Publication Date
In 2025 | 32 |
Since 2024 | 535 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2170 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 4702 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 7855 |
Descriptor
Grade 7 | 11548 |
Grade 8 | 4892 |
Grade 6 | 3661 |
Foreign Countries | 3558 |
Middle School Students | 3002 |
Student Attitudes | 2061 |
Grade 5 | 1991 |
Teaching Methods | 1958 |
Junior High Schools | 1617 |
Grade 9 | 1565 |
Academic Achievement | 1444 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Grade 7 | 7473 |
Middle Schools | 6466 |
Secondary Education | 5755 |
Elementary Education | 5709 |
Junior High Schools | 5638 |
Grade 8 | 3499 |
Grade 6 | 2880 |
Intermediate Grades | 2493 |
Grade 5 | 1617 |
High Schools | 1208 |
Grade 9 | 1141 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Teachers | 571 |
Practitioners | 482 |
Researchers | 122 |
Students | 95 |
Administrators | 48 |
Parents | 33 |
Policymakers | 33 |
Counselors | 9 |
Media Staff | 8 |
Community | 6 |
Support Staff | 1 |
More ▼ |
Location
Turkey | 745 |
Canada | 294 |
Australia | 237 |
California | 219 |
Texas | 202 |
China | 198 |
Germany | 167 |
Indonesia | 128 |
Florida | 120 |
New York | 120 |
United States | 110 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 34 |
Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 57 |
Does not meet standards | 32 |
Saglam, Yilmaz – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
In this paper, abstraction is associated with an activity in the sense of activity theory by Vygotsky. To him, participation in social activities is a fundamental act for the child in order to achieve higher mental functions. The present paper aimed to experimentally investigate the abstraction process and illustrate how meaning emerges on social…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Science Activities, Theories, Science Teachers
Bo Zhang; Jacob Misiak – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015
This study aims to fill a gap in middle school science education that no direct comparison has been conducted on three popular grading methods - point based, rubric based, and rubric plus written feedback based - on science achievement and motivation. Participants in this quasi-experimental study are 136 7th and 8th grade students from Midwest…
Descriptors: Grading, Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Grade 7
Strahan, David; Hansen, Kloo; Meyer, Annie; Buchanan, Ryan; Doherty, Jennifer – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2017
Researchers engaged in a collaborative, yearlong study with a seventh-grade language arts teacher who integrated activities to enhance students' understanding of mindsets with content instruction. Lessons emphasized four aspects of mindsets: belief that learning abilities can grow with the investment of effort, willingness to address challenging…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Arts, Grade 7, Case Studies
Aydin, Suleyman – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study is conducted to detect the students' perceptions on Sun, Moon and Earth (SME) system and define the 7th grade students' attitudes on the subject. In the study, since it was aimed to detect and evaluate the students' perceptions on some basic astronomical concepts without changing the natural conditions, a descriptive approach was…
Descriptors: Opinions, Student Attitudes, Astronomy, Space Sciences
Schaefer, Mary Beth – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
In this practitioner inquiry, the teacher researcher found that a culture of high-stakes testing had pervaded her diverse, urban seventh-grade students' conceptions of reading; students associated reading with tests and skills-based worksheets rather than pleasure. Using students' voices, passions, and interests, the teacher researcher broadened…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading, Student Attitudes, Grade 7
Arani, Mohammad Reza Sarkar – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2017
This study aims to reveal the teaching script and structure of lesson practice of two seventh-grade Japanese mathematics teachers--a "novice" and "expert"--through comparative analysis of mathematics lessons. Specifically, it aims to clarify how the teachers' views of teaching as tacit knowledge determine lesson structure and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Expertise
Juul, Holger; Petersen, Dorthe Klint – Annals of Dyslexia, 2017
It is often discussed whether dyslexics show a deviant pattern of reading and spelling development when compared to typically developing students, or whether they follow the same pattern as other students, only at markedly slower rate. The present cross-sectional study investigated phonological encoding skills in dyslexic Danish students. We…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Comparative Analysis, Grade 3, Grade 5
Zubaidah, Siti; Fuad, Nur Miftahul; Mahanal, Susriyati; Suarsini, Endang – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2017
In inquiry-based learning, teachers usually only apply one level of inquiry from the four available levels. The diversity of students should be a serious consideration. Differentiated Learning Science Inquiry (DSI) implements the four levels of inquiry. To train students' creative thinking, inquiry can be integrated with mind maps. This research…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Creativity
Barksdale, Christopher J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this sequential mixed method study was to examine the relationship between classroom climate and student achievement of middle school students. This study included a review of data collected from the Learning Environment Inventory from a purposeful sample of middle school students from a large suburban school district. A purposeful…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Mixed Methods Research
Voight, Adam; Hanson, Thomas – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2017
A growing number of educators concur that, in order to improve student academic performance, schools need to focus not only on students' academic needs but also on their social, emotional, and material needs (Piscatelli & Lee, 2011). As a result, school climate--the social, emotional, and physical characteristics of a school community (Cohen,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment
Zhu, Qianyu; Cheong, Yeram; Wang, Cixin; Sun, Cuiying – School Psychology, 2022
The present cross-sectional study aimed to (a) expand our understanding of the role of risk and resilience factors for adolescent adjustment during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and (b) examine personal resilience, peer and teacher-student relationships as protective factors against mental health difficulties. A total of 3,662 students from 4th…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), COVID-19, Pandemics, Risk
Goldhaber, Dan; Xu, Zeyu; Mihaly, Kata – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
Believe and Prepare is a teacher preparation reform implemented by the Louisiana Department of Education in collaboration with school systems and teacher preparation programs across the state. It was piloted in the 2014/15 school year and became mandatory in July 2018 for incoming teacher candidates in all 18 institutions of higher education that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Persistence
Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
Believe and Prepare is a teacher preparation reform implemented by the Louisiana Department of Education in collaboration with school systems and teacher preparation programs across the state. It was piloted in the 2014/15 school year and became mandatory in July 2018 for incoming teacher candidates in all 18 institutions of higher education that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Persistence
Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
The full study to these appendixes used administrative records on undergraduate teacher candidates provided by the Louisiana Department of Education to compare the outcomes between similar teachers who completed programs that had implemented Believe and Prepare and teachers who completed programs that had not implemented it. This document presents…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Persistence
Jaquet, Karina; Skjoldhorne, Susann; Thomas, Colieen; Negrete, Deb; Robbins, Cate – WestEd, 2022
Elevate [Math] is a 19-day (76-hour) in-person summer math program created by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation to help middle school students who are struggling in math to achieve math proficiency, increase their interest in math, and develop a growth mindset. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person summer program was adapted to a…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement