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Bishara, Saied – Cogent Education, 2023
This study examined the association between humor, motivation, and achievements in mathematics in students with learning disabilities. For this study, 80 sixth-grade students with learning disabilities who attend integrated classes in a general education school were tested using three instruments: a questionnaire about incorporating humor in…
Descriptors: Humor, Student Motivation, Mathematics Achievement, Students with Disabilities
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Yeseraw, Abebe; Melesse, Tadesse; Kelkay, Asrat Dagnew – Cogent Education, 2023
This study investigated the inclusion of indigenous knowledge (IK) in the Amhara Region's new primary and middle school textbooks in a trial. For this purpose, book reviews of the three purposely selected primary and middle school textbooks were made. Besides, data were collected from 372 teachers and interviews were also made with 28 sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Laine, Joakim; Korhonen, Tiina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Cogent Education, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to examine primary school students' learning experiences with immersive virtual reality (I-VR). Traditional education practices are failing to inspire new cohorts of young people who have grown up with digital culture based on active participation. Given this development, the pedagogic use of I-VR systems…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Preadolescents
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Lemessa, Reta; Senbeto, Temesgen; Alemayehu, Endale; Gemechu, Negesse – Cogent Education, 2023
In improving the quality of education, parents' involvement is very significant. Parents' involvement is one of the three responsibilities for realizing the best quality. This study attempts to explore parents' involvement in education activities for improving their children's academic achievement. A sample of 292 households was selected from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Quality, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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Thornberg, Robert; Bjereld, Ylva; Caravita, Simona C. – Cogent Education, 2023
Despite the fact that bullying has been consistently linked to moral disengagement among schoolchildren, research that distinguishes among the four loci of moral disengagement (cognitive restructuring, minimizing one's agentive role, distorting consequences, and victim attribution) to better understand bullying is scarce. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Moral Values, Bullying, Gender Differences
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Paz-Albo, Jesús; Hervás-Escobar, Aránzazu – Cogent Education, 2023
The English version of the "Math and Me Survey" was developed to measure mathematical attitudes of elementary students. This study was used to translate, validate and examine the attitudes of Spanish students in the second and fourth grades of primary school. The translation-back translation procedure was adopted. A total of 81 students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 4
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I. Wayan Widiana; Sulis Triyono; I. Gede Sudirtha; Made Aryawan Adijaya; I. Gusti Ayu Agung Manik Wulandari – Cogent Education, 2023
Reading interest and students' creative thinking skills cannot be optimal in the current learning process. Several things cause this. One of them is low learning models. It happens because the learning activities applied by the teacher are less innovative and varied. This study aims to analyze the effect of using Revised Bloom's Taxonomy-Oriented…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Learning Activities, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Kazuhiko W. Nakamura; Kirie Miyajima; Akio Fujiwara; Kaoru Saito – Cogent Education, 2023
This study used class practices to verify the applicability of a web application specially developed for the observation in general elementary school classes of the blooming of cherry blossoms with time-lapse digital images. The learning effects of class practices on children's perceptions of the connection between familiar phenomena and climate…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Students, Climate
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Walldén, Robert – Cogent Education, 2022
This qualitative study focuses on Grade 6 students' possibilities to engage in disciplinary writing practices in history teaching in a school located in a socially disadvantaged and linguistically diverse area. The aim is to contribute knowledge about how students negotiate different literacy expectations in the teaching. The researcher used…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, History Instruction, Content Area Writing
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Batman, Kemal Akkan; Beidoglu, Müge; Köklü, Senem – Cogent Education, 2022
The main aim of this research is to determine the types of homework assigned in the 5thgrade Science and Technology course at public primary schools in Northern Cyprus and to explore the opinion of the teachers regarding homework practices. A qualitative case study design was used. The research was conducted during the 2018-2019 school year. The…
Descriptors: Assignments, Homework, Science Education, Technology Education
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Calchei, Marcela; Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Amukune, Stephen; Józsa, Krisztián – Cogent Education, 2022
Recent empirical research has demonstrated the importance of mastery motivation in child development. Therefore, it is essential to have valid and reliable instruments to measure this variable. The Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaires (DMQ 18) was validated in English, Hungarian, Chinese and Spanish. In this article, we evaluate the psychometric…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Russian, Romance Languages, Ethnic Groups
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Kolovelonis, Athanasios; Goudas, Marios – Cogent Education, 2022
This study compared the effects of three different types of cognitively challenging physical activity games on students' executive functions and situational interest. Participants were 140 students from four fourth-grade and four fifth-grade classes of four elementary schools. One fourth- and one fifth-grade class from each school were randomly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Physical Activities
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Tayyaba, Tamim; Ansari, Humayun; Faisal, Bari – Cogent Education, 2022
Post-COVID educational planning demands an urgent re-evaluation of the inclusivity of our educational systems, now that almost 24 million learners, a majority of these girls and the poor in developing countries, are at the risk of dropping out. This paper explores the discursive inclusivity of some primary level textbooks used in government and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Elementary Education, Textbooks
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Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Geiger, Tray; Winn, Kevin – Cogent Education, 2022
Researchers explored how 13 states in which policymakers have adopted an A-F school letter grade accountability system performed on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) post-policy implementation. Researchers found mixed results, with approximately half of these 13 states increasing achievement post-policy, and the other…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Mathematics Achievement
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Kaji, Masanori; Ono, Yuta – Cogent Education, 2021
This study seeks to clarify the structure and characteristics of learners' successful experiences in elementary school physical education classes in Japan according to grade and sex. A questionnaire survey was administered to 1450 public elementary school students across Japan. An exploratory factor analysis revealed that successful experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Student Experience
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