Science is not only about facts and concepts, but also involves a scientific way of thinking reasoning. The ability reasoning in science consists explaining the problem (claim), connecting these with related concepts (evidence), scientifically (reasoning). Scientific crucial prospective teacher. results observations at Islamic Primary School Teacher Education UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang fo...

Mi-Hwa Park is an assistant professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education of the College of Education at Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. tential for improvement in ELLs’ learning engagement. Indeed, learning engagement is a strong indicator of academic success (Hyson, 2008). In the context of teaching ELLs, however, little information is available on discuss...

This small-scale case study explores the challenges and potential benefits of a wiki for students and teachers in a primary-five English-language class in Hong Kong. The study examined how the wiki’s key affordances might help in scaffolding students during their collaborative writing projects. The study found that the use of a wiki in a class of primary-five students in a Chinese primary schoo...

The research aimed at investigating types of scaffolding, the ways a teacher provides and benefits challenges scaffolding in teaching writing News Item text tenth graders senior high school Bandung. This employed qualitative design, embracing characteristic case study. data were obtained from non-participant classroom observation for six meetings, one interview. collected interview transcribed ...

This article discusses an investigation carried out with a group of young learners of English in a Brazilian language school aiming at these individuals' development of critical thinking and their involvement in a denaturalization process of gender dualism. The study, which took place in an educational context witnessing important changes at both macro and micro levels, has its theoretical foun...

This article discusses an investigation carried out with a group of young learners of English in a Brazilian language school aiming at these individuals' development of critical thinking and their involvement in a de-naturalization process of gender dualism. The study, which took place in an educational context witnessing important changes at both macro and micro levels, has its theoretical fou...

In this paper, we propose a SPS (Scaffolding Participatory Simulation) framework using the fundamental concepts in scaffolding. Making use of this framework, a mobile system is developed to support students to understand the concept of computer science easier and clearer. Besides it improves the interactive communication, increases the motivation and enthusiasm of the learners. Using the SPS-ba...

Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are usually used by teachers for whole-class teaching. This paper is based upon an ESRC-funded project in which pupils used the IWB in a semi-autonomous manner when working together on science-related activities designed by the teacher. Using an analysis of video and other data from lessons in UK Year 4 and Year 5 primary classrooms (pupils aged 8-10 years), it fo...