Journal of Elementary Education

Statistical Graphics in Czech Textbooks: A Comparative Content Analysis of Two Primary-Level Educational Areas

2025-01-15T15:09:32+01:00

The study provides insight into the current state of cultivating statistical graphics skills in primary education in the Czech Republic through a quantitative content analysis of graphic data displays in textbooks and workbooks that are widely used in classrooms. The findings unveil noteworthy disparities in the frequency of statistical graphics among various textbooks, along with significant distinctions in the forms and types of statistical graphics employed across different educational areas.

The Effectiveness of Fraction Boards in Helping Concrete-Thinking Students Internalize the Concepts of Fractions

2024-12-24T11:13:03+01:00

The final year of research aims to investigate the effectiveness of chocolate-shaped fraction boards in helping students internalize the concepts of fractions and correct procedures for performing fraction operations (addition and subtraction). The research design is descriptive qualitative. Thirty-five fourth graders at SD Negeri 8 Banda Aceh were involved as research participants. The data were collected through observations during the learning sessions. The results showed that the chocolate-shaped fraction boards are effective in helping the students perform fraction operations accurately, such as identifying equivalent fractions, equalizing the denominators of two simple fractions, and adding and subtracting simple fractions.

The Active Role of Gifted Students in the Preparation and Evaluation of Individualized Programs

2024-12-24T11:13:04+01:00

The article highlights the importance of the active participation of gifted students in the process of preparation and evaluation of the Individualized Program (INDEP) based on their abilities, desires and needs. Through a qualitative comparative analysis of the content of three hundred individualized programs for gifted students, we found that the basic principle of involving gifted students in the content preparation and evaluation of the INDEP was taken into account. We found that the active role of gifted students, content adaptations in planning individualized programs and instructional challenges, general and specific objectives, and tutoring and support were partially addressed. Written goals in individualized programs do not reflect the individual goals of particular gifted students and are often worded the same for all gifted students in the same school.

Stress in the Preschool Profession: Action Research

2024-12-24T11:13:04+01:00

Stress has become an integral part of modern humans’ busy lives. One of the professions in which stress is highly prevalent is that of a preschool teacher. Therefore, action research was conducted in a higher education context aimed at reducing preschool teacher stress. After one month of introducing changes that met teachers’ interests and needs and realizing their baseline values, teacher stress was reduced. Moreover, the research produced multiple benefits on both the personal and professional levels. The paper points to the need to organize a motivating pedagogical environment in higher education, which will make positive changes in students’ lives and in their professional development.

Lifelong Learning Through the Prism of Educators

2024-12-24T11:13:05+01:00

Continuous professional development and training represent not only choices, but also an obligation and responsibility for every single educator. The aim of the research was to investigate the attitudes of educators working in kindergartens in seven counties of the Republic of Croatia, about the importance of lifelong learning. The research was conducted on a sample of 279 female educators, and a survey questionnaire was used as a measuring instrument. The results of the study indicate that educators are aware of the importance of lifelong learning and professional development. They emphasize that it enables them to develop competences and contributes to the improvement of their educational practice. The largest number of educators participate in professional training several times a year; they choose the form of training most often by the topic in which they are interested, and the form of professional training that best suits the needs of educators is the interactive workshop.

THE Student Perception of Assessment in the Teaching and Learning Process of Art Education

2024-12-24T11:13:05+01:00

This paper discusses the importance of the learning and teaching process in art education in light of the accepted methods for establishing criteria for evaluating student achievement. The complex experience of art education is difficult to measure based on scales that use ambiguous verbal categories and standardize the image of the student in an activity intended for the opposite: to express what is unique to each individual in an artistic way. Some assessment strategies are presented, as well as a questionnaire with various student opinions about assessment, alongside the factors that influence these opinions.

Implementation of a Contextual Teaching Approach in Primary School Education

2024-12-24T11:13:06+01:00

Theoretical discussions and results of empirical research on the contextual approach to teaching and learning point to its effectiveness in realising numerous learning outcomes. The theoretical part of the paper presents the theoretical foundations of the contextual teaching and learning approach, with a focus on constructivist learning theory. The empirical part of the paper presents the results of a study on the implementation of the contextual teaching and learning approach in primary school education from the teachers` perspective. The results indicate that teachers apply the principles of the contextual teaching and learning approach relatively rarely in the teaching process.