Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools.

Reciprocal teaching of social studies in inclusive elementary classrooms.

Reading comprehension relies on the use of metacognitive strategies. Reciprocal teaching has been found to be an effective comprehension technique to use with students with learning disabilities. This study examined the effectiveness of reciprocal teaching during social studies instruction with several students with learning disabilities in fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade inclusive classrooms....

Modeling Social Network Topologies in Elementary Schools

Complex networks are used to describe interactions in many real world systems, including economic, biological and social systems. An analysis was done of inter-student friendship, enmity and kinship relationships at three elementary schools by building social networks of these relationships and studying their properties. Friendship network measurements were similar between schools and produced ...

An Analysis of the Status of the Basic Components of Citizenship Education in Social Studies Textbook at Elementary Schools

The present paper aims to investigate the amount of attention paid to the basic components of citizenship education in social studies textbooks in elementary schools. It adopts an applied approach with a descriptive research method and content analysis. The population consists of four elementary schools social studies textbook in 2017-2018 academic year. With regard to the nature of the subject...

Analysis of teachers' experiences in teaching art in elementary schools: a qualitative study

This study aims to identify and explain the experience of teaching art in the elementary school teachers was conducted. In this context, an essential question is examined: primary school teachers, learning how to experience the arts curriculum? Using qualitative research methods, semi-structured in-depth interviews and purposive sampling, 10 cases of primary school teachers Mehdishahr city were...

Constructing a Powerful Approach To Teaching and Learning in Elementary Social Studies