Student-Centered Instruction: Integrating the Learning Sciences to Support Elementary and Middle School Learners
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Research from the learning sciences (how people learn) can help educators and parents work more effectively with disengaged students and reluctant learners. In this article, the author reviews the knowledge base of the learning sciences and examines what researchers and teachers have learned in the past 30 years regarding how and why people learn can support effective elementary and middle school–level instruction. An instructional guide is presented for educators and parents using the learning sciences as the basis for the design of learning environments to support disengaged students.
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Turner (2011) stated that outside these domains, all learners, including young children, depend upon their will and effort in order to enhance learning.
“Outside of these domains, Turner (2011) stated all learners, including young children, depend upon their will and effort in order to enhance learning (p.125).”
From Differences of Mean Scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for Classical Christian Schools Compared to Non-Classical Christian Schools (2019) · cites this paper as Turner, 2011
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“Data from recent studies indicate instructional feedback that is accurate, useful, and timely builds students’ confidence and is essential for learning to occur (Black & William, 1998; Brandt, 1998; Bransford, 2004; Trimble, 2003).”
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Vaughan, C. A. (2019) · Journal of Research on Christian Education · doi:10.1080/10656219.2019.1704326 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Turner, S. L.
- Affiliations
- Kent State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Turner, Steven L.
- Venue
- Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-04-21
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 123-131
- ISSN
- 1045-988X (ISSN-L)
- 1940-4387
- OpenAlex
- W2169510646
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wayne State University
- Kent State University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational methodologies and cognitive development
- Keywords
- learning sciences, student engagement, disengaged students, reluctant learners, primary education, middle school education, instructional design, learning environment, How People Learn, parental involvement, student-centered instruction
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