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Utkun Aydin; Meriç Özgeldi – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Research examining the joint relationships between test anxiety, metacognition, and mathematics achievement revealing the mediational role of metacognition in the relationship between test anxiety and mathematics achievement is sparse. A mediation study was designed to redress this imbalance. The Children's Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS), Junior…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Correlation, Test Anxiety, Grade 7
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Valeria Damiani; Elisa Caponera; Bruno Losito; Laura Palmerio; Gabriella Agrusti – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Civic engagement represents a key aspect of a democratic society and is itself a multidimensional construct. Research has shown that the promotion of civic engagement is an important component of civic and citizenship education intended in a broad sense, pertaining to formal, non-formal and informal learning situations. Within a national scenario…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Grade 8
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Zübeyde Çiçek; Murat Genç – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2024
The purpose of this study is to develop a lesson plan that will facilitate the instruction of socioscientific issues and the acquisition of twenty-first century skills. To this end, a lesson plan comprising four hours of instruction was devised and presented in comprehensive detail. Three distinct activities were devised and executed as part of…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Science and Society, 21st Century Skills, Nuclear Energy
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Gina R. Mason; Jillian L. Wendt – Discover Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEE) had on the academic achievement of middle school students. A quantitative, ex post facto causal-comparative design was used. The sample population consisted of 1067 8th-grade students across four middle schools within the Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Grade 8
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Ying-Chih Chen; Jongchan Park; Jamie G. Rapkiewcz – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Productive struggle is a process in which students expend effort to grapple with perplexing problems and make sense of something that is not immediately apparent and beyond their current level of understanding and capacity. The experience encourages students to reflect on and restructure their existing knowledge toward a new understanding of…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Biology, Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Florian Budimaier; Martin Hopf – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Although there has been extensive research on students' understanding of the particulate nature of matter (PNM), there is still a lack of research on contexts that can be used to teach this challenging topic. In a previous design-based research study, the authors developed a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) on the PNM in the context of crystal…
Descriptors: Physics, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Science Instruction
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Ünal Çakiroglu; Merve Aydin; Yasemin Köroglu; Merve Ayvaz Kina – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of using augmented reality (AR) in gaining historical empathy skills. AR cards were used in different periods of the history lesson. A mixed design method including pre-test and post-test is used to A mixed methods research design with pre-test and post-test is used to determine the developments in empathy…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Empathy, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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J. Ureña; R. Ramírez; M. Molina; M. C. Cañadas – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
We conducted a descriptive exploratory study in which we analyzed 313 sixth to eighth grade students' answers to a word problem, accompanied by diagrams, involving generalization in an algebraic functional context. In this research, we jointly addressed two objectives: (a) to determine the strategies deployed by students to generalize and (b) to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Generalization, Symbols (Mathematics), Age Differences
Jennifer Michelle Youngberg – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how teachers who teach 6th, 7th, or 8th grade English language arts in a virtual charter school environment describe the gamification process to support student engagement in the classroom. The overarching research question was: How do teachers who teach 6th, 7th, or 8th grade…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Gamification, Learner Engagement
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Mikio Miyazaki; Taro Fujita; Koji Iwata; Keith Jones – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
This study focused on improving students' learning mathematical of proofs and proving by using combinations of proof strategies that span different levels of understanding of proof structure; we refer to these as 'level-spanning proof-production strategies'. We analysed the level-specific proof-production strategies evident in the lessons and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Validity, Mathematical Logic
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Cheng Zeng; Linda Fisher – ECNU Review of Education, 2024
Purpose: Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) apps such as Duolingo have great potential for promoting learners' motivation to learn a second language (L2). However, little research has investigated how this motivational impact takes place. Additionally, despite the flexibility of mobile learning, most existing studies are conducted in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Siv M. Gamlem; Meerita Segaran; Synnøve Moltudal – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
This study explores lower secondary school teachers' arguments and perceptions for using a 26-point grading scale (26-PGS), and gender differences in assessment practice. An explanatory sequential design was conducted. First, teachers (n = 6) assessment of students' text (n = 182) was analysed. In the subsequent phase, an open-ended questionnaire…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Grading, Rating Scales
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Hasan Gökçe; Oguzhan Nacaroglu; Seyide Eroglu – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2024
Within the scope of the current study, the researchers developed activities for middle school students to raise their awareness on the harm of plastics and microplastics, which are detrimental to nature and living things. In addition, through the activities developed, the study aimed to provide students with knowledge of and experience with…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Plastics, Hazardous Materials, Grade 8
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Mari Fukuda; Emmanuel Manalo – Research in Mathematics Education, 2024
To encourage students' self-regulated learning at home, developing skills for textbook use to overcome learning-related impasses is crucial. This study examined the effects of providing mathematics class sessions that combined teacher instruction on appropriate textbook use with peer instruction, aimed at promoting students' spontaneity and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Metacognition, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Christopher Cleveland; Ethan Scherer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Education leaders must identify valid metrics to predict student long-term success. We exploit a unique dataset containing data on cognitive skills, self-regulation, behavior, course performance, and test scores for 8th-grade students. We link these data to data on students' high school outcomes, college enrollment, persistence, and on-time degree…
Descriptors: Surveys, Thinking Skills, Self Management, Student Behavior
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