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Laura B. Kent; Tammy Skelton – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Effective mathematics teaching practices include not only probing student thinking and selecting student strategies to share but also facilitating discourse and encouraging reflection about important mathematical ideas (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 2014, pp. 36-37). Encouraging students to use precise academic vocabulary to…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Mathematics Education, Multiplication, Language Usage
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Alberto J. Cañas; Priit Reiska; Oleg Shvaikovsky – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2023
It is widely accepted that concept maps are a meaningful learning tool. Even so, the use of concept mapping as a meaningful learning tool is probably less common than the use of concept mapping as an assessment tool. In first place, the easiest thing to with a student's concept map is to apply a rubric and give it a grade. And second, teachers…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Elementary Schools
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April Camping; Ashley Stack; Abigail Bristow; Kausalai Wijekumar; Debra McKeown; Pilar Sierra; Sandra Hotcaveg – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the skills and types of instruction present within four commonly used writing textbooks at grades four and five via content and quantitative analyses. Determining the presence of standards-based skills and evidence-based practices may help shed light on the effectiveness and quality of these curricula. The…
Descriptors: Skills, Educational Practices, Writing Instruction, Textbooks
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Marguerite E. Walsh; Lindsay Clare Matsumura – Cognition and Instruction, 2025
Dialogic classroom discussions where students collaboratively share and reason through complex ideas are critical for achieving ambitious reform goals for student learning. However, K-12 classroom talk is predominantly characterized by monologic, "teacher-centered" discourse patterns that have proven exceedingly resilient to change.…
Descriptors: Reflection, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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William J. Therrien; Vivian C. Wong; Ling Chen; Christina M. Taylor; Jennifer L. Chiu; Bruna Gonçalves; Qing Liu; Bryan G. Cook; Christian T. Doabler; Elizabeth Swanson; Priscilla B. Brame; Shannon Budin; Eunsoo Cho; Sheila J. Conway; Kimberley M. Davis; Michael W. Dunn; Michael N. Faggella-Luby; Jenna Gersib; Zaira Jimenez; Rachel L. Juergensen; Sharlene A. Kiuhara; Erica S. Lembke; Amelia K. Moody; Jared R. Morris; Reagan Murnan; Cherish M. Sarmiento; Cassandra M. Smith; R. Alex Smith; Michael Solis; Heidi R. Stinchcomb – Science Education, 2025
Elementary science education, particularly in the 4th and 5th grades, is essential for setting the foundation for lifelong science learning, fostering critical thinking, and preparing students for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This stage is especially critical for students with disabilities, as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Grade 4, Grade 5
Kelly C. Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has prompted educators to rethink and implement changes in instructional practices due to school closures affecting communities, society, and students. Access to formal education was significantly compromised during the pandemic shut down. This study investigated the development of materials and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mathematics Skills, COVID-19, Pandemics
Julia Houston Cunningham – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research suggests that current teachers' writing instruction does not prepare students for the demands of college and career writing, a problem that has persisted for decades. The purpose of this survey study of third- and fifth-grade teachers (N=159) across the U.S. was 1) to determine changes in teachers' frequency teaching writing using a set…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 5
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Jordan, Catherine; Sajady, Mollika; Faber Taylor, Andrea – Environmental Education Research, 2023
In school-based research, isolating the potential effects of a single variable while attempting to maintain typical classroom routines is always a challenge. Unfortunately, the challenges and methodological approaches to overcoming them are often only shallowly reported, perhaps due to word limits or assumptions that those details are irrelevant…
Descriptors: Environment, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Barriers
Mandy Dunphy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the dynamics of a formal classroom and an informal nature-based learning environment, focusing on their impact on student subjectification and knowledge authority. The study, conducted with a cohort of 27 fifth-grade students and their teacher, employs a comparative case study methodology to analyze how teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Informal Education
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Sarah K. Krowka; Madhavi Jayanthi; Robin F. Schumacher; Russell Gersten; Kelly S. Haymond; Rebecca A. Newman-Gonchar – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
Impacts of rational number interventions among U.S. students in Grades 3 through 9 with mathematics difficulties are examined using a systematic review and meta-analysis. The primary goal of the meta-analysis was to identify instructional practices that are key drivers of student impacts. From approximately 1,200 published and unpublished study…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Literature Reviews
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Gort, Mileidis; Hamm-Rodríguez, Molly – Reading Teacher, 2022
This article illustrates how two fourth-grade bilingual teachers transformed their writing instruction for bi/multilingual learners by integrating a functional approach to language and literacy teaching and learning. The authors use a systemic functional linguistics genre pedagogy to explore and elucidate the teachers' innovative instructional…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Bilingual Students, Multilingualism, Bilingualism
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Nele Bleukx; Katrijn Denies; Hilde Van Keer; Koen Aesaert – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: Reading and reading comprehension are crucial skills, yet many students in grade 4 struggle with them. To address this, several instructional practices have gained popularity. For one, explicit reading strategy instruction (ERSI) is deemed useful, given the finding that successful readers tend to employ reading strategies. As a second…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
H. Charles McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study explored how general education K-6 teachers describe their ability to implement student Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) in their classrooms and the supports needed for effective implementation of IEPs in Ohio. Self-Efficacy has been defined as the confidence that an individual has in their ability to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Aktas, Fatma Nur; Akyildiz, Pinar; Dede, Yüksel – Education 3-13, 2023
The purpose of this cross-sectional study (n = 43764 in four cohorts/groups) is to uncover the values when learning mathematics that students at Religious Vocational Middle Schools (in Turkish: Imam-Hatip Middle Schools) where religious contexts and contents are taught intensively in Turkey. In this regard, the study investigates the mathematics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Values
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Kim Wright; Hersh C. Waxman – Educational Studies, 2024
The growth of a STEM-focused economy has intensified the focus on developing kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students' STEM competencies and on the STEM practices of K-12 STEM teachers. The present study utilised secondary analysis of nationally-representative STEM teacher survey data to examine the ways in which middle grades teachers'…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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