2025 August - 150 articles
The Cultural STEM Night (CSN) initiative was developed to address the persistent lack of culturally relevant STEM teaching materials, which often contributes to student disengagement—particularly among underrepresented populations. This study e...
Exploring learning trajectories based on student thinking is needed to develop the teaching curricula, practices and educational support materials in mathematics for students with visual impairments. Hence, this study aims to reveal student thinking...
Beliefs about one’s abilities are powerful predictors of success. Self-efficacy is a basic belief every human should have, as it reflects the confidence that one can achieve one’s goals. As this belief can change over time and depends on...
Self-efficacy is related to a specific domain and is a result of capabilities and beliefs of one’s own performance in a specific domain given a specific task, depending on the levels of anxiety, motivation, feeling of success, and positive and...
Research on the complex dimensions of engagement in large, lecture-based courses remains scarce. Lecture-based courses are often characterized by passive learning environments, raising concerns about their capacity to foster motivation. This study in...
Against a backdrop of severe and long-standing teacher shortages, in this paper we present analyses of over 60,000 survey responses collected via a cross-sectional cohort study that sampled young people in England over a period of 11 years; at ages 1...
Writing is essential across disciplines, yet undergraduate programs must balance writing instruction with discipline-specific content. To support writing development, we piloted an embedded writing tutor (WT) in two core public health courses serving...
SCALENEo (Smart ClinicAL rEasoning iN physiothErapy) is an innovative online serious game designed to improve clinical reasoning in musculoskeletal physiotherapy education. Adapted from the “Happy Families” card game, it provides an inter...
This study sought to investigate the perceptions of teachers from the Porto Metropolitan Area regarding the use of augmented reality (AR) in primary and secondary education. Drawing on a quantitative, descriptive, and correlational research design, d...
This document explores the concept of Learning Styles (LSs) and their implications for Adaptive Learning Systems (ALSs). It begins by defining LSs as distinct patterns of behavior and thought that influence how individuals process information, drawin...
Ireland, historically a country of emigration, has transformed into a hub of immigration. Today, over 200 languages are spoken among its 5.25 million residents, with approximately 750,000 individuals speaking a language other than English or Irish at...
The shortage of math and science teachers is a pressing issue in the United States (US) and globally. This review closely follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and synthesizes findings from...
This study analyses how early childhood teachers experience their local curricula-updating process provoked by the national policy changes. This is a relevant problem related to teachers’ agency, which is critical in supporting and developing c...
An important objective of teacher education is to encourage students to reflect on teaching practices. Analyzing video scenarios from classroom settings is a commonly used method for achieving this. This study examines the impact of different video t...
Professional development (PD) is crucial for teacher growth, yet research on EFL instructors in higher education remains scarce. In Indonesia, PD research focuses more on secondary and primary school teachers, and the research that emphasises EFL tea...
This paper aims to analyze adults’ responses to children’s argumentative contributions within children–adult dialogic interactions. More precisely, we focus on the phenomenon of children opening subdiscussions within argumentative i...
Ensuring socially just, inclusive, and equitable education is a global imperative and, accordingly, a key concern for physical education (PE). While PE is widely recognized for its potential to contribute to these goals, research also highlights the...
This article explores the implementation of a tandem course that integrates gamification and interactive teaching methods and investigates how this model affects teacher motivation and participant engagement, particularly in higher education contexts...
This systematic literature review examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) technologies in language education, synthesizing findings from 32 empirical studies published between 2017 and 2024. Guided by the PR...
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education has raised important questions about its role in supporting inclusive practices, particularly in special education. This qualitative-dominant study with quantitative support examines how sp...
This mixed-methods study investigated the dispositions and motivations of 118 K-12 teachers in Abu Dhabi regarding lifelong learning. Employing a sequential explanatory design, quantitative data were collected using a validated 40-item Likert scale s...
The global emphasis on interdisciplinary teaching continues to shape educational discourse, promoting meaningful and valuable learning experiences. This study examines the interdisciplinary curricular process led by a group of second-career teacher t...
This paper describes the ScratchJr Bots project aimed at helping young children develop maker literacies, which is the ability to design, program, and build technology-rich projects with developmentally appropriate tools to express themselves. Maker...
Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) operate in most major U.S. cities and are known to build social–emotional and job skills in youth while reducing crime. Integrating STEM learning and summer employment offers a promising way to increase...
Regular classes in outdoor education are gaining popularity worldwide, driven by their potential to enhance a wide range of educational outcomes. The aim of this scoping review is to establish the current state of knowledge about the effects of this...
Reading and writing in the 21st century have evolved from traditional text-based formats to multimodal literacy, integrating linguistic, visual, auditory, and spatial modes to enhance communication and comprehension. While multimodal reading has been...
This study explores the use of a custom generative AI (GenAI) tool, built using a prompt-engineered instance of ChatGPT, to provide formative feedback on first-year undergraduate physics lab reports. A preliminary survey of 110 students identified wr...
The recent reform of the preschool curriculum in Latvia signifies a paradigm shift with the objective of fostering holistic skill development. The success of this implementation is largely attributed to the pivotal role played by teacher perspectives...
Adequate initial training should ensure that future physical activity and sports sciences (PASS) professionals acquire skills that include not only in-depth knowledge of the content to be taught but also an understanding of the most effective teachin...
Students with autism are more likely to be victims of bullying. There are many factors that play a critical role in this. One of these is the school context. This study explores the experiences of bullying among students with autism based on school t...
Gamification is being increasingly applied in various contexts, including higher education, to enhance student engagement and academic performance. Despite the growing body of empirical research on this topic, questions remain regarding its effective...
This study examines how different instructional media—face-to-face classes, live streaming, pre-recorded videos, and educational games—affect student learning outcomes in finance education. A sample of first-year economics students was as...
Multigrade classrooms represent a widely extended educational modality in rural contexts and territories with low demographic density. This organizational model, in which a single teacher serves students from different levels in the same space, poses...
In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital technology, the imperative for fostering agency in digital learning has become paramount [...]
This study investigates Project-Based Learning (PBL) to boost student engagement in a Transport Phenomena course at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Through a hands-on project involving Floating Treatment Islands (FTIs) for water...
This paper explores how school culture and key organizational culture dimensions, power distance, humane orientation, performance orientation, and in-group collectivism, affect different types of conflict (task, relationship, and process) in primary...
The concept of governance has gained increasing attention across various fields of study. However, its application within the specific context of educational policies, particularly within compulsory public education, remains fragmented and underexplo...
Middle leaders are acknowledged as important leaders within schools to support and improve teaching and learning. While middle leaders’ (MLs) knowledge and skills are foundational for contributing to school improvement, social emotional intelli...
Ethics has emerged as a central dimension of the teaching profession, although it is not always explicitly addressed in initial teacher training study plans. In this context, a quantitative study was conducted to examine, from a comparative perspecti...
This study investigates the integration of LTspice simulations and structured reflective practices within a project-based learning (PBL) framework in a Microelectronic Circuits course. The course was designed to improve students’ conceptual und...
In recent years, the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly transformed higher education, particularly among Generation Z students who are more open to new technologies. Tools such as ChatGPT are increasingly being used for le...
This study examines how preschool teachers reflect on their role in challenging children’s mathematical thinking in play. The study was conducted with participants in Italy and Sweden, and data were collected through focus group discussions. We...
Aims: This study explored university students’ adversity quotient and its relationship with students’ achievement motivation and self-regulated learning strategies in the Chinese context. Methods: A total of 319 Chinese university student...
Eurocentric portrayals of Africa remain entrenched in European educational systems, perpetuating stereotypes of poverty, primitiveness, and exoticism. This study investigates how such representations are mirrored in German students’ mental conc...
The study of early intervention programs for at-risk children and their families is a continuously evolving field. As a result, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners focus on the effectiveness of these programs. The educational outcomes of the...
This study investigates students’ perceptions of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), with a focus on Higher Education institutions in Northern Ireland and India. We collect quantitative Likert ratings and qualitative comments from 1211...
Many early career educators, such as teaching assistants (TAs) in college courses, as well as pre-college educators, need help both with content and pedagogical knowledge to effectively help their students learn. One pedagogical approach that has bee...
In the age of digital transformation, where students increasingly rely on technology for learning and communication, concerns arise regarding its potential association with academic outcomes. This study quantifies the relationship between Digital Beh...
In the digital era, integrating technology into education is essential to meet contemporary educational demands. This systematic review examines the competencies and skills in educational technology required from in-service teachers serving in elemen...
Higher education institutions have undergone essential transformations in recent decades, driven by legislative reforms and changes in social and economic demands. This study examines the factors that influence the continuous improvement of education...
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