Education Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 12

Adaptive learning technologies are emerging educational tools that personalize instruction and tasks to meet students’ current ability levels. Despite their increasing prevalence, the present discourse on adaptive learning software focuses on the tec...

In the field of engineering management, teaching emphasizes the cultivation of applied talents within the context of new engineering disciplines. Evaluating the effectiveness of this cultivation is particularly necessary. The evaluation system for te...

Sustainable education involves educating young people about the importance of varied physical activities and developing long-term skills for an active lifestyle. We choose basketball as a method for sustainable education because it is a sport with di...

In successful peer discussions students respond to each other and benefit from supports that focus discussion on one another’s ideas. We explore using artificial intelligence (AI) to form groups and guide peer discussion for grade 7 students. W...

(1) Background: A successful teaching practice and a proper understanding of environmental conservation require developed research abilities and a positive attitude toward nature. Nineteen female students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Scien...

The role of the school principal has garnered international significance. When it comes to student learning outcomes, the effectiveness of the principal has been recognized as being more important than the effectiveness of a single teacher. Studies a...

This study analyzes the impact of interactive technologies on the motivation and engagement of university students in online courses. Through a systematic literature review and a comparative analysis of existing technologies, 64 articles published be...

Background: Students from ethnic minority backgrounds have been shown to be more vulnerable to developing mental health disorders compared to White British students. They have also been shown to experience greater social identity incompatibility; how...

In Indonesia, there is a significant gap between the skills, creativity, innovation abilities, and job awareness of college graduates as well as the demands of the modern workforce. This gap originates from a curriculum and learning design that has n...

Being considered a driver of economic growth as well as social participation and inclusion, skill development and vocational education and training (VET) policies constitute possible solutions to present challenges and ongoing problems. Therefore, VE...

This manuscript presents a comprehensive analysis of NC State University’s redesigned principal preparation program, emphasizing its alignment with state and national leadership standards, innovative curriculum, and commitment to practical appl...

Visual perception and visualization are crucial in mathematical thinking and, more importantly, in geometric thinking. Our research study aimed to follow the link of geometric transformations, mental rotation, spatial ability, and visualisation in ge...

This study investigates the impact of AI-generated contexts on preservice teachers’ computational thinking (CT) skills and their acceptance of educational robotics. This article presents a methodology for teaching robotics based on AI-generated...

This study examines the subjective attributes that coaches consider most important for identifying and developing the talent of junior élite football players. It also explores whether players’ physical fitness efficiency moderates these...

Teachers need digital skills to optimise the educational benefits of the Internet and mediate its risks. This study investigates digital and mediation competencies among teachers, focusing on their preparation for guiding students in the safe use of...

According to Norway’s Core Curriculum all students are to learn about Sámi issues, and the subject of mathematics is not exempt from it. Central to the Sámi tradition is non-standardized individual body-based measuring. Two S&aacu...

Formative research, within the context of the pedagogical function of research, employs investigative teaching methods and practices commonly used in universities. However, these methods have largely shown limited effectiveness, as only a minority of...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to extensive school closures and an accelerated shift to remote learning, which had substantial consequences for students’ academic development. This study seeks to examine the impact of COVID-19 on learning loss among...

Thermodynamics is a theory based on phenomenological premises and has wide applicability in science and technology. However, it remains one of the most challenging subjects to understand and teach, which makes it an excellent candidate for research a...

(1) Background: Due to the mental health crisis that has spiraled since the onset of COVID-19, particularly among the nation’s youth, the purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a novel, school-based mental health intervention for...

This research responds to the increasing call to hone Student Teachers’ (ST) skill of selective attention or professional noticing as an essential early step toward developing noticing in the classroom environment. Furthering the line of resear...

Case study to investigate whether creative writing through story-based learning in public and private secondary schools can account for performance in readability, purpose, word/sentence relationships, vocabulary diversity, correct use of punctuation...

This study emphasizes the importance of a teacher’s adaptability in conveying knowledge and the varied interpretations of exercises among educators. While there is an evident difference in how physical education (PE) is approached, the common t...

In the ongoing era of digital transformation, it is imperative for teachers to equip learners with essential digital competences to navigate the intricacies of the digital landscape successfully. As future in-service teachers function as role models...

Oral reading assessments provide teachers with valuable information about children’s reading abilities, which can then inform instruction. However, the structure of some oral reading assessments (e.g., running records) have been critiqued, espe...

Both interests and peer relations are crucial for adolescents in finding out who they are and want to be as a person. Yet, our knowledge of the co-evolution of friendships and interests is limited to studies focusing on single interest domains and/or...

Play is often called the work of children, but questions abound about how early childhood educators are prepared to support children’s learning through play. In this study, we investigated undergraduate pre-service teachers’ perception of...

The rising integration of AI-driven assessment in education holds promise, yet it is crucial to evaluate the correlation between trust in general AI tools, AI-based scoring systems, and future behavioral intention toward using these technologies. Thi...

The breadth and volume of research exploring the complexities of childhood trauma in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environments has grown significantly in recent years, yet, little is known about this trajectory in an Irish context. Conse...

Australian education faces persistent challenges in preparing and retaining teachers within rural contexts. This qualitative study examines the attributes of thriving rural teachers through focus group discussions with 103 rural educational leaders....

Students benefit from dialogs about their explanations of complex scientific phenomena, and middle school science teachers cannot realistically provide all the guidance they need. We study ways to extend generative teacher–student dialogs to mo...

Makerspaces have emerged as a popular supplement to formal K-16 STEM education, offering students opportunities to engage in hands-on, creative activities that integrate multiple disciplines. However, despite their potential to foster interdisciplina...

In the post-COVID-19 era, education requires teachers to engage learners across diverse learning environments (at school or other formal institutions, at home, outdoors, or in virtual environments) using innovative learning strategies. To meet these...

Computational thinking (CT) can be developed in a multitude of ways. Well-known examples are plugged-in and unplugged applications that focus primarily on the (combined) usage of visual, textual, or tangible modalities. Less obvious are applications...

The world, through the UN and its agencies, is looking for ways to sustain the environment that we live in via the SDGs. The importance of school science in achieving the SDGs cannot be overstressed. The literature abounds on the need for school scie...

I describe in this paper selected aspects of the Erasmusplus Project Education for Citizenship Competence to Participation and Sustainability, performed by three European countries, in order to empower students for civic engagement through citizenshi...

Computational thinking (CT) currently has been mainly explored using programming robots and conducted in K12 education. In early childhood education, arts have a significant place in children’s learning, expression and cognitive development. Sp...

Many education systems adopt neoliberal privatisation and marketisation approaches to diversify education provision and improve quality. England is a leading example, transforming local authority-maintained schools into academies. In contrast, Finlan...

In this Special Issue (SI), we have published recent scholarship addressing (a) narrative ways of knowing, (b) the diversity of methods used for researching experience and (c) issues related to the use of narrative to explore the experiences of indiv...

Synchronous Online Teaching (SOT) is becoming increasingly popular, but research shows many teachers are inadequately prepared, calling for greater investment in professional development (PD). Additionally, there is a significant gap in research syst...

The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of technology-based interventions on mathematical word problem solving for students with disabilities. This study also assessed the quality of research based on What Works Clearinghouse (WWC...

This study investigated how the time that elementary pre-service teachers (PSTs) spend studying certain mathematics topics during a content course is related to growth in their perseverance in problem-solving. Using a quasi-experimental design, PSTs...

Program managers of undergraduate research experience programs play a pivotal role in students’ learning experiences. However, their roles in this program are seldom understood and explored. One reason is that a greater focus has been put on fa...

This work reviews the key challenges surrounding teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics subjects known as STEM. The research has uncovered a significant gap between traditional teaching styles and the need to develop and adapt to...

This study investigates the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and inference-making during real-time reading comprehension in Spanish-speaking adolescents, addressing an important gap in the literature. A large sample of adolescents (n = 265)...

The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) raises critical questions about learner autonomy and agency. This exploratory case study examines how four university-level German language learners with diverse backgrounds developed autono...

For many students, the start of a university course is a positive experience, as it is a challenge that involves academic commitment and the achievement of a university degree. However, for other students, access to university becomes a stressful exp...

In many countries, indicators related to educational contexts, inputs, processes, and outputs serve as important benchmarks for allocating funding to educational institutions. Educational monitoring provides a valuable approach for gathering data on...

Engaging students in Chinese character learning tasks poses significant challenges for instructional design, especially for learners from alphabetic language backgrounds, due to Chinese characters’ complex, morpho-syllabic structure. Traditiona...

This scoping literature review explores parent interactions with teachers and school environments at the middle level, particularly how parents and teachers perceive middle school environments and parent–teacher relationships, the strategies th...