Jin; Xiao Huang; Yanbing Li – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
In recent years, developing students' knowledge integration of specific topics through effective teaching methods has been a concern in science education. This study explored an alternative teaching method, which aims to help lower secondary school students develop their knowledge structure about buoyancy towards a logically integrated conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Jessica L. Hrubik – ProQuest LLC, 2023
To develop as writers, students require regular practice writing and examples of quality texts that can serve as guides for their own writing. Reading like a writer (RLW) is a specific way of reading that can benefit student writers. The purpose of this basic interpretive qualitative study was to examine the writing decisions of 19 eighth grade…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Jungmin Woo; Seon-Young Lee – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
Research has demonstrated the crucial role of creative metacognition and risk-taking in creativity. However, little empirical research has examined how creative metacognition and risk-taking work on creative performance in educational practice. This paper explored the moderating effects of creative metacognition on the relationships between…
Descriptors: Creativity, Metacognition, Risk, Performance
Nataša Nikolic; Radovan Antonijevic – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Problem-solving is, by nature, a creative process which, by teaching through the implementation of research and discovery activities, allows students to create their knowledge, revise it and link it to broader systems. The aim of the research was to describe and analyse the process of solving biological problems through activities that are…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Biology, Academic Achievement, Learning Activities
Nargis Bhatti; Nauman Ahmed Abdullah – Discover Education, 2024
English language is one of the mostly used languages across the world for communication as well as academic purpose. English subject is taught as compulsory from primary to bachelor level in Pakistan. Textbook is used as a teaching and learning resource for teaching English. Evaluation of textbooks remains a pertinent task in curriculum studies.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Textbook Evaluation
Ruth Jeong – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Bullying is a social phenomenon that involves more participants than the bully and the victim. Since the identification of other bullying participant behaviors, endeavors have been made to explore what inclines a person to defend a victim of bullying. With the social cognitive theory in mind, the current study examined whether students' level of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Cognition, Ethics
Deborah Bartley-Carter – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
Place-based learning encourages students to explore their local communities, learn about history, and develop critical thinking skills. This article focuses on six middle school students who participated in a History Club and entered the National History Day competition and discovered how history and place liberates learning.
Descriptors: Place Based Education, History Instruction, Clubs, Middle School Students
Adi Avramovich; Menahem Yeari – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
The present study explored whether poor executive functions (EF) underlying the difficulties of individuals with ADHD in reading comprehension (RC) are general or specific to the textual content they regulate. To address this question, adolescents with and without ADHD answered questions following the reading of texts and completed a series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Grade 8
Abolfazl Rafiepour; Nooshin Faramarzpour; Mohammad Reza Fadaee – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023
The present study investigates the effect of the separator lines on the learning of 8th grade students in simplifying algebraic expressions with parenthesis. An experimental study was designed to achieve this goal involving 60 girl students in 8th Grade (13 and 14 years old) randomly selected and assigned to two experimental and control groups.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Error Correction, Algebra, Grade 8
Hande Aytemiz; Zeynep Çakmak Gürel – Journal of Educational Research, 2023
Empirical studies demonstrate that students have some difficulties with the mathematical modeling process. Studies contain various applications for developing students' modeling competencies. This study investigated video-based modeling tasks' impact on modeling competencies with a descriptive design. In this context, it aims to compare…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Video Technology, Grade 8
Zeynep Gül Dertli; Bahadir Yildiz – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2025
Engineering design practices in STEM education focus on reflecting the discipline-specific work of engineers in a manner that is suitable for the student level and course learning objectives. Using an engineering design context also facilitates student identification of global problems and feasible solutions to address such problems. In this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Middle Schools, Engineering Education, Design
Puskar R. Joshi – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2024
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019 assessment results show a drop in mathematics achievement among Hong Kongese students. While several predictors associated with Hong Kongese students' declining mathematics outcomes in recent years have been explored, only a few of them have interrogated the relationship of…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Erline Germain – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the perceived ease of use and usefulness of an assistive robot educator tool. The theoretical foundation for this study was the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Service Robot Acceptance Model (sRAM), which explore perceptions around the utility of technological systems. The…
Descriptors: Robotics, Instructional Materials, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Lena Frenken; Paul Libbrecht; Benjamin Becker; Gilbert Greefrath – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
The German national educational standards state explicitly that students should be enabled to successfully interact with dynamic geometry software. In a feasibility study on providing a standardized assessment instrument by digital means, in order to assess students' mathematical competencies, the implementation of a task with such a dynamic…
Descriptors: Geometry, Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Computer Software