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Singley, Vickie. "Teaching multiplication and division to learning disabled children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/169.
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McBryde, Joan Horton. "Assisting the learning disabled through the use of math manipulatives." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/670.
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Waddell, Elizabeth Lynn. "Teaching and learning in the school garden." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2085.
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This project was created to encourage educators to establish school site gardens. Gardens provide the opportunity to introduce environmental topics, and can become hands-on learning centers for subjects across the course of study.
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Callahan, Philip. "Learning and development of probability concepts: Effects of computer-assisted instruction and diagnosis." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184873.
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This study considered spontaneous versus feedback induced changes in probability strategies using grouped trials of two-choice problems. Third and sixth grade Anglo and Apache children were the focus of computer assisted instruction and diagnostics designed to maximize performance and measure understanding of probability concepts. Feedback, using indeterminate problems directed at specific strategies, in combination with a large problem set permitted examination of response latency and hypothesis alternation. Explicit training, in the form of computer based tutorials administered feedback as: (a) correctness and frequency information, (b) mathematical solutions, or (c) in a graphical format, targeted by weaknesses in the prevailing strategy. The tutorials encouraged an optimal proportional strategy and sought to affect the memorial accessibility or availability of information through the vividness of presentation. As the subject's response selection was based on the query to select for the best chance of winning, each bucket of the two-choice bucket problems was coded as containing target or winner (W) balls and distractor or loser (L) balls. Third and sixth grade subjects came to the task with position oriented strategies focusing on the winner or target elements. The strategies' sophistication was related to age with older children displaying less confusion and using proportional reasoning to a greater extent than the third grade children. Following the tutorial, the subjects displayed a marked decrease in winners strategies deferring instead to strategies focusing on both the winners and losers; however, there was a general tendency to return to the simpler strategies over the course of the posttest. These simpler strategies provided the fastest response latencies within this study. Posttest results indicated that both third and sixth grade subjects had made comparable gains in the use of strategies addressing both winners and losers. Based on the results of a long-term written test, sixth grade subjects appeared better able to retain or apply the knowledge that both winners and losers must be considered when addressing the two-choice bucket problems. Yet, for younger children, knowledge of these sophisticated strategies did not necessarily support generalization to other mathematical skills such as fraction understanding.
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Barfurth, Marion A. "The collaborative process as seen through children's disagreements while learning science." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28674.
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The emphasis in mathematics and science education on children actively constructing their own knowledge, collaborating with each other and in contexts that are technologically rich is resulting in new classroom dynamics. Often portrayed as a series of polite exchanges, this study aims to advance our understanding of the collaborative learning process. It does this by looking at a less frequently reported event, children's disagreements while learning science. Following a proposal for conceptually advancing the field the research questions addressed include: (a) Looking at the importance and nature of children's disagreements during a design and construction task using LEGO/Logo and (b) Using the proposed analytic framework to see what it tells us about the collaborative process during children's disagreements. The findings suggest that looking at a disagreement from a social and cognitive move perspective provides an effective framework for looking at the collaborative process. It revealed that disagreements can be a legitimate form of collaboration and elementary school children's disagreements, while on task, can be both extensive and constructive.
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Scott-Toux, Deborah. "Constructivist model for career internships: Integrating contextual learning and critical thinking." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2014.
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Metelerkamp, Roger Gregory. "The importance's of the physical analogue clock in mediating learning of analogue clock time in Grade 4 learners." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013169.
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My research topic concerns how learners use the analogue clock (as a human tool) to make meaning of clock time. This study is informed by a Vygotskian socio-cultural framework to learning and development based on the concept that human activities take place in cultural contexts and is mediated by tools. In this qualitative study I report on the learners meaning making of analogue clock time using the physical clock. This study was carried out at a South African primary school through an intervention programme after school. The research employed a case study method. It involved a purposeful sample of 4 learners (n=38) from the grade four class group based on their response to a baseline assessment task. The selected sample of learners included learners across the ability spectrum to gain rich insight into how learners make meaning of analogue clock time. Data collection and analysis was done through an interpretive approach. The video-taped interviews and intervention programme was my main instrument of data collection. Other research instruments included document analysis of responses to baseline assessment tasks. These research tools yielded the data collected and also allowed for triangulation. My research topic explored how the learners make meaning of analogue clock time. In particular the two-way movement of how the learners use the physical tool namely the analogue clock to develop meaning and how the clock mediates clock knowledge in return. The findings of the study suggest that learners’ find it difficult to conceptualise analogue clock symbols and signs, in particular, in Afrikaans the half hour concept, in relation to the two hands. The physical analogue clock is also important to support and extend clock knowledge in solving time-related problems. This shows the power of the analogue clock to mediate meaning making of clock time in young learners. Because of its potential to improve teaching and learning analogue clock time in primary school it is therefore recommended that the analogue clock time be further researched in South Africa.
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Yeung, Kam-sun. "A case study of teachers' concerns and use of information technology for teaching and learning." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23568835.
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Zack, Vicki. "Dyadic interaction in an elementary school computer lab classroom, and the learning of Logo geometry concepts." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75899.
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This qualitative naturalistic research study investigated peer interaction and its relationship to the learning of Logo geometry concepts within an elementary school computer lab classroom environment. The work of four focal children (10-11 years old) and their partners was analyzed. The study looked at (1) the kind of working relationships which existed between the partners, (2) the verbal strategies used by the partners during their mathematics disagreement, and (3) the ways in which the talk between the partners and the strategies they used both contributed to their learning, and reflected their learning, of the geometry concepts (with an emphasis upon the aspect of angular rotation).The findings revealed that all but one of the dyadic (and triadic) partnerships were collaborative and symmetrical: the children took turns giving information and explanation. At times the information was incorrect. The number of explanations given was very small. A range of peer teaching skills was in evidence. There was no correspondence found between the rate of use of higher level strategies (which included talk supported by reasons), and the child's general Logo achievement. However, the verbal strategies used during disagreements did reveal the children's modes of working and thinking. Seven of the ten children worked in an algorithmic way; the other three seemed to understand what they were doing when they worked with angular rotations. The study was able to report on aspects concerning the children's understanding of angular rotation in the early stages of Logo learning, as well as on the sociocognitive aspect concerning the effects that children working together can have upon their learning of Logo geometry concepts.
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Mntunjani, Lindiwe. "The use of mathematical resources to teach number concepts in the foundation phase." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2494.
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Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.The poor performance of learners in mathematics has long been a matter of concern in South Africa. One certain fact from the Annual National Assessment (ANA) results is that the problem starts in the Foundation Phase (FP) with number concepts. The aim of this study was to explore how five Foundation Phase teachers located in challenging socio-economic school contexts in the Western Cape used mathematical resources to promote teaching for understanding of the important number concept area in CAPS. These resources included humans, materials, culture and time. The research was located within the interpretive qualitative research paradigm and used a case study approach. The participants in the study included five FP teachers teaching Grades 1 to 3 at two schools in the Western Cape. Data was collected through lesson plan analysis, lesson observations and semi-structured interviews. The data collected was then analysed through the lens of Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory. Socio-cultural theory maintains that knowledge is best acquired if it is mediated by language, more knowledgeable others and physical tools. Vygotsky believed that knowledge is first acquired interpersonally, then intrapersonally, as learners first learn from others, then internalise or individualise knowledge while going through the four stages of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The findings of this study revealed that teaching for understanding was often compromised by teaching to enable learners to pass assessments. Teachers understood the importance of using resources to teach number concepts in the Foundation Phase, but inclined to rote teaching with work drills in preparation for assessments such as the Annual National Assessment (ANA) and the systemic assessment. Resources were often used when learners struggled to understand concepts and as calculation tools. This study supports the view from the literature that the way in which resources are used affects the teaching and learning of number concepts. It recommends that teachers should read and follow the CAPS mathematics document, as it clearly states what resources to use and how. This study further recommends that more research on the use of resources to teach mathematics in other content areas should be done.
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Jacobs, Christopher Colin. "Teaching and assessing aspects of the technology learning area." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1929.
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Thesis (M. Ed. (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005With the introduction of Outcomes Based Education (OBE), Technology became a new learning area which is compulsory in the General Education and Training band. Technology Education was not offered as a teaching subject in teacher education institutions and as a consequence most teachers received little or no training in technology education. The approach to the teaching of Technology, with its demands, could pose challenges or problems to teachers who did not receive adequate training in Technology Education. The purpose of this research is to investigate the manner in which technology teachers plan, teach and assess the technological process and the way the learners experience the teaching and assessment of the technological process. The main objective of the study is to enhance classroom practice by highlighting the challenges that face teachers and learners and by offering guidelines for teaching and assessing the technological process
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Hughes, Patricia Ann. "A study to assess the achievement of established learning objectives of the mathematics program of a small midwestern elementary school." Virtual Press, 1986. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/506640.
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The purposes of the study were threefold: (1) to assess whether the math program of a small, midwestern elementary school was meeting the district's established cognitive mathematics objectives, (2) to make recommendations for improvement of the existing mathematics program and (3) to provide a basis for the cognitive components of elementary mathematics program evaluation suitable for adoption by school corporations of a similar size.The study was designed to determine the following: Does the existing mathematics program currently conducted by a small, midwestern elementary school meet the stated program learning objectives as measured by the Metropolitan Achievement Test and the program's criterion-referenced tests?The review of literature considered pertinent for the study was reviewed and categorized as. follows: (1) history and overview of achievement assessments, (2) evaluation of mathematics achievement, (3) mathematics teaching today, and (4) mathematics program recommendations. The population for the study was defined as those students in kindergarten through grade six in a small, midwestern elementary school enrolling 506 students who had been administered the Metropolitan Achievement Test during the week of April 28, 1985.The assessment of the achievement of the cognitive mathematics objectives was dependent upon results of the mathematics subtest scores of the Metropolitan Achievement Test, Form JS, Survey Battery and the criterion-referenced tests of the U-SAIL Mathematics Program. Data obtained from the tests were analyzed, summarized and presented in a narrative report.Based upon the results of the study using the MAT the following conclusions have been drawn:1. At all grade levels, the mathematics program learning objectives as measured by the MAT are generally met, however, the proportion of the curriculum measured is not adequate for assessing achievement of the district's established mathematics cognitive objectives.2. The Metropolitan Achievement Test does not measure enough objectives to adequately assess achievement of the program's mathematics cognitive objectives.Based upon the results of the study using the U-SAIL criterion-referenced tests, the following conclusions have been drawn:1. At kindergarten, first and second grade levels, the objectives are adequately met. The program is effective.2. At third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade levels, the objectives are being inadequately met. The program is ineffective.68
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Ng, Mei-lee, and 吳美莉. "Teaching and learning of English in Hong Kong kindergartens: patterns and practices." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47231385.
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As in many parts of Asia, the learning of English is highly valued by parents in
Hong Kong as it is regarded as a path to upward social mobility. Children in Hong
Kong who speak Chinese as a first language typically begin to learn English when
they start kindergarten at age 3. This study investigated the teaching and learning
of English in Hong Kong kindergartens through two interrelated studies. The
objective of Study 1 was to examine the patterns of English language teaching in
different kindergartens. On the basis of the findings of Study 1, three kindergarten
teachers were selected for a multiple case study in Study 2 to gain a deeper
understanding of their English teaching practices and their students? engagement in
the learning of English.
About 38 % (n=256) of the kindergartens and kindergarten-cum-nurseries in
Hong Kong were surveyed in Study 1. The results from the survey indicated that (i)
the teaching of English to 5-year-olds was widespread and there were many cases of
teaching of English to 3-year-olds; (ii) the English instruction time was relatively
limited; (iii) English as a specific subject was taught by “specialist” English teachers
with varying academic and professional backgrounds; (iv) in schools that allocated
relatively less time for English instruction, teachers did not usually have professional
qualifications to teach preschool children and/or English; (v) there were varying degrees of collaboration between “specialist” English teachers and local non-English
speaking teachers; (vi) a wide variety of teaching materials and pedagogies were
deployed; (vii) written homework assignments to improve children’s English were
common; and (viii) teachers exerted efforts to create a bilingual (Chinese – English)
environment at school.
Study 2 was a multiple case study in which three teachers - one with a
professional qualification in early childhood education, one with professional
qualifications to teach English as a Second Language, and one untrained - were
purposefully sampled. Six English lessons of each of the three teachers amounting
to a total of 475 minutes of teaching were videotaped. Their teaching practices and
the children’s engagement in learning were observed, and the classroom learning
environment was assessed. Teachers were interviewed individually, parents
completed questionnaires about the home language learning environment, and
children’s English proficiency was assessed in individual sessions.
Teachers’ pedagogies were found to be related to a host of contextual factors.
Teachers’ professional training was associated with the extent to which they
implemented a child-centered pedagogy. Part-time English teachers had limited
collaboration with local teachers, which in turn affected their teaching preparation
and practice. A textbook-led English teaching schedule and the relatively limited
instruction time induced a product-oriented pedagogy. Children’s limited English
proficiency coupled with the minimal language support at home formed a vicious
cycle reinforcing the product-oriented pedagogy, which adversely influenced
children’s engagement in learning.
This study contributes significant knowledge to the field by illustrating the
challenges in teaching English in Hong Kong kindergartens. Implications of the findings for early childhood language policy, teacher training and classroom
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Kotze, Tanja. "Teaching and learning strategies to support isiXhosa learners who receive education in a second/third language." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2373.
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Thesis (MEd (Education))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.This research study was aimed at exploring and describing the teaching and learning strategies for language support to isiXhosa speaking learners in Grade One. There are a number of challenges related to teaching in a multi-linguistic classroom. This study highlights some of the current challenges experienced in the Metro East Education District of the Western Cape. In an attempt to resolve these problems, guidelines were given for effective dissemination strategies to support second/third language speaking learners. A gap in the literature on descriptions of current support provided to learners within the theoretical framework of the ecological systems theory was identified. This research therefore intends to fill this gap in the literature. Support to IsiXhosa learners who receive education in a second/third language in the South African context is especially unclear. A qualitative research approach supported by the exploratory, descriptive and contextual research designs was employed. The sample was selected from Grade One teachers from schools in different socio-economic areas in the Western Cape who provided education to IsiXhosa learners who receive education in a second/third language. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The findings provide a clear description of the challenges experienced by the learner and the teacher, current strategies that are employed by teachers, as well as resources and support utilised by teachers. Conclusions were made in terms of the ecological systems theory. Based on the findings, a number of recommendations were made regarding teaching and learning strategies for language support to Grade One IsiXhosa learners who receive education in a second/third language.
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李偉柏 and Wai-pak Li. "Learning algebra with computer-assisted learning program in a primary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31256399.
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Zaram, Gyang Nyam. "An experimental study of self-regulated learning with mathematically gifted pupils in Nigerian primary schools." Thesis, Nelson Mandela University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/13381.
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether gifted pupils can master an enriched advanced level curriculum in mathematics using self-regulated learning strategies. A mathematics curriculum for class five primary school learners in Nigeria was developed for this study. An empirical study was conducted on primary five pupils who were seen to be significantly gifted in mathematics. The study employed the quantitative method of research, that is, the true experimental research. The pre-test, post-test control group design was used. Sixty gifted pupils who participated in a mathematics enrichment programme (MEP) were assigned into two groups of the control group and experimental group with thirty pupils forming each group. The control group was exposed to direct teaching (DT) while the experimental group used self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. Four teachers served as facilitators in the MEP. The teaching and learning activities were carried out at a higher cognitive level as opposed to the regular curriculum, ensuring that the contents of the MEP were enriched and accelerated. Pupils in both the experimental group and the control group were administered a pre-test, problem-solving exercises, and post-test. These pupils also completed an attitudinal questionnaire to provide feedback about the MEP. The empirical results show that gifted pupils in primary five are capable of self-regulating their own learning through self-monitoring, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement. The empirical results also show that there is a significant relationship between self-regulated learning, gifted learners, and an enriched advanced level differentiated curriculum as a realistic alternative to the present regular curriculum for gifted pupils in the mainstream of education. The findings further show that the lack of differentiation of instruction, lack of facilities such as libraries, media centres, and support materials contributes to low achievement of gifted pupils. Furthermore, the findings show that pupils were challenged and motivated with the MEP to the extent that they were engaged to think divergently and applied their metacognitive skills in finding solutions to mathematical problems. Therefore, the findings of this study could have significant implications for the future direction of gifted primary school education as well as teacher education. This study has made a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge for implementing an enriched advanced level curriculum using SRL strategies for mathematically gifted pupils in the mainstream of primary school education.
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Fanning, Ashley. "Learning Through Nature: A Study of a Next Generation Science Standards Based Teacher Workshop that Blends Outdoor Learning Experiences with Formal Science." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2731.
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Many teachers lack the confidence and knowledge to transition their classroom science lessons to an outdoor setting. Very few teacher professional development (PD) programs focus on improving teachers' self-efficacy and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) that is needed to enhance their science curriculum with outdoor lessons. This study examined an exception: The Connect2Science workshops, which provided elementary teachers the opportunity to experience nature-based science lessons. My research question for this study is: In what ways does a professional development workshop focused around the Next Generation Science Standards influence teachers': a) self-efficacy in teaching science outdoors and b) science pedagogical content knowledge? Data was collected using a retrospective pre and post survey, a reflection piece on participants’ pedagogical content knowledge and semi-structured interviews. The results showed that participants’ self-efficacy was positively affected by the Connect2Science workshops. As for pedagogical content knowledge, the results give a small insight into how participants viewed and thought about student misconceptions and how the instructional strategies presented in the workshops equipped them to better address science content in an outdoor setting.
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Kojima, Makiko. "Promoting listening strategies use in elementary English as a foreign language computer-assisted learning environment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1904.
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In Japan, English education in elementary schools is still in the process of innovation. The purpose of this project is to seek the most appropriate and effective way for elementary-level students to acquire listening skills in a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) environment.
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Yen, Alvin Charles. "The intelligences of creative English-as-a-foreign-language learning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2737.
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This project provides a model for incorporating creativity in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). It includes an instructional unit comprised of six lessons followed by accompanying assessments. Culture and language cannot be separated as students learn a foreign language.
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林少霞 and Siu-ha Lam. "A study of the learning of the structure of composition of Chinese characters in primary 1 pupils =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30213332.
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Kilpatrick, Jennifer Lynn. "Using guided imagery as an instructional strategy for developing creativity, Learning and relaxation with first grade students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2031.
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This project examines the theories of guided imagery as a basis for a teaching strategy for developing a student's creativity, promoting learning by increasing concentration techniques and relaxing students. This study discusses how one first grade teacher used guided imagery with her students. The strategy was first used as a morning practice and later incorporated into the language arts program. The topics addressed in this project include: (a) What is guidedimagery? (b) How can guided imagery be applied within a classroom setting? and (c) What guided imagery exercises are appropriate for first grade students? The project concludes that guided imagery can be effectively used with first grade students to enhance the learning process.
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Maqwelane, Nonkoliso Sheila. "An exploratory case study of a Foundation Phase learning program to examine how curriculum contextualisation contributes to environmental learning and relevance." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006041.
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This study is an exploration of contextual environmental learning through integrated life skills and literacy in a Foundation Phase classroom. It attempts to document, explore and clarify some of the challenges of situated environmental learning in a Foundation Phase classroom through an integrated program of life skills learning and literacy acquisition. The research draws on a rich but often overlooked cultural historical context of embodied intergenerational healthy living practices in a rural Eastern Cape context to construct a learning platform for a more carefully situated and potentially relevant education. The integrated life skills and literacy acquisition program thus unfolded as a contextual process of situated learning within a developing blend of listening, writing and reading to learn in a Grade 3 program of additive bilingualism. The data generated in the study and represented in Chapter 4 suggests curriculum contextualisation in an integrated Foundation Phase program can contribute to environmental learning with enhanced relevance and literacy skills. The evidence from working with learner knowledge and experience in a community context appears to be a key to meaningful curriculum contextualization in an integrated Foundation Phase programme producing enhanced literacy and relevance. It was noted that engaging elders (gogos) enabled the process of opening up local knowledge to link with learner experience and school knowledge to foster relevance, appeared to contribute to more meaningful learning across other learning areas. There is evidence that acquiring literacy skills is a lengthy process that is supported by learner interest and the relevance of what they are learning especially when it is acknowledged by the teacher and the community. The findings of an exploratory study such as this cannot be conclusive beyond the experience that I had of working with learners who were engaged in learning as well as acquiring literacy skills literacy skills. My personal enthusiasm and work with the Gogos and with a community focus were key factors that strengthened environmental learning across school, home and community. The experience has convinced me that this is the way we must work to enhance relevance and literacy in our Foundation Phase teaching.
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Mambinja, Sindiswa. "School grounds as a place for environmental learning in the life skills learning programme." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003642.
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With the intention of improving my own practice, the study investigated how school grounds could be used for environmental learning in the Foundation Phase Life Skill Learning Programme within the Revised National Curriculum Statement. The research was conducted in the Grade One class of Ntaba Maria Primary School situated in Grahamstown East. The study was an action research case study based on interpretive approach to research. It had two cycles comprised of two lesson plans. The first Lesson Plan focused on an audit of the school grounds to identify environmental issues. The second Lesson Plan was informed by the audit, and addressed one of the identified environmental issues. Data was gathered through analysis of curriculum documents, video recordings and photographs of learning interactions, journal entries and learners’ work. The study highlighted that school grounds provided a context for environmental learning within Life Orientation Learning Area especially when integrated with other learning areas. There were cases however, where assessment standards were only partly addressed. The study also revealed that the Life Orientation Learning Area was also limiting for school grounds learning opportunities in some cases. In other cases the study highlighted the open-ended nature of some of its assessment standards. The study also revealed how school grounds related activities offered opportunities and challenges for constructivist, situated and active learning. Opportunities and challenges regarding group work, language use, active engagement with information learning in authentic settings, and action and action competence; emerged as issues from the analysis. Finally, the study shed light on how reflection on learners’ work and assessment of these could help teachers modify activities and do them differently so as to enhance the achievement of skills, knowledge, attitudes and values. The achievement of investigative and problem-solving skills through the two lesson plans was critically evaluated as the processes of values education employed in the lesson implementation.
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Cheng, Mei-lin, and 鄭美蓮. "The effect of teacher questioning and the "questioning-exploration-experience" learning method on early scientific thinking." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47055431.
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The “Questioning-Exploration-Experience” (QEE), a teaching and learning method underpinned by constructivist theory, was developed by Cheng and further refined by Cheng and Chan in 2001. This thesis documents and evaluates the effectiveness of five- to six-year-old children’s learning when a teacher used this method to promote children’s understanding of the concept of (air) motion. The evaluation was conducted in a preschool operated by a tertiary institution in Hong Kong, and a teacher who was experienced in using the QEE method and her 14 students participated in the study. They were observed for six days over a period of one month when children were working on a task of making a wind bell.
Under the QEE method, the children began the inquiry process by posing questions about constructing the wind bell. They then formulated hypotheses, tested them through exploration, and refined their questions repeatedly. The children reflected on their learning experiences in order to generate new questions. Teacher questioning was also a critical aspect of this process. The children and teacher spent a total of 323 minutes on the task and the sessions were videotaped. There was a total of 2,927 utterances in 863 conversational turns, and these were analyzed to examine the relationship between the levels of teacher questioning and the children’s responses to reflect the levels of children thinking. There were five of these levels identified. The first three are considered to involve lower-order thinking: level 1 ("yes/no"); level 2 ("what"); and level 3 (“elaborate") questions and responses. The next two can be considered as higher-order thinking: level 4 (“logical”) and level 5 ("critical") questions and responses. The results indicated that the teacher dominated the interactions and spoke 43% of the time, while children spoke for the remaining time (57%). Of the 139 minutes during which the teacher talked, she spent 97 minutes (70% of the time) posing 887 questions: level 1 was used the most often accounting for 41% of the interactions, followed by level 5 (17%), level 2 (16%), level 3 (14%), and level 4 (12%). The total time for which the children spoke was 184 minutes with 1653 responses. Children gave level 3 responses (28%) most frequently, followed by levels 2 (27%), 1 (26%), 5 (12%), and 4 (7 %), respectively.
The relationship between the teacher’s questions and children’s responses was analyzed. An exact correspondence between the level of teacher thinking and children’s responses occurred 46% of the time (398 turns). Simply put, when the teacher asked a question requiring a “what” response, the child typically gave “what” information. Within the 398 turns, 41% of this direct correspondence occurred at level 1, followed by 20% at level 2, 17% at level 5, 13% at level 3, and 9% at level 4. The greatest number of correspondences occurred with questions that required “yes/no” responses, and the least with “logical” questions.
In the QEE inquiry process, the teacher’s questioning had a strong influence on the children’s scientific thinking and played a critical role in promoting children’s knowledge construction. The teacher used questioning to define an area of inquiry, specify a problem to be solved, lead children to test hypotheses, evaluate their results and determine their understanding at various points during the process. Questioning, by both the teacher and the children, was critical in promoting the children’s scientific understanding.
The impact of QEE in fostering conceptual change in knowledge construction was traced along three paths. The first path in the questioning defined the central question of inquiry. The second path, exploration, was concerned with identifying the information needed to solve the problem. The third path, experience, involved restructuring the concepts of the central question to apply the new understanding in a new situation.
Findings also suggest that children’s knowledge construction is signified by the achievement of four elements: identification of a central question for inquiry, evaluation of the question about learning, provision of ways in which to answer the question, and critical reasoning.published_or_final_version
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Vargas, Dolores Judy. "Fluency and comprehension process for English language learners." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3340.
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The purpose of this study is to reengage low-performing students. This study will incorporate meaningful activities, strategies, and techniques to improve reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
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Lachman, Judy. "A study of mainstreaming in the elementary school." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/154.
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Roberts, Jennifer M. "A mixed methods study of secondary distance-learning students: Exploring learning styles." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/672.
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Public education in the United States has experienced an increase in distance-learning (DL) opportunities. Because research has focused on student achievement in post-secondary DL programs, little is known about secondary students' experiences. The purpose of the current study was to explore DL applicability within secondary education. Specific research questions addressed by the concurrent mixed methods nested study included examining students' opinions and experiences in a secondary DL course and determining whether individual learning styles were addressed. Structured interviews, group discussions, and a survey were used to gather data over 2 months from 14 students in grades 9 through 12 participating in a state wide Alabama DL program. Surveys were used to assess and match DL activities to Gardner's 8 learning styles. Interviews and discussions explored students' opinions about activities and components and perceptions of their academic achievement. Quantitative data indicated that students reported some activities related to all learning styles with the greatest coverage observed for linguistic methods. Qualitative data were open and axial coded within each research question and the coded data was analyzed to define common DL practices used to meet specific styles and emergent themes related to student perceptions. Triangulation of results showed DL students felt successful based on their participation in a spectrum of activities including interactive video, e-mail, online discussion boards and tutoring sessions, and self-directed learning. The study contributes to positive social change by documenting a variety of strategies employed to successfully engage secondary DL students who present a variety learning styles and challenges related to DL curricular content and modes of delivery.
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So, Wing-mui Winnie, and 蘇詠梅. "A longitudinal investigation of Hong Kong primary school teachers' thinking about science teaching and learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31242303.
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Peck, Greg L. "The effects of cooperative learning on the spelling achievement of intermediate elementary students." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/776723.
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This study compared differences in spelling achievement among groups of students who were high, average, and low achievers. The study attempted to determine, over 7 weeks, any treatment effects resulting from students being cooperatively grouped for spelling instruction. A student's level of achievement and type of grouping for spelling instruction were variables contrasted between intact treatment and control classes of students.This study used six intact classes of intermediate grade elementary children. Three classes were grouped cooperatively for spelling instruction and three classes were not grouped cooperatively for spelling instruction. The study included the scores of 135 students, 68 in the control group and 67 in the treatment group. Normal curve equivalent scores from an existing standardized achievement test were used to classify students as high, average, or low achievers.A student's level of achievement was an attribute variable that yielded proportional cell sizes in order to conduct an analysis of variance. The dependent variable was the total number of words that each student spelled correctly on seven weekly spelling tests. A t-test was used to examine the NCE scores of the treatment and control groups to verify that no significant differences existed between the groups prior to the study.Teachers were trained in a series of four sessions to implement cooperative learning using Student Teams Achievement Divisions. The sessions provided activities designed to encourage the development of collaborative skills prior to initiating treatment. A bonus point system was used to reinforce the collaborative skills.The analysis of variance tested four null hypotheses at the .05 level of confidence. None of the null hypotheses were rejected. The following results were suggested:1. Intermediate children achieve equally well regardless of how they are grouped for spelling instruction.2. High, average, and low achieving students achieve equally well regardless of how they are grouped for spelling instruction.3. Low achieving students achieve significantly different from high and average achieving students.The findings of the study suggest that cooperative grouping for spelling instruction is as effective as spelling instruction without cooperative grouping regardless of student level of achievement.Department of Elementary Education
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Borman, Natalie. "Encouraging thinking using locally constructed learning materials :a case study of one intermediate phase classroom." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9756_1183427047.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the use of the "
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Stories for thinking"
project resulted from the Western Cape Education Department project, Cognition in Curriculum 2005. This project explored the potential role the cognitive education movement could play in accomplishing the goals of the Curriculum, especially the critical outcomes. The aim of the project was to investigate a range of strategies primary school educators could use to develop cognitive abilities.
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Fagertun, Charlott. "Teaching English Vocabulary : A Case Study of TPRS and Reading Aloud as Teaching Methods in an Elementary School in Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Engelska, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32390.
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There are numerous methods of teaching English as a second language to pupils in the lower grades of elementary school. Previous research indicates that some teaching methods are successful among children in pre-school and older pupils, but few studies have investigated their effects on 6-8-year-old pupils. The aim of this study is to compare two teaching methods, TPRS and Reading Aloud, to decide which one is more effective in second language vocabulary learning. Previous research in the field is presented and compared to the results of this study. This case study was conducted in an elementary school in Sweden, with 12 pupils in their first year of compulsory school and 13 pupils in their second year of compulsory school. The results suggest that TPRS as a teaching method is more effective than reading aloud when it comes to second language vocabulary learning. Further research suggestions are also presented in this essay.
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Burt, Jane Caroline. "Dramatic learning : a case study of theatre for development and environmental education." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003383.
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The aim of my research was to introduce drama, in the form of theatre for development processes, to local Grahamstown Primary School teachers, and to work closely with one teacher to explore theatre for development in the classroom, as a means of introducing both environmental education and learner-centred, constructivist teaching methodologies. I started my research by interviewing Primary School principals as well as sending out questionnaires to teachers, to survey their understanding and practice of drama and environmental education in the school curriculum and to invite them to participate in the research project. In collaboration with Educational Drama and Theatre students, I developed two workshops to introduce theatre for development processes such as image theatre and role-play to the teachers. Nine teachers attended this workshop which was video-taped. After the workshop I gave two lessons at a local school, in partnership with a teacher. Throughout this process I kept a research journal. All action components of the research were followed up with individual interviews, group discussions and a focus group. Although the study gave rise to multiple themes, I chose to highlight two: Firstly, Curriculum 2005 advocates a move towards more learner-centred,constructivist and process-orientated pedagogies. All of the participants in this study, including myself, had intentions of adopting a new approach tq education and teaching but found that we often reverted back to earlier learnt roles of product-orientated, text-based, authoritarian approaches to education which we originally had rejected. Secondly, I reflect on how we set out viewing environmental education, education, drama and research as a process and yet all the participants, including myself, continually tried to 'put on' the perfect performance in the form of a drama, a learning experience and research. This project was a participatory research project. The textwork of the research reflects a post-structural orientation. It has been written in the form of a drama to represent the many voices of the participants, but also to question the role of research in society and make research more accessible to non-academic readers. I also intend to perform the research process at a later stage.
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Cotter, Dale S. "Children's learning of fractions : a comparison study of user-controlled computer-based learning vs. noninteractive learning environments." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29583.
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Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Marv Westrom
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the software program Visual Fractions in teaching basic fraction concepts and the effect that student control over the construction of fraction diagrams had on their learning.
The Visual Fractions program provides a diagram and two fractions in numeric form. The diagram consists of a figure divided into partitions with some of the partitions shaded. One fraction represents the shaded parts of the whole and the other represents the unshaded parts. Students can control the total number of partitions and whether each is shaded. Manipulating the diagram changes the value of the fractions.
A Non-interactive (crippled) version of the software was designed to eliminate the user-control aspect of the program. Users of this program could click to generate a new fraction, but had no control over the choice of fraction. The computer randomly generated a new fraction and displayed the corresponding diagram each time.
A third treatment, Fraction Flash Cards, was designed to simulate the Noninteractive version of the program, without the computer. The students received Flash Cards containing images of the computer-generated fraction diagrams.
The study consisted of a pilot project during which data collection techniques were tested and revised and the main study. Sixty-four subjects were taken from four intact classes of grade four students. The students were randomly assigned to one of the three Treatment Groups or the Control Group. Three different sets of data were collected: a pretest and postest on fractions, structured interviews, and field notes taken by the researcher during the treatment process. In Treatment Group One, students used the Interactive Version of Visual Fractions. Here, students could create fractions at their command. There is evidence to suggest that this type of interactive control is a critical factor in learning (Merrill, 1987).
In Treatment Group Two, students used the Noninteractive version of the software. Students could control the rate of observing fractions and fraction diagrams, but not the value of the fraction.
Students in Treatment Group Three used the Flash Cards. Motivation appears to strongly affect one's ability to learn and children appear to be highly motivated to use computers. The purpose of this treatment was to control for any achievement gain that may have been due to the novelty of using computers.
The four Groups were compared using analysis of variance with repeated measures. Significance at the 0.01 level was found for the tests and the interaction. A study of the interaction showed that there was no significant difference between the gains of the Visual Fractions Noninteractive Group, the Flash Card Group, or the Control Group. However the gain achieved by the Visual Fractions Interactive Group was significant.
From this study, it is clear that the Visual Fractions Interactive program which provides students the opportunity to construct fraction diagrams with immediate feedback, is an effective method of teaching fractions.Education, Faculty of
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O'Kelley, Nancy G. "Teaching and learning through a brain-compatible approach: Implications for junior high school mathematics." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/544.
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Yeung, Kam-sun, and 楊錦燊. "A case study of teachers' concerns and use of information technology for teaching and learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962725.
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Guo, Jianpeng, and 郭建鹏. "On the dilemma of "similar" or "different": the use of variation theory in designing multiple examples formathematics learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45148983.
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Lowery, Andrea. "A Study Investigating the Experience of Teachers’ Innovative Adaptation of Teaching and Learning." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2021. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3976.
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The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to identify and examine the technology-based instructional strategies and digital tools being used by teachers in grades 3-5 that engage children in problem-solving learning opportunities. The study included 11 purposely sampled participants from a school district in East Tennessee who responded to questions during a Zoom interview. Seven of the participants submitted artifacts to provide examples of how they have incorporated technology and problem solving in their classrooms. Participants provided information about the digital tools and technology-based instructional strategies they have used to enrich problem solving in their classrooms. Participants in the study communicated using group work as a primary instructional strategy when integrating technology to enrich problem solving. The participants discussed student engagement, creativity, real-world connections, and technology exposure for students when sharing their perceptions about how digital tools can enhance problem solving. When explaining how technology integration has adapted their curriculum, they shared how they use technology to provide quick feedback and differentiation. The researcher used Magana’s (2017) T3 Framework to code each example of technology as a translational, transformational, or transcendent use of technology and shared some examples of each.
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Mdlungu, Nozuko Gloria. "An investigation of how environmental learning and teaching support materials (LTSM) can influence team planning and teaching and learning activities in the Foundation Phase." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003512.
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South Africa has experienced significant curriculum transformation over the past ten years. Environment was introduced into C2005 as a phase organiser. Following the streamlining and strengthening of the curriculum, the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) has a more explicit environmental focus in all of the Learning Areas. This has created opportunities for teachers to address environmental health issues in a community context. I work in a rural school and the community around the school experience a number of environmental health issues. In my previous observations I noticed that teachers were not using Learning Teaching Support Materials (LTSM) effectively. In this study I wanted to investigate how LTSM can be used to address environmental health issues in the Foundation Phase. As Life Orientation Learning Outcome1 is a ‘backbone’ of the Life Skills Learning Programme in the Foundation Phase, I decided to focus on this Learning Outcome as it is the Health Promotion outcome in the NCS (R-9). It was my interest to investigate how LTSM are used in team planning and how this planning influences the use of LTSM in classrooms. In the research I observed the link between the activities and LTSM that were discussed in the planning session and those that were done in the classroom. To do this I documented the planning workshop, and I also observed three lessons undertaken in two classrooms, a grade 2 and a grade 3 classroom in my school, where I serve as a principal. I conducted this research as an interpretive case study, and I used workshop, interviews, focus group interviews and classroom observation as methods in the study. The study found that LTSM used in planning influences activities done in the classroom. It also found that use of LTSM helps to achieve the Learning Outcomes and Assessment Standards, and to improve the participation of learners in the learning process. Use of LTSM in planning also improves teachers’ Learning Area knowledge and their knowledge of curriculum development issues. Planning sessions also assisted teachers to address problems such as language used in LTSM and availability of LTSM. The study also found that teachers did not address formal assessment in the planning or in the way they used LTSM. The study concluded that use of LTSM in planning can strengthen classroom practice, and recommendations were made to take this work forward in the context of our school, as it addresses the gap between policy and practice.
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Lee, Toi-na Monique, and 李黛娜. "A study of the theory and practice of using the integrative and effective approach to the learning and teaching of Chinese characters to preschoolers = "You er zong he gao xiao shi zi fa" : li lun yu shi jian de yan jiu." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212605.
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Currently, the pre-primary education curriculum in Hong Kong is using an Integrated Thematic Approach. In language learning, teaching activities are random and there is a lack of systematic teaching of Chinese characters. The aim of this study is to construct a theory in the teaching and learning of Chinese characters for preschoolers and to investigate the effectiveness of the “Young Children Integrative and Effective Approach” (IEA).
The theoretical framework of this research is based on the Integrative and Effective Approach and includes other word recognition theory, young children vocabulary acquisition and metalinguistic awareness research to further construct the IEA.
The researcher has used multiple-case study method, including teaching experiments, classroom observations, interviews of teachers and young children, and analysis of young children’s work samples, in the collection of data. The samples of this research come from two individual schools. The first case study isthe lower class of School A (n=30); and the second case study is the upper class of School B (n=26).Each case is divided into the experimental group and control group. The researcher conducted the research in the two schools, and invited the young children to attend the word recognition pre-test and post-test. For in-depth investigation, the researcher followed up on the learning of three children of different abilities of the experimental group in School A in the second year.
The research results were divided into two parts. In the first part, findings from the paired-samples t-test analysis showed that the young children in the experimental group using the IEA had significant improvement in word recognition. The data collected through classroom observations, teacher interviews and young children’s work sample analysis illustrated that the effectiveness of IEA lies in enhancing the young children’s learning of the meaning, sound and shape of Chinese characters.
As for the second part, findings from Two-way ANCOVA (teaching method x ability group) showed that young children of the middle and lower ability from the experimental group had significant improvement in the word recognition test compared with the control group. Moreover the data collected through the sample works of the three young children of different abilities from the experimental group and interviews indicated that IEA could continuously improve preschoolers of different abilities in their learning of Chinese characters throughout the two years.
The contributions of this study include filling the research gap, and developing a theoretical framework. The findings of the study could serve as a reference for early childhood teacher training, and for the development of curriculum and teaching materials.
香港的學前教育，主要採用「主題教學」的綜合課程模式，其中語文範疇變成隨機的教學活動，缺乏識字教學的系統。本研究的目的是建構幼兒識字學與教的理論及探討實踐「幼兒綜合高效識字法(高效法)」的效果。
本研究的理論，建基於「綜合高效識字法」，包括其他的識字理論、幼兒的詞彙習得及元語言意識的研究，進一步發展「高效法」的理論框架。
研究者採用多重個案設計，包括教學實驗、課堂觀察、教師及幼兒訪談、幼兒作品分析，從多渠道搜集資料。研究對象以兩所學校為整體單位。第一個案是學校甲的低班,共30人﹔第二個案是學校乙的高班，共26人。各個個案再分為實驗組和控制組。研究員在兩所學校進行教學實驗，並邀請幼兒參與識字的前後測試。為了增強研究的深度，第二年跟進學校甲實驗組3位不同能力幼兒的學習。
研究結果分為兩部分，第一部分，從配對T檢驗的分析，結果顯示「高效法」能全面提升幼兒的識字能力。其次，從實驗組的課堂觀察、教師訪談及幼兒作品的資料分析，結果深入了解「高效法」有效的特點，在於能促進幼兒的形音義發展。
第二部分，從二因子共變數(教學法x能力組別)的分析，結果顯示相對於控制組別，「高效法」能提升中能力或低能力幼兒的識字能力。其次，從實驗組3位不同能力幼兒的作品及訪談資料的分析，結果顯示「高效法」能持續於兩年增進不同能力幼兒的識字學習。
本研究的貢獻包括填補了幼兒識字教學法的研究缺口，並且發展幼兒識字學與教的理論框架。而研究所得，可應用於幼兒教育的教師培訓，以及發展識字課程及教材。published_or_final_version
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Do, Juhyun. "EFL Teaching on the Ground: A Case Study of Primary EFL Classroom in Korea." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492694900754303.
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Fuller, Mary A. "Transfer of Learning in a K-8 STEM Academy Project Based Learning (PBL) Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011851/.
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The multiple case study investigated levels and types of transfer observed in a K-8 STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) academy in a project-based learning (PBL) environment. The academy was constructed two years prior to the study and conducive to PBL instruction. The students and teachers were in the second year of using PBL in the subject of science at the time of the study. The grade levels observed were second, fourth, and sixth grade and each grade level had three PBL units examined from the beginning to the end of the unit. The nine case studies, from the three different grade levels, were observed to identify Haskell's levels and types of transfer as determined by project requirements, observation of students, completed projects, and student interviews. The findings from this study showed that while projects moved the students beyond knowledge acquisition to application of knowledge in completed projects such as books, films, dances, etc., higher levels of transfer and more types of transfer were not evident. Therefore, based on the results of this study, the evidence of lower levels of transfer suggests that the PBL units, though inventive and potentially valuable to student learning, were not designed for higher levels of transfer.
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Chouinard, Jill-Anne. "Regulating learning and teaching: A case study of Ontario elementary teachers in an era of standards and testing." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26874.
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The current trend in Ontario toward greater educational accountability through standardized curriculum and testing appears to be based largely on the hope that compliance with external standards will lead to a more transparent, uniform, and predictable educational system. Through a focus group and individual interviews, this case study explores the experiences and perceptions of three elementary school teachers from one school who are required to implement the Ontario curriculum, as well as to provide annually administered standardized tests to their students in reading, writing and mathematics. The research conducted suggests how specific aspects of the tension between teachers' localized perceptions of classroom life and provincial curricular requirements and Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) testing are redefining the educational realities experienced by students and teachers in one contemporary Ontario school and its classrooms.
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Haarala, Cheri. "Investigation of possible similarities/differences between learning disabled and non-learning disabled upper elementary children's perception of friends and friendship." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/241.
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Crespo, Sandra. "Math penpals as a context for learning to teach, a study of preservice teachers' learning." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0029/NQ27125.pdf.
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Peng, Mu-yu, and 彭慕雨. "A Study on Elementary School Teachers'' English learning strategies teaching." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90850421432754073052.
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the condition of the elementary school teachers’ English learning strategies teaching. Based on the results of the research, the author tries to present the conclusions and suggestions to the educational authorities, elementary school teachers as a reference to improve teaching. The study adopted the methods of literature review, questionnaire survey and interview. First, the related documents were collected to research on the theory and contents of English learning strategies. Second, the questionnaire survey method was employed. By means of the cluster sampling, 311 teachers are chosen from the elementary school in southern Taiwan (including Tainan City and Country, Kaohsiung City and County, Pingtung County). The results of the investigation were analyzed and discussed by some statistical methods, such as: mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. Then, the interview method was applied to analyze the opinions and ideas of 7 elementary school teachers in English learning strategies teaching as compensation for the shortage of the questionnaire survey. The research findings were stated as below: 1. In the aspect of the performance, the elementary teachers’ English learning strategies teaching is above the average and the teaching form is embedded. 2. In the aspect of different background variables on the performance of elementary teachers’ English learning strategies teaching: (1) As to the compensation strategies, female teachers are superior to males. (2) Most of the English teachers are trained in professional education knowledge so that they have some certain professional standard. (3) In the aspect of the performance, English major teachers are no different from non-English major ones. (4) Teachers who taking part in English teaching trainings are superior to those who never join in the trainings. (5) Elder teachers are superior to beginning teachers in English learning strategies teaching. (6) English home-room teachers are superior to non-home-room teachers. Keywords: elementary school teacher, English learning strategies teaching
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Buckreis, William F. "Elementary mathematics teacher subject matter knowledge and its relationship to teaching and learning." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33169.
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The purpose of this investigation was to explore how differences in an elementary mathematics teacher's subject matter knowledge structure impact classroom teaching and student learning. The study included two phases. Phase 1 focused on the selection of a single case. An open-ended questionnaire and interview were used to identify the subject matter knowledge structure for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of three elementary teachers. One teacher was selected who demonstrated clearly different levels of knowledge for multiplication and division. An additional interview provided information on the teacher's specific climate for teaching mathematics and details about the unit on multiplication and division to be observed.
Phase 2 included daily classroom observations for approximately one hour each day of a seven-week unit on multiplication and division. Informal interviews were conducted with the teacher throughout the unit to better understand the lessons and allow the teacher an opportunity to clarify statements and actions. A final teacher interview occurred after the last classroom observation. At the conclusion of the observations, the students were assessed to determine their knowledge of multiplication and division based on the teacher's unit objectives. And six students, representing the range of class performance, were interviewed to provide additional insights into the students' learning.
The teacher's subject matter knowledge of multiplication was strong but her knowledge of division was faulty and incomplete on several topics including the different meanings of division, the conceptual underpinnings of division procedures, the relationships between symbolic division and real life problems, and the idea of divisibility. Although the translation of the teacher's subject matter knowledge was complex, it seemed to be directly related to classroom teaching and students' learning. The teacher's narrow understandings were associated with an incomplete developing of the full range of division situations. Although the students had significantly more success on the post assessment problems involving multiplication than on those involving division (understandable since the teacher spent more time teaching multiplication than division), a more worrisome concern was that the students in this study exhibited serious misconceptions associated with the meanings of division, division computation, and notions of divisibility.Graduation date: 2000
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Van, der Walt Mara Anetta. "Instructional strategies that should enhance the effective learning of common fractions in the primary school." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11526.
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M.Ed. (Mathematics in Education)Primary school learners need to extend their knowledge of numbers to include common fractions. Common fraction concepts are important but learners find it more complicated and difficult to understand than whole numbers, they experience it as particularly challenging. Fraction consists of sub constructs which is adding to the complexity of fractions. The aim of this study was twofold, firstly, to identify the conceptual and procedural knowledge about common fractions that learners need to acquire from grade four to seven to enable them to be able to do calculations with fractions. The second aim was identifying effective teaching strategies to enhance learners’ conceptual and procedural knowledge about common fractions. Primary school learners are mainly in the concrete operational stage of development according to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. Although the learner can reason, the ability to reason is based on tangible objects and direct experiences. The obstacles that learners encounter in developing deep understanding of fractions can be due to the nature of fractions or due to the instructional approaches employed by the teachers. Learners are able to understand at a concrete level, their reasoning is consistent with respect to real objects. To enable learners to develop meaning and understanding of fractions, learners should be provided with many experiences in partitioning quantities into equal parts. Teachers must ensure learners make the connections between the concrete models, manipulatives and pictures that are equally divided. Learners need to be able to represent numbers using words, models, diagrams and symbols and be able to make the connections between the representations. From a constructivist view learners construct their own knowledge and the learning of subject matter is the product of an interaction between what they are taught and the knowledge they bring to the learning situation.
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Hu, Huai-Chih, and 胡懷之. "Service-Learning Teaching Program Action Elementary Resource Room Students' Self-concept Study." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83292531818730288956.
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This study suggested that the self-concept of elementary school resource class students influenced by applying Service-Learning teaching program. In this study, we evaluated that the acceptations and the feedbacks from students’ parents and regular classroom teachers after applying Service-Learning teaching program. By observing one of elementary schools in Taichung, in which the author teaches, action research and quasi-experimental research method of single-group pretest-posttest design were used to analyze the two important variables, the students’ self-concept and the effects of applying Service-Learning teaching program. This study was analyzed by descriptive Statistics and supported by the qualitative data validation. The results were listed below: 1.The Service-Learning teaching program was suitable to elementary students who study in resource room. 2.After being taught by Service-Learning teaching program, the result of students’ self-concept didn’t show significant difference in quantitative data; however, in qualitative data, the huge progress of students’ self-concept can be observed in the interviews. 3.The evaluation of Service-Learning teaching program from the students’ parents and teachers in regular class, who participated in this project, was good and positive. As the results, this study was provided by people working in relative field some teaching and researching suggestions.
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Shih, Min-Yi. "Effects of number sense intervention on second-grade students with mathematics learning disabilities." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2310.
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李志偉. "A study on Elementary school teachers’ teaching belief, teaching behavior and students’ learning adjustment in Changhua county." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74686616346454412563.
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教育研究所
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This research aimed at developing the relationship among elementary teachers’ teaching belief, teaching behavior, and students’ learning adjustment. The purposes of this study were : 1. To understand the status quo of the teachers’ teaching belief and teaching behavior in Changhua county elementary schools. 2. To understand the status quo of students’ learning adjustment in Changhua county elementary school. 3. To reveal the differences of teaching belief and teaching behavior in terms of various demographical backgrounds. 4. To reveal the differences of learning adjustment of students originated from their demographical backgrounds. 5. To reveal the predictability of teachers’ teaching belief to teaching behavior in Changhua county elementary schools. This study adopted questionnaire survey and uses revised「The questionnaire of elementary teachers’ teaching belief」,「The questionnaire of elementary teachers’ teaching behavior」and「 The questionnaire of elementary students’ learning adjustment」as instruments. This study aimed at fifth and sixth graders’ teachers and students in Changhua county elementary school as target population and randomly selected 511 teachers and 501 students as study participants. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA、stepwise multiple regression were employed to analyze collected data.. The major results of this research are as follows: 1. The status quo of elementary teachers’ teaching belief, teaching behavior, elementary students’ learning adjustment were shown at high level by the study instruments. 2. Elementary teachers’ teaching belief were different by teachers’ age, the highest education degree pursued, and class size. 3. Elementary teachers’ teaching belief was the good predictor of teaching behaviors, and student diversity is the good predictor of teaching behaviors. According to the above results, the following suggestions are proposed in this study: 1. Suggestions for teachers: (1) Teachers should emphasize the relationship between teaching belief and teaching behavior. (2) Junior teachers consult with senior teachers more about how to achieve teaching excellence that was driven by teaching belief. (3) Teachers should attend in-service continuing education programs to fructify their teaching belief. 2. Suggestions for educational authorities that may concerned: (1) Elementary school teachers should be encouraged to participate in professional development programs. (2) Schools should enhance students’ learning adjustment. 3. Suggestions for future study: (1) As to research subjects, the sample could be expanded to other cities or counties of a wider student grade range. (2) As to research variables, more the background ariables could be considered, such as student families’ socioeconomic status. (3) As to research method, the qualitative research method could be also employed in the study to compensate for the weakness the inherited from quantitative study. Keyword: teaching belief, teaching behavior, learning adjustment.