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Education Sciences, Volume 16, Issue 7

2026 July - 189 articles

Cover Story: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is increasingly used in medical education, yet evidence regarding its impact on academic performance and faculty perspectives remains limited. This mixed-methods study evaluated a faculty-supervised PAL programme in Histology and Embryology at a medical school, integrating students’ examination performance with the perspectives of students, undergraduate teaching assistants, and faculty members. All three groups recognised PAL as beneficial: it fostered a collaborative and approachable learning environment, supported knowledge consolidation, and promoted communication, leadership, and pedagogical skills. PAL was also associated with higher examination scores, highlighting the value of structured PAL in preclinical medical education. View this paper
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Articles (189)

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  • Open Access
557 Views
19 Pages

22 July 2026

Gender has often been overlooked in tertiary English medium instruction (EMI) research. To address this gap, the present study investigates whether gender plays a role in EMI lecture comprehension challenges. The study included 37 participants (21 fe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Policy and Practice for Multilingual Learners in School Education)
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  • Open Access
468 Views
20 Pages

Toponymic Knowledge and Territorial Literacy in Pre-Service Primary Education Teachers: Effects of a Didactic Intervention in Extremadura and La Rioja

  • María Fernanda Giles Pérez,
  • Alberto Alfonso-Torreño,
  • Jacinto Garrido Velarde and
  • Nuria Esther Pascual Bellido

22 July 2026

This study analyses the toponymic learning of students enrolled in the Degree in Primary Education programme following a didactic intervention carried out at the Universities of Extremadura and La Rioja. The research was designed as a quasi-experimen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
725 Views
22 Pages

22 July 2026

Japanese language learning has become increasingly relevant for Vietnamese university students due to expanding academic, cultural, and career-related links between Vietnam and Japan. This study examined lifestyle, social, health-related, and motivat...

(This article belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,142 Views
29 Pages

22 July 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming teaching, learning, research, and institutional practices in higher education, increasing the need to understand how university professionals engage with AI technologies in both funct...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transformative Educational Leadership: Bridging Gaps and Breaking Barriers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,072 Views
21 Pages

22 July 2026

The rapid influx of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into higher education has resulted in a large number of research studies over the past three years. Much of the research to date has focused on the researcher/educator perspective of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
883 Views
16 Pages

22 July 2026

Despite the rapid growth of AI-based digital language learning platforms, prevailing approaches to vocabulary instruction have remained relatively unchanged. Flashcards, translation drills, and isolated quizzes continue to dominate, and while they ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Immersive and Interactive Technologies in Education: Innovations, Applications, and Experiences)
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  • Open Access
834 Views
21 Pages

Parents’ Perceptions of Intellectual Precocity

  • María Leonor Conejeros-Solar,
  • María Paz Gómez-Arizaga,
  • Cristóbal Bustamante,
  • Katia Sandoval-Rodríguez and ,
  • Tatiana López-Jiménez and
  • Alfredo Chávez
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

22 July 2026

Intellectual precocity refers to the early manifestation of cognitive abilities well above age norms and involves multidimensional developmental needs. Parents play a central role in recognizing and responding to these profiles; however, little is kn...

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

22 July 2026

The Shared Metacognition Questionnaire (SMQ) is widely used to assess metacognition in collaborative online learning environments. Prior work has supported its two broad dimensions of self-regulation of cognition (SRC) and co-regulation of cognition...

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

22 July 2026

Rural schools often operate within complex educational fields shaped by material, structural, and institutional constraints that influence teaching and learning opportunities. Although previous research has extensively documented resource limitations...

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  • Open Access
2,285 Views
31 Pages

21 July 2026

In the Philippines, most children speak regional languages like Ilokano, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon as their first language (L1), but they have historically been schooled in English and Tagalog (i.e., Filipino). In 2012, the Department of Education (Dep...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Research on Languages and Literacies in Multicultural and Inclusive Settings: International and Comparative Perspectives)
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  • Open Access
505 Views
20 Pages

21 July 2026

This study examines the challenges facing intercultural competence education in higher education during times of intense conflict. Most of the intercultural competence programs in higher education are based on Western liberal multicultural logic that...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teacher Preparation in Multicultural Contexts)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,324 Views
21 Pages

21 July 2026

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into learning environments has driven the development of personalized learning models, yet systematic cross-sector comparisons remain limited. This systematic literature review addresses this gap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI for Innovative Pedagogy, Educational Value, and Instructional Impact)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,020 Views
21 Pages

21 July 2026

The transition to kindergarten is a critical developmental milestone within the broader continuum of early intervention and early childhood special education, particularly for children with disabilities who must navigate new instructional expectation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations and Evidence-Based Approaches in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
708 Views
21 Pages

21 July 2026

Digital storytelling is widely used in education as a multimodal design practice that foregrounds creator agency and audience awareness. Generative AI (GenAI) expands the speed and range of story production but also raises questions about how educato...

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

21 July 2026

This exploratory mixed-methods study investigated the relationships among students’ engagement with L2 tasks, extramural English, and their self-assessed L2 proficiency. Participants were undergraduate students at a public university in Myanmar...

(This article belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
864 Views
41 Pages

20 July 2026

Agentic artificial intelligence (AAI) systems—capable of autonomously executing multi-step instructional tasks with minimal human oversight—are reshaping higher education while exposing the limitations of adoption- and continuance-centred...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Higher Education: Advancing Research, Teaching, and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,404 Views
22 Pages

20 July 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming higher education, yet comparative evidence from diverse international settings remains limited. This cross-national study examined undergraduate students’ adoption and perceived ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
455 Views
29 Pages

20 July 2026

A persistent challenge in teacher education is that intern teachers often struggle to effectively apply theoretical knowledge to classroom practice. While constructing practical knowledge is key to bridging this gap, current research has paid insuffi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teacher Preparation in Multicultural Contexts)
  • Review
  • Open Access
625 Views
10 Pages

Outdoor Learning in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Initiatives for Personal and Social Development

  • Rubén Navarro-Patón,
  • Martín Barcala-Furelos,
  • Miguel Cons-Ferreiro,
  • Almudena González-Costas and ,
  • Helena Sofia Rodrigues,
  • Jorge Esparteiro Garcia,
  • Vitor Leilo Da Silva Braga,
  • Wellington Alves and
  • Marcos Mecías-Calvo
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 July 2026

Outdoor learning has been used in different European contexts to support personal and social development. However, the ways in which these initiatives are organised and implemented can vary according to the target group, the educational purpose, and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Outdoor Learning Through Interdisciplinary Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
727 Views
27 Pages

20 July 2026

The purpose of this article was to present a conceptual framework and research-based methods for recognizing and nurturing a wide range of talents in inclusive settings. These methods (a) honor diversity of abilities, culture, language, income status...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unlocking Potential: The Future of Gifted and Talented Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,791 Views
31 Pages

Bridging the Education–Employment Gap: Linking Labour Market Needs with University Programmes Through AI-Assisted Insights and Micro-Credentials

  • Inga Jēkabsone,
  • Līga Kamola,
  • Anita Līce,
  • Evija Liepa-Hazeleja and ,
  • Zane Čulkstēna,
  • Krista Kraupša and
  • Līva Bileskalne
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 July 2026

This study explores how artificial intelligence (AI)-driven labour market analytics can support the alignment of university curricula with emerging skill demands and inform the development of targeted micro-credentials. A mixed-methods approach was a...

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

Comparing Human and ChatGPT Performance on the Force Concept Inventory: An Item-Level Analysis Through Rasch Modeling and the Theory of Conceptual Fields

  • Gabriel Dias de Carvalho Junior,
  • Mikael Frank Rezende Junior,
  • Michaël Lobet and
  • Andressa Xavier Zinato de Carvalho

19 July 2026

This exploratory study compares the conceptual performance of human respondents and ChatGPT on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), a widely used assessment designed to diagnose alternative conceptions in Newtonian mechanics. Rather than relying exclus...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue From Digital to Intelligent: AI and the Future of Digital Education in Transforming Pedagogy)
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  • Open Access
627 Views
25 Pages

19 July 2026

Twice-exceptional students on the autism spectrum (2eASD) are underrepresented and underserved in higher education, despite increasing postsecondary enrollment. To support their transition to university, a program was developed to support executive f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supporting Education Attainment and Inclusion for Twice-Exceptional Students)
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  • Open Access
1,112 Views
10 Pages

Online Mentoring and Creative Problem Solving for Academically Talented High-School Students

  • Hala Elhoweris,
  • Ahmed Mohamed,
  • Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal and
  • Maxwell Opoku

19 July 2026

Technology is changing the way in which gifted students are identified and supported. In the past, the focus has been on acceleration and enrichment. However, with technological progress, academically talented students can connect with mentors both l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unlocking Potential: The Future of Gifted and Talented Education)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
759 Views
30 Pages

18 July 2026

This study synthesised reviews to identify methodological indicators that are instrumental in informing claims regarding digital storytelling (DST) outcomes and effectiveness across fields. An umbrella review methodology was employed, following the P...

(This article belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
593 Views
17 Pages

18 July 2026

Game-based learning (GBL) has increasingly been recognized as a valuable approach for supporting student engagement, motivation, and skill development in educational settings. However, comparatively little research has examined analog gameplay within...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Game-Based Learning for Competency Development: Design, Mechanisms and Evidence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
625 Views
12 Pages

18 July 2026

Students with learning disabilities (LD) and dyslexia often struggle with a variety of literacy skills, including reading comprehension. Self-questioning, a strategy that requires students to generate questions while reading a passage, is one reading...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reading Comprehension Instruction for Secondary Students with Learning Difficulties)
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  • Open Access
509 Views
17 Pages

The Structure Paradox: How Parental Belief About Structured Life Shapes Children’s Play Engagement

  • Margarita Gavrilova,
  • Elena Dvorskaya,
  • Nikolay Veraksa and
  • Vera Sukhikh

18 July 2026

This study investigates a paradoxical association between parental beliefs about structured life (PBSL) and children’s play engagement. We conceptualize this association as the structure paradox: although structure is often viewed as potentiall...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Learning Through Play: Reimagining Pedagogies in Early Childhood)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
738 Views
23 Pages

17 July 2026

Teachers’ socio-emotional competencies are increasingly recognized as essential for professional well-being, adaptive teaching, and effective participation in digitally transforming educational systems. However, valid and culturally appropriate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI and Futures Thinking in Teacher Education: Preparing Educators Across Educational Sectors)
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  • Open Access
2,350 Views
27 Pages

17 July 2026

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced new possibilities for transforming educational assessment processes. Among these developments, AI-assisted grading systems have attracted increasing attention due to their potential...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Education: Transforming Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
632 Views
16 Pages

17 July 2026

This study examined engineering students’ intrapersonal factors, self-regulated learning (SRL) and achievement emotions, and their prior emergency, disaster, and crisis management (EDCM) knowledge, within a three-week EDCM module embedded in an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Engineering Education: Project-Based Learning, Makerspaces, and the Development of Professional Skills)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
750 Views
15 Pages

Bridging Schools and Universities: Collaborative Models for Research Capacity Building—A Systematic Review

  • José Daniel Espinosa-Rodríguez,
  • Diego Ignacio Caro-Rojas and
  • Georgeta Ion

17 July 2026

Increasing attention has been given to strengthening educational practice through the use of research evidence. However, the relationship between educational research and school practice remains fragmented, particularly regarding how school–uni...

(This article belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,211 Views
16 Pages

17 July 2026

This study investigates views on the ethical considerations of artificial intelligence (AI) in qualitative TESOL and Applied Linguistics research in Saudi Arabia. A mixed survey design (n = 99) was adopted to explore attitudes to AI use during the ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,607 Views
22 Pages

17 July 2026

This study compares the effectiveness of Generative AI-supported instruction and strategic dictionary use on upper elementary students’ receptive and expressive vocabulary development. A quasi-experimental pretest–posttest design was empl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vocabulary Learning in a New Era: Strategies, Assessments, and Innovations)
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  • Open Access
609 Views
18 Pages

17 July 2026

Capstone projects in undergraduate engineering education are widely regarded as a central bridge between academic learning and professional practice, enabling students to integrate disciplinary knowledge, design processes, teamwork, and problem-solvi...

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

Internationalisation of the Curriculum in Minority Higher Education in Slovakia: A Critical Case from J. Selye University

  • Kinga Horváth,
  • Katalin Sýkora Hernády,
  • Attila Mészáros,
  • Klaudia Pauliková and
  • László Révész

17 July 2026

This article examines the internationalisation of higher education in a semi-peripheral system through the concept of a minority higher education space, focusing on the implementation of internationalisation of the curriculum (IoC) at J. Selye Univer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
479 Views
23 Pages

Teacher Usability and Utility Needs for a Professional Development Passport

  • Joseph C. Tise,
  • Monica M. McGill,
  • Robert Schwarzhaupt and
  • Laycee Thigpen

17 July 2026

Policy makers and educators have increasingly recognized the importance of K-12 teacher professional development (PD) in computer science (CS) to foster student growth and academic achievement. In this exploratory mixed-methods study (focus groups n=...

(This article belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
484 Views
17 Pages

Analogical Alignment for Teaching Feedback Loops

  • Alexandra E. Davatzes,
  • Thomas F. Shipley and
  • Kim A. Kastens

17 July 2026

Feedback loops are fundamental to understanding complex systems across the sciences, yet undergraduate students consistently struggle to correctly identify and distinguish positive and negative feedback loops. Traditional instructional approaches, wh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Enhancing Spatial Thinking and Visual Literacy in the Geosciences)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,105 Views
26 Pages

A Comprehensive Factors Framework for Digital Transformation in Basic Education: A Systematic Review

  • Fang Yang,
  • Gede Rasben Dantes,
  • Ni Komang Arie Suwastini and
  • Dessy Seri Wahyuni

16 July 2026

Digital transformation in basic education faces persistent implementation gaps. This systematic review follows PRISMA 2020 to synthesize 36 empirical studies (2012–2025) from international and Chinese databases, identifying key success factors...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transforming Education: Integrating Digital Technology for Learning and Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
545 Views
23 Pages

16 July 2026

Developing higher-order thinking skills in general, and question-asking skills in particular, is considered a cornerstone for fostering critical and cognitive thinking skills. Question-asking is a key component in student engagement toward understand...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultivating Cognitive and Critical Thinking Skills Through Innovative Pedagogies)
  • Review
  • Open Access
723 Views
25 Pages

A Review of Maturity Models Engaging Quality Culture in Higher Education

  • Balqees Rashid Al Mandhari,
  • Meruyert Ashimbayeva and
  • Mária Hercz

16 July 2026

Maturity models are widely used to guide institutional development in higher education. However, applying maturity models to quality culture, a relational, contested, and contextually embedded construct, raises unresolved conceptual and methodologica...

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  • Open Access
946 Views
24 Pages

16 July 2026

Algorithm development and its implementation by novice programmers in their first or second year of programming education can be difficult to teach because they often involve two-dimensional data structures, such as matrices. The use of these data st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,154 Views
12 Pages

16 July 2026

This article argues that gifted education is at a critical turning point, shaped by persistent conceptual fragmentation and the limitations of identification-centered systems. Despite decades of refinement, identification practices remain inconsisten...

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

16 July 2026

The present study examined whether seventh-grade female students in Oman who were taught through the generative learning model showed higher posttest science achievement and motivation to learn science than students who received regular instruction....

(This article belongs to the Section Curriculum and Instruction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
794 Views
17 Pages

16 July 2026

Anxiety toward experimental sciences may hinder learning, confidence in teaching science, and the professional development of pre-service teachers. Science teaching self-efficacy and familiarity with the STEAM approach have been identified as protect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
485 Views
24 Pages

16 July 2026

Educational resilience commonly refers to better-than-expected academic outcomes among socioeconomically disadvantaged students or schools. However, little is known about its temporal stability, particularly in highly stratified and selective educati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
786 Views
27 Pages

Student Advocacy in Higher Education: The Roles of Institutional DEI, Online Brand Community Engagement, and Service Quality

  • Eleni Vezali,
  • Marius Claudiu Langa,
  • Adriana Nicoleta Lazăr,
  • Şehnaz Okkiran and
  • Burak Yaprak

16 July 2026

This study examines how perceived institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion, online brand community engagement, and service quality shape student advocacy in higher education through brand attitude and student-university identification. Drawing...

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

Negotiating Inclusive Education for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders Through Community Voices in Tanzania

  • Clemencia Shomari Mihambo,
  • Katrien Hermans,
  • Deodatus Patrick Shayo,
  • Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba and ,
  • Nelly Babere and
  • Elke Emmers
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 July 2026

Inclusive education (IE) for learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become a major policy priority. However, its meaning in everyday school and community contexts remains unevenly understood among different stakeholders. This participatory...

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

15 July 2026

Testlet-based cognitive-diagnostic models involve both discrete attribute profiles and continuous testlet effects, making person-parameter estimation more challenging than in standard cognitive-diagnostic models. This study compares maximum likelihoo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Psychometrics for Digital Assessment in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,407 Views
35 Pages

15 July 2026

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into academic research and writing has introduced new challenges related to transparency, accountability, and reproducibility. While publishers increasingly permit AI use with disclosure, th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Higher Education: Advancing Research, Teaching, and Learning)

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