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Education Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 10

2026 October - 191 articles

Cover Story: Graduate employability is increasingly relevant in Higher Education, yet its relationship with university administrative and support service quality remains underexplored. This study investigates whether broader configurations of administrative performance, jointly considering service effectiveness and cost efficiency, are associated with differences in graduate employability. We analyze 45 universities across five support service areas. The analysis discloses three profiles of performance, with perceived service effectiveness showing a significant correlation with graduate employability. Findings highlight the quality of the university environment experienced by students as being associated with graduate outcomes, thereby extending employability research beyond individual skills or career services. View this paper
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Articles (191)

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
265 Views
27 Pages

AI-Based Educational Interventions for Students with Down Syndrome: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review

  • Antonia Cascales-Martínez,
  • José David Cuesta Sáez de Tejada and
  • Carmen Sánchez-Seller

21 October 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is assumed to individualise learning, yet no quantitative synthesis has examined what happens when the intervention targets students with Down syndrome (DS). The review presented here analyses this effect and the extent t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supporting Students with Learning Difficulties: Evidence-Based Assessment, Intervention, and Classroom Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
222 Views
39 Pages

Mapping Artificial Intelligence Integration in Kindergarten Teaching: Usage Patterns, Pedagogical Purposes, and Acceptance Factors Among Teachers with Prior AI-Use Experience

  • Evania Yafie,
  • Yudha Alfian Haqqi,
  • Taufik Ikhsan Slamet,
  • Wuri Astuti and ,
  • Sari Karmina,
  • Riska Pristiani and
  • Norazrena Abu Samah
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 October 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in education, yet evidence regarding its adoption by kindergarten teachers remains limited, particularly in Indonesian early childhood settings. This study investigated the AI tools used by kindergart...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teacher Professional Development and Teaching Practice in Early Childhood Education: UNESCO’s Social Contract for Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
287 Views
27 Pages

21 October 2026

Systemic pedagogy was developed for Angelica Olvera at the CUDEC center and implemented in schools in Spain and Latin America; however, quantitative evidence remains absent. This exploratory pilot study examined whether students in classrooms impleme...

(This article belongs to the Section Education and Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
183 Views
22 Pages

21 October 2026

Italy remains well below the European average in tertiary attainment, a gap that has reinforced a policy narrative centered on the need to increase the number of graduates. Yet aggregate attainment indicators provide limited information on the nature...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bridging the Gap: Higher Education, Skills, and Graduate Employability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
510 Views
22 Pages

21 October 2026

Computational thinking (CT) skills in early childhood provide children with tools to express their thinking and develop strategies for solving problems in their everyday lives. CT skills are also associated with future computer science, math, and lit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Playful Pathways to Computational Thinking, Maker Literacies, and STEAM in Early Childhood)
  • Article
  • Open Access
224 Views
24 Pages

Reading Robot Stories: Understanding Preschool Computational Thinking Through Playful Story-Based Assessment

  • Margaret F. Quinn,
  • Hannah R. Thompson,
  • Frances K. Harper,
  • Lori A. Caudle and
  • Cathy L. Grist

21 October 2026

Computational thinking and literacy reflect important, distinct but interrelated sets of skills that have foundations in the early childhood years. While early literacy has long been studied and conceptualized, there are fewer shared understandings a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Playful Pathways to Computational Thinking, Maker Literacies, and STEAM in Early Childhood)
  • Article
  • Open Access
168 Views
15 Pages

21 October 2026

Inquiry-based instruction is an effective instructional approach, generally in education and notably in gifted, creative, and talented education (GCT). The knowledge and skills teachers require to effectively facilitate learning are captured in the c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unlocking Potential: The Future of Gifted and Talented Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
190 Views
19 Pages

Broadening the Assessment of Mathematics-Related Achievement Emotions: Structure and Differentiation of an Extended AEQ-ES Among Chilean Elementary School Children

  • Cristina Rodríguez,
  • Roberto A. Ferreira,
  • Bárbara Guzmán,
  • Felipe Sepúlveda and ,
  • Cristian A. Rojas-Barahona,
  • Marcos H. Cárdenas-Mancilla,
  • Andrea Casanova and
  • Isaac Marco
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 October 2026

Achievement emotions play a central role in mathematics learning, yet instruments suitable for young children often cover only a narrow range of emotions and have rarely been validated in Latin American contexts. This study examined the structure, di...

(This article belongs to the Topic Personality, Emotions, and Emotional Intelligence Assessments: New Applications and Instruments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
166 Views
22 Pages

20 October 2026

Scholars have increasingly noted the importance of considering the intersections of race, rurality, and other social dimensions in research on college access and success. This article advances this intersectional line of inquiry in race-centered, rur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
340 Views
15 Pages

Paper or Tablet? A Retrospective Study of Preference and Performance

  • Ross K. Galloway,
  • Alexander Forrest and
  • Leah Mackay

20 October 2026

There is an ongoing debate over whether paper or electronic media are more pedagogically effective for student learning. Existing research has indicated that handwriting may be more effective for notetaking than the use of a computer, but contradicto...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reach for the Stars: Enhancing Pedagogy and Technology in Physics and Astronomy Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
236 Views
19 Pages

Assessing Attitudes Toward Biophysics Content in University Health Education: A Colombian Sample

  • Oscar Hernández,
  • Juan Carlos Miranda,
  • Diana Rueda-Delgado,
  • Steven K. McClain and
  • Tomas Rada-Crespo

20 October 2026

Medical students often perceive biophysics as irrelevant to clinical training. This study assessed first-year medical students’ attitudes toward biophysics using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS), with attention to ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
179 Views
27 Pages

20 October 2026

Maintaining minimum shared learning outcomes in practice-based basic science education is challenging when institutions differ in academic staffing, student cohort size, and laboratory resources. Using practical biophysics education as a disciplinary...

(This article belongs to the Section Curriculum and Instruction)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
214 Views
20 Pages

Peer-Supported Learning in the Digital Transformation of Higher Education: A Theory-Informed Systematic Review

  • Ritesh Chimoriya,
  • Supreme Raj Pandey,
  • Sharyn Carnahan,
  • Dhurba Prasad Bashyal and ,
  • Sarah Joy Aitken and
  • Kritika Rana
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 October 2026

Peer support in higher education settings plays an important role in fostering collaboration, motivation, and resilience among learners in higher education. Higher education has undergone a rapid and sustained shift toward digital learning spaces, a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Inclusive Online Education: From Foundational Learner Support to Collaborative Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
187 Views
24 Pages

19 October 2026

Teaching in special and inclusive education presents unique emotional and ecological demands, yet the specific psychological mechanisms through which social–emotional learning (SEL) competencies relate to how teachers navigate these challenges...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social–Emotional Learning and Inclusive and Special Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
201 Views
35 Pages

19 October 2026

Teacher preparation depends on deliberate practice with learners who have identifiable strengths and weaknesses, yet classroom experience accumulates slowly and is hard to standardize. Language-model-simulated students could offer scalable, repeatabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
394 Views
15 Pages

Trust of Pre-Service Teachers in Government Response to Gen AI Generated Deepfakes

  • Pedro Miralles Sánchez,
  • José María Campillo-Ferrer and
  • Alejandro López-García

19 October 2026

This study examined the perceptions of pre-service teachers regarding the Spanish government’s response to the misuse of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) for creating disinformation, as well as the mitigation of risks associat...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI Trends in Teacher and Student Training—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
205 Views
21 Pages

19 October 2026

Technology-based music classrooms differ structurally from traditional, teacher-directed settings, where self-paced, individualized composition with digital audio workstations may change how classroom environment and motivation relate to students&rsq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
258 Views
15 Pages

19 October 2026

This mixed-methods study examined how language growth beliefs and related regulatory and emotional processes were represented in the Language Mindset and Regulation Inventory (LMRI) and explained in Thai undergraduate learners’ accounts of Engl...

(This article belongs to the Section Education and Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
366 Views
13 Pages

Evaluating Lesson Methodology Among Pre-Service Geography Teachers: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Based on a University Mentor’s Records

  • Ranko Dragović,
  • Stefan Stajić,
  • Smiljana Đukičin Vučković,
  • Ljubica Ivanović Bibić and ,
  • Anđelija Ivkov Džigurski and
  • Jelena Milanković
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 October 2026

The integration of school-based practice remains central to preparing pre-service geography teachers (PSTs) for the classroom. This study examines how PSTs at the University of Niš (Serbia) applied teaching methods and classroom organization f...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
435 Views
32 Pages

What Do Educators Need to Implement STEAM Education? A Systematic Review

  • Konstantinos Mathiopoulos,
  • Natalia Spyropoulou and
  • Achilles Kameas

18 October 2026

Implementing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education places substantial, varied demands on teachers, yet evidence on what educators need to enact it remains fragmented. This systematic review synthesizes empirical re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in STEM Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
253 Views
15 Pages

18 October 2026

Preparing educators for teaching in inclusive education settings presents both conceptual and practical challenges. This study examines the implementation process of a professional development (PD) programme designed to equip teachers with Social and...

(This article belongs to the Section Special and Inclusive Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
302 Views
31 Pages

18 October 2026

Metacognitive awareness, defined as the ability to plan, monitor, and evaluate one’s own learning, plays a crucial role in problem solving. It enables individuals to determine not only which strategies to use but also when and how to apply them...

(This article belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
323 Views
42 Pages

18 October 2026

Inclusive elementary physics education for autistic learners (ASD Level 1) requires structured, predictable, and multimodal environments that support conceptual understanding and collaborative inquiry. This study evaluates a hyper-interactive framewo...

(This article belongs to the Section Special and Inclusive Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
325 Views
29 Pages

18 October 2026

Disability disclosure has implications for student experience and graduate outcomes, yet little is known about disclosure in land-based higher education, a sector with distinctive vocational and practical provision. Using aggregated Higher Education...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bridging the Gap: Higher Education, Skills, and Graduate Employability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
531 Views
19 Pages

18 October 2026

Prior research on compassion fatigue and burnout has suggested that understanding and developing compassion and self-compassion has positive effects on mental health. At present in Alberta, Canada, few education programs integrate information about h...

(This article belongs to the Topic Diversity, Educational Inclusion, Emotional Intelligence, Coping, and Other Factors That Influence Psychological Health and Well-Being)
  • Article
  • Open Access
319 Views
12 Pages

18 October 2026

Engaging in work-integrated learning (WIL) activities helps students develop critical skills, formulate their professional identities, and refine their career direction. Integrating career development learning (CDL) and WIL throughout a degree is a m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
150 Views
29 Pages

17 October 2026

Willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2) is a central construct in second language acquisition (SLA), yet the intellectual structure and thematic development of the field remain insufficiently mapped. This study provides a bibliomet...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
355 Views
32 Pages

Neurodiversity-Affirmative Model, Social Camouflaging, and Psychological Well-Being of Neurodivergent Students in Inclusive Contexts: A Systematic Review

  • Wilson Alexander Zambrano Vélez,
  • Johanna Alcivar Ponce,
  • Amarilis Lainez Quinde,
  • Joselin Maritza Vera García and ,
  • Marjorie Vanessa Perero Cusme,
  • Lissette Yomayra Reyes Peñafiel,
  • Gioryi Augusto Sornoza Zavala and
  • Adriana Elizabeth Urtado Jumbo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

17 October 2026

Although the enrollment of neurodivergent students is increasing globally, persistent normative educational environments force these students to socially camouflage, which severely impairs their psychological well-being. This systematic review synthe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
157 Views
37 Pages

17 October 2026

The single-quantum double-slit experiment is often taught through a compact narrative of localised detections, interference, and wave–particle duality that may conceal weak explanatory coordination. This qualitative-dominant mixed-methods study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thinking Physics for Learning in the 21st Century: From the History of Physics to Modern Pedagogical Practices)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
287 Views
15 Pages

Career Outcomes, Experiences, and Transition Programs for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature from 2013 to 2025

  • Joseph W. Madaus,
  • Nicholas W. Gelbar,
  • Courtney Schaefer,
  • Lawrence Miller and ,
  • Lyman L. Dukes and
  • Michael Faggella-Luby
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 October 2026

As more students with disabilities access postsecondary education, it is important for the field to understand their post-graduation employment outcomes. A systematic literature review using preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bridging the Gap: Higher Education, Skills, and Graduate Employability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
335 Views
28 Pages

Learning Sciences Foundations for Engineering Education: A Framework for Epistemological Articulation Across Paradigms

  • María Alfonso Molina,
  • Joaquín Jiménez-Puerto,
  • Blanca Pérez-Aguilar,
  • Juan A. Marin-Garcia and
  • José P. García-Sabater

16 October 2026

Educational research explains learning through three major traditions—behaviorism, cognitivism, and the situative perspective—yet typically deploys them as rival options rather than complementary levels of analysis. This article argues th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI—the Emerging Episteme in Higher Education: New Epistemologies, Pedagogies, and Research Methodologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
237 Views
20 Pages

Designing Teaching Materials with GenAI: Perceptions of Cognitive Load and Learner Competencies in Higher Education

  • Cristina Navas-Romero,
  • Ganna Zakharova-García,
  • Francisco David Guillén-Gámez and
  • Sara Cebrián-Cifuentes

16 October 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly used to design instructional materials in higher education, yet limited evidence exists on students’ perceptions of the cognitive demands and learner-related competencies involved. Draw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
267 Views
15 Pages

16 October 2026

In a world increasingly dominated by data, graduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields are in high demand. This focus often obscures the fact that a significant portion of digital data is social in nature, generated t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Higher Education: Advancing Research, Teaching, and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
263 Views
17 Pages

16 October 2026

The pedagogical value of play-based learning is well established, yet its effectiveness depends on contextual factors such as play type, educators’ perspectives, and their language use. In the background of China’s curriculum transformati...

(This article belongs to the Section Early Childhood Education)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
381 Views
35 Pages

Effective Strategies for Learning Solving Well-Structured Problems in STEM Education: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Gabriel Taban,
  • Jorrick Beckers,
  • Felicitas Biwer,
  • Kelly Beekman and
  • Anique B. H. de Bruin

16 October 2026

Problem-solving is central to STEM in higher education, yet evidence on effective learning strategies for problem-solving remains fragmented across cognitive psychology and discipline-specific research. This systematic literature review, conducted fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cognitive and Developmental Psychology in STEM Education)
  • Review
  • Open Access
256 Views
20 Pages

Digital Technologies in Undergraduate Dental Education: A Scoping Review

  • Dimitar Kirov,
  • Ilia Liondev,
  • Mariana Dimova-Gabrovska,
  • Todor Uzunov and ,
  • Aleksandar Naydenov and
  • Ivet Dzhondrova
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 October 2026

Digital technologies are becoming increasingly embedded in undergraduate dental curricula, with the potential to support learning and skills development. This scoping review mapped recent evidence on the implementation and educational applications of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Higher Education in the Digital Age: Enhancing Learning, Critical Thinking, and Quality)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
338 Views
18 Pages

16 October 2026

This study examined the conditions that enable or constrain undergraduate students’ access to, and meaningful use of, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) at a rural South African university. Using an interpretivist qualitative case study...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI Trends in Teacher and Student Training)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
360 Views
19 Pages

Humanizing the Asynchronous Classroom: A Framework for Authentic Online Learning

  • Somer Matthews,
  • Kristin Krupa Burnette,
  • Amanda R. Casto and
  • Kari Alberque

16 October 2026

Designing asynchronous courses involves attention to students’ relationships, goals, access, and opportunities to contribute to shared learning. This practitioner-focused conceptual article proposes the Authentic Asynchronous Classroom Framewor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Pedagogies Across Diverse Contexts: Co-Creation, Participation and Inclusion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
753 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2026

Interactions with young children provide an important context for early literacy development. Although many of these interactions occur within the family, little is known about older siblings’ literacy interactions with younger siblings or how...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adult–Child Interactions and Early Literacy Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
391 Views
29 Pages

15 October 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can support self-regulated learning (SRL), but its pedagogical value depends on whether interaction elicits learner cognition or substitutes for it. This study examined how students’ reported use of Ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
246 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2026

Parent–child shared reading supports early language and literacy development, but favorable beliefs do not always translate into sustained, high-quality interaction. This cross-sectional study examined how four perceived barriers—time con...

(This article belongs to the Section Early Childhood Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
290 Views
28 Pages

15 October 2026

Evidence on programmes that combine manipulative mathematics, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and multilevel instruction is scarce, particularly for primary students with and without specific learning difficulties (SpLD). This study examined whet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
244 Views
22 Pages

15 October 2026

This study investigated how Digital Media students judged acceptable and problematic forms of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) involvement in creative learning. An embedded mixed-methods analysis examined 48 completed and consented baseline...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Development of Digital Education: Opportunities and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
595 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2026

The study examined e-learning practices reported by students and academic staff in the post-pandemic period and respondent characteristics associated with exploratory composite index scores. In October 2025, a cross-sectional survey included 1049 stu...

(This article belongs to the Collection Trends and Challenges in Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
214 Views
28 Pages

15 October 2026

Remote access to laboratory equipment enables distance-learning STEM students to engage with authentic experimental activities, but some students experience barriers when using remote laboratories. This paper reports an exploratory mixed-methods stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
259 Views
24 Pages

Beyond Answer Generation: University Teachers’ Experiences with a Reflective GenAI Chatbot for Professional Learning

  • Linda Bradley,
  • Jonas Karlén,
  • Niklas Segergren,
  • Mattias von Feilitzen and
  • Daniel Johansson

15 October 2026

Generative artificial intelligence is increasingly used in higher education, yet limited research has examined how university teachers’ experience pedagogically designed AI systems that prioritize reflective learning over answer generation. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
229 Views
25 Pages

Tools for Promoting Conceptually Productive Discussion and Argumentation in Science Education

  • E. Michael Nussbaum,
  • Tammy Szafranski,
  • Michael S. Van Winkle,
  • Ian J. Dove and
  • Alain Bengochea

15 October 2026

Teachers often have difficulty facilitating whole-class science discussions that are not teacher-centric. In this study, we explore the use of a planning/reflection form (PRF) to support these discussions in three middle-school science classrooms. Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Re-Examining Argumentation in Science Education: Implications for the Future of Learning, Pedagogy and Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
195 Views
22 Pages

Immersive Outreach Interventions as a Tool to Foster STEM Vocation: An Observational Programme Evaluation

  • Francisco Asís Hipólito-Ojalvo,
  • Doroteya Dimitrova-Angelova,
  • Diego Francisco Yáñez-Murillo and
  • Diego Carmona Fernández

15 October 2026

STEM outreach evaluations often rely on full-sample averages and general enjoyment metrics, overlooking how specific pedagogical factors relate to students without a consolidated vocation. This study evaluates the “Desayuna Ingeniería&rd...

(This article belongs to the Section STEM Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
212 Views
23 Pages

Enhancing Algebra Learning: Online Tutoring as a Technological Alternative for Grade Seven Students

  • Hooi Lian Lim,
  • Thiam Yew Wun,
  • Cheng Meng Chew and
  • Rozniza Zaharudin

15 October 2026

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an online tutoring program (OTP) based on the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) model and the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model for learning basic algebraic concepts step by...

(This article belongs to the Section Curriculum and Instruction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
367 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2026

This research examines the psychological consequences of an AI deployment policy wherein instructors use AI to grade student work while discouraging students from using AI to produce it. Drawing on expectancy-value theory, procedural justice, social...

(This article belongs to the Section Education and Psychology)

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