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Nelson, David I. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This case study investigated how grade 8-12 teachers utilized the novel EdTech tool Equity Maps in their dialogic lesson designs. Grounded in theoretical framework of social constructivism and the conceptual framework of the triple E, this case study engaged a purposive sample of 13 highly qualified practitioners in semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10
Nicole Vick; Nina Blanton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educators have struggled with maintaining student engagement in science, especially as students transition from primary to middle school and upper grades (Vedder-Weiss & Fortus, 2012). A recent push in science education has been the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), released in 2013, whose development was guided by…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement
Nina Blanton; Nicole Vick – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Educators have struggled with maintaining student engagement in science, especially as students transition from primary to middle school and upper grades (Vedder-Weiss & Fortus, 2012). A recent push in science education has been the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), released in 2013, whose development was guided by…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement

Priti Oli; Rabin Banjade; Jeevan Chapagain; Vasile Rus – Grantee Submission, 2023
This paper systematically explores how Large Language Models (LLMs) generate explanations of code examples of the type used in intro-to-programming courses. As we show, the nature of code explanations generated by LLMs varies considerably based on the wording of the prompt, the target code examples being explained, the programming language, the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Programming, Computer Science Education, Programming Languages
Howard-Jones, Paul; Warren-Lee, Nicola; Aldred, Chris – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2023
A challenge for using evaluation data to improve climate change education in schools is access to an instrument for teachers to measure behavioral changes and their antecedents. We report on teachers' implementation of a brief survey measuring climate-related beliefs, self-efficacy, intention to act, action, and anxiety before and after their…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Beliefs, Self Efficacy
Yildiz Yildirim; Melek Gülsah Sahin – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
There is increasing interest in meta-analysis in different fields due to the need to combine the results of primary research. One of the crucial concepts in combining results is weighting. This study examines how Hunter and Schmidt's method, weighting by sample size; Hedges and Vevea's method, weighting by inverse variance; and Osburn and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Weighted Scores, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
Nurcan Keles; Mary Nyaema – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2023
The goal of the study was to compare how visual representations were integrated into the contents of the U.S. and Turkish textbooks used in life science. Data was collected from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade middle school topics common to both countries. Content analysis was used to analyse visual representations in textbooks. The visual representations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Biological Sciences, Middle Schools
Pei-Shan Tsai – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Several studies have explored the effects of cognitive tools, such as scaffolding, on the quality of argumentation in online argumentation activities. However, although information searching is the most popular online activity, few studies have investigated the roles of online information resources in the quality of argumentation. This study…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Search Strategies, Persuasive Discourse, Essays
Una Tellhed; Fredrik Björklund; Kalle Kallio Strand; Karolin Schöttelndreier – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2023
To increase engagement with science and technology, young people around the world are encouraged to attend activities at science centers. But how effective are these activities? Since women have weaker ability beliefs and interest in technology than men, it is especially important to learn how science center visits affect them. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9, Gender Differences
Youmi Suk; Yongnam Kim – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background/Context: Observational studies often employ regression discontinuity (RD) designs and multiple control-group designs to explore the causal quantities of interest. RD designs assess policy and program effectiveness by assigning subjects to treatment based on whether they exceed a pre-defined cutoff. RD designs are classified into two…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Research Design, Control Groups, Program Effectiveness
Mariana-Doina Cîineanu; Maria Eliza Dulama; Costin Hîrlav; Cristian Pop – Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 2023
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects on students' analytical thinking of a learning activity based on the analysis of flowing waters, represented on a hypsometric map. 20 students from the 8th grade participated in the study. The experimental design included three stages: in the first stage in which the students were asked to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Geography Instruction
Lin, Jiangze; Li, Qian; Sun, Haoqi; Huang, Zhijun; Zheng, Guomin – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The current study aimed to identify stable and interpretable profiles of 18,338 Chinese secondary school students in eighth grade on the basis of three aspects of reading engagement: behavioral, emotional, and cognitive engagement. Furthermore, the relationship between reading comprehension and these reading engagement profiles was investigated.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Learner Engagement, Reading Motivation
Bobek, Becky L.; San Pedro, Sweet – ACT, Inc., 2021
Understanding the effect of middle school students' achievement in academic subjects, future education plans, and the similarity between interests and career plans on subsequent college enrollment helps school counselors, teachers, and parents focus on how to assist students in ways that can increase college-going behavior. The goal of this study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Jessica J. Jasper; Laura L. Dvorak; Steven Z. Athanases; Sergio L. Sanchez – English Journal, 2021
For the last several years, teacher-researchers Jessica Jasper, Laura Dvorak, Steven Athanases, and Sergio Sanchez have partnered with a program called Globe Education, Shakespeare's Globe London. Practitioners in the program use teaching practices that engage learners with Shakespeare's works and other complex texts through drama practices. Jess…
Descriptors: English Literature, Drama, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students
Joseph Christian Leblanc – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cognitive and multimodal strategies used by adolescent students as they read comic texts and traditional prose texts. This study looked at the strategies employed by adolescents in an eighth-grade English class. The cognitive and multimodal strategies that the participants used while reading were…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Cartoons, Prose, Reading Strategies