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Susan Copeland; Michael A. Cook; Ashley A. Grant; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of IXL Math in an elementary school context, using a randomized-control trial (RCT). This study examined mathematics achievement trajectories of 545 Grades 3-5 students across four elementary schools in a small Michigan school district during the 2022-23 school year. Teachers were randomly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Richardson, Hannah – Online Submission, 2017
This research explores solutions and challenges pertaining to a child's development of self-efficacy. After working with fifth grade students in a public education setting, Inoticed an increased reliance on teachers for both creative and procedural directions. This paper explores research of educators who examine the internal and external factors…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Management, Grade 5, Check Lists
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Yildiz, Serife Nur; Ates-Cobanoglu, Alev; Kisla, Tarik – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2020
This paper reports the development process of a scale for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers' acceptance and use of Scratch for teaching programming. For early beginners of programming, Scratch is the most popular block-based software for facilitating programming teaching (Zhang and Nouri, 2019) worldwide. Also, in Turkey,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Software, Computer Science Education, Technology Integration
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Casey, Jane Elizabeth; Pennington, Lisa K.; Lopez, Dallas – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
When educators provide students with opportunities to interact with educational technology such as floor-robots, it may: (a) increase students' awareness of new educational tools, and (b) enhance students' use and engagement with new technologies. This case study provided upper-elementary, Hispanic students with opportunities to engage in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Robotics
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Anders, Jake; Shure, Nikki; Wyse, Dominic; Barnard, Matthew; Frerichs, Johanna; Bohling, Kimberly – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
The Craft of Writing (CoW) is an intervention aimed at improving the writing skills, writing self-efficacy and writing creativity (ideation) of primary school pupils by developing teachers as 'writers' and improving their own writing practice and their teaching of writing. This intervention was delivered to Year 5 pupils between June 2018 and July…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Intervention, Writing Skills, Self Efficacy
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Feille, Kelly; Pyle, Janet; Marshall, Jessica; Wildes, Annie – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
Elementary science education calls on teachers to facilitate student learning of the content of science while they engage in the work of scientists. Additionally, recent national and state standards incorporate the practices of engineering into science education throughout grades K-12. However, many practicing teachers receive little to no…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Engineering, Grade 5
Knight, Margaret – Online Submission, 2023
Research suggests that math anxiety correlates directly with individuals' views of mathematics-related experiences. Research also suggests that math anxiety may begin in early elementary grades and remain into adulthood. This study examined how teachers' experiences, perceptions, and mathematics confidence levels influence mathematics instruction.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Mathematics Anxiety, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers