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  • Open Access
4 Citations
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Affordances of Technology for Sustainability-Oriented K–12 Informal Engineering Education

  • Mobina Beheshti,
  • Sheikh Ahmad Shah,
  • Helen Zhang,
  • Michael Barnett and
  • Avneet Hira

6 August 2024

The need for sustainability-oriented K–12 engineering education that expands beyond the classroom and the increased accessibility of educational technologies create an opportunity for examining the affordances of educational technologies in low...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,309 Views
16 Pages

16 November 2024

A critical shortage of special education teachers persists nationwide, challenging the realization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandate of providing Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for students with disabilit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
58 Citations
19,529 Views
34 Pages

12 August 2022

Design thinking is regarded as an essential way to cultivate 21st century competency and there has been a concomitant rise of needs and interest in introducing K-12 students to design thinking. This study aimed to review high-qualified empirical stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,507 Views
17 Pages

10 June 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) and data science education gain importance in K-12 curricula, there is a growing need for well-designed sustainable educational datasets tailored to different school levels. Sustainable datasets should be reusable, ada...

  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
19,910 Views
29 Pages

24 November 2022

In response to the growing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) usage in daily life, AI education is increasingly being provided at the K-12 level, with relevant initiatives being launched worldwide. Examining how these programs have been imple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,994 Views
15 Pages

Current State of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development in Primary and Secondary (K-12) Schools in Boyacá, Colombia

  • Vanessa Ramírez Suárez,
  • Pedro Mauricio Acosta-Castellanos,
  • Yuddy Alejandra Castro Ortegon and
  • Araceli Queiruga-Dios

26 June 2023

Environmental education (EE) trains individuals to preserve ecological balance and understand the link between humanity and environmental protection. On the other hand, education for sustainable development (ESD) addresses social, cultural, political...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,904 Views
19 Pages

Strengthening Data Literacy in K-12 Education: A Scoping Review

  • Verena Witte,
  • Angela Schwering and
  • Daniel Frischemeier

30 December 2024

Competent data handling is crucial for active and informed participation in modern society. To equip students for this challenge, data literacy must be strengthened throughout their K-12 education. This scoping review, conducted following PRISMA-ScR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
12,790 Views
15 Pages

The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) has emerged as an educational response amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, providing students the technological tools that enable them to acquire or strengthen the necessary digital skills to de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,512 Views
20 Pages

Technology and K-12 Environmental Education in Ontario, Canada: Teacher Perceptions and Recommendations

  • Andrew A. Millward,
  • Courtney Carrier,
  • Nickesh Bhagat and
  • Gregory T. O. LeBreton

12 December 2024

This research explores the perspectives of kindergarten through to Grade 12 (K-12) teachers on incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) into the environmental education (EE) curriculum. In the context of the increasing influence o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,953 Views
22 Pages

13 May 2024

This article aims to explore, investigate, and determine the prerequisites that learners (students) should possess for participating in and being adequately benefitted from digital (robotics-enabled) K–12 STEM education offered through intuitiv...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
20,386 Views
26 Pages

16 November 2021

Effective teaching of science requires not only a broad spectrum of knowledge, but also the ability to attract students’ attention and stimulate their learning interest. Since the beginning of 21st century, VR/AR have been increasingly used in educat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,992 Views
27 Pages

Using Augmented Reality in K-12 Education: An Indicative Platform for Teaching Physics

  • Christina Volioti,
  • Euclid Keramopoulos,
  • Theodosios Sapounidis,
  • Konstantinos Melisidis,
  • Maria Zafeiropoulou,
  • Charalampos Sotiriou and
  • Vladimiros Spiridis

12 July 2022

Augmented Reality (AR) could provide key benefits in education and create a richer user experience by increasing the motivation and engagement of the students. To this end, the current paper presents a system with three AR applications for teaching p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,113 Views
30 Pages

Learning Mediated by Social Network for Education in K-12: Levels of Interaction, Strategies, and Difficulties

  • Aluisio José Pereira,
  • Alex Sandro Gomes,
  • Tiago Thompsen Primo,
  • Rodrigo Lins Rodrigues,
  • Ronaldo Pereira Melo Júnior and
  • Fernando Moreira

17 January 2023

This study aims to capture evidence on the effectiveness of emergency remote learning mediated by educational technology according to the interaction levels of K-12 students. The study involved students from a public institution that adopted emergenc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
16,642 Views
17 Pages

7 August 2022

With its capacity to support student-centered learning through digital transformation and shared experience, augmented reality (AR) has received increasing attention from both researchers and practitioners as an emerging technology to achieve innovat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,123 Views
19 Pages

18 June 2025

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education highlights the growing need for AI literacy among K–12 teachers, particularly to enable effective human–machine cooperation. This study investigates Saudi K–12 educators&r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,420 Views
29 Pages

Computational thinking and problem-solving skills have become vital for students to develop. Digital games and serious games are increasingly being used in educational settings and present great potential to aid students’ learning. This study a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,273 Views
29 Pages

University–Museum Partnerships for K-12 Engineering Learning: Understanding the Utility of a Community Co-Created Informal Education Program in a Time of Social Disruption

  • Sandra Lina Rodegher,
  • Lindsey C. McGowen,
  • Micaha Dean Hughes,
  • Sarah E. Schaible,
  • Ayse J. Muniz and
  • Sarah Chobot Hokanson

31 January 2024

This study explores the impact of COVID-19 on informal learning institutions, primarily science museums, through the lens of an activity kit co-created by CELL-MET—a cross-university, engineering research center—and museum partners. While...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,895 Views
19 Pages

9 September 2022

This study explored the effect of parental involvement in K-12 distance learning activities on their perceived technostress and behaviours of support toward their children’s learning in Saudi Arabia. Partial least squares structural equation mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
12,423 Views
23 Pages

A substantial body of literature has well-documented and demonstrated the potential of using three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds (VWs) across various learning subjects and contexts in primary and secondary (K-12) education. However, little is known...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,600 Views
7 Pages

29 November 2023

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, courses for all ages in many countries moved online. The ability to use information technology fluently for learning has become a vital issue. Whether students can develop computational thinking (CT) literacy in online o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,484 Views
10 Pages

The blockchain technology and its applications, such as cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens, represent significant advancements in computer science. Alongside its transformative potential, human interaction with blockchain has led to notable nega...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,611 Views
17 Pages

11 August 2022

The health, social, and economic challenges we have faced have contributed to the improvement of educational styles and learning environments. Globally, the reflections of COVID-19 have contributed to the re-perception of the future of education and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,061 Views
18 Pages

Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has notably disrupted K–12 education globally, significantly impacting physical education and student health outcomes. This qualitative study investigates how the pandemic affected student physical f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,617 Views
24 Pages

How and Why Teachers Use Technology: Distinct Integration Practices in K-12 Education

  • Doris Kristina Raave,
  • Katrin Saks,
  • Margus Pedaste and
  • Eric Roldan Roa

27 November 2024

This study investigates the integration of digital technology in K-12 education by examining the practices of Estonian primary and lower secondary school teachers. Through latent profile analysis, we identified six distinct profiles of teachers&rsquo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6,512 Views
17 Pages

18 June 2025

This study examines the relationship between K-Pop and education migration to South Korea in the context of the global internet and the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on the phenomenon in which local Asian territories have been widely influenced by th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,277 Views
19 Pages

5 July 2022

The development of disaster prevention literacy is not listed as a compulsory course in the K-12 education system in Taiwan, and there are very few academic departments that focus mainly on disaster prevention education in the domestic higher educati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,797 Views
10 Pages

The features of open educational resources (OERs) have the potential of enhancing teaching effectiveness and student learning experiences in K-12 education. Encouraging K-12 teachers to use OERs requires an understanding of the factors that have an i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,291 Views
24 Pages

As data-driven models gain importance in driving decisions and processes, recently, it has become increasingly important to visualize the data with both speed and accuracy. A massive volume of data is presently generated in the educational sphere fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,172 Views
16 Pages

China is facing challenges in both undernutrition and overnutrition, resulting from unhealthy diets. Nutrition education early in life, especially in school settings, has been reported to be effective in addressing these challenges. However, little i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,894 Views
22 Pages

Navigating New Beginnings: A Study of State-Level Grant Funding Support for K-12 Refugee Education

  • Emily R. Crawford,
  • Juan José Reyes,
  • Oksana Kozlova and
  • Lisa Dorner

15 January 2025

In 2022, the federal government initiated two grant programs geared to enhance education specifically for Afghan and Ukrainian populations: the Afghan Refugee School Impact and Support to Schools supplements, both part of the Refugee School Impact (R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,070 Views
14 Pages

24 July 2025

The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development centers on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among these goals, two address climate change education: Goal 13, Climate Action, and Goal 4, Quality Education. In order to bui...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,699 Views
14 Pages

3 March 2023

In many academic fields, predicting student academic success using data mining techniques has long been a major research issue. Monitoring students in higher education institutions (HEIs) and having the ability to predict student performance is impor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,382 Views
14 Pages

Utilizing Smartphones for Approachable IoT Education in K-12

  • Devin Jean,
  • Brian Broll,
  • Gordon Stein and
  • Ákos Lédeczi

13 December 2022

Distributed computing, computer networking, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are all around us, yet only computer science and engineering majors learn the technologies that enable our modern lives. This paper introduces PhoneIoT, a mobile app that ma...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
27,081 Views
24 Pages

A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses on the Impact of Formative Assessment on K-12 Students’ Learning: Toward Sustainable Quality Education

  • Andrew Sortwell,
  • Kevin Trimble,
  • Ricardo Ferraz,
  • David R. Geelan,
  • Gregory Hine,
  • Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo,
  • Bastian Carter-Thuiller,
  • Evgenia Gkintoni and
  • Qianying Xuan

8 September 2024

Formative assessment in K-12 education has been a notable teaching and learning focus area in schools over the last 20 years, as evidenced by numerous recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses investigating and summarizing the evidence for formativ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,420 Views
21 Pages

Psychosocial Health of K-12 Students Engaged in Emergency Remote Education and In-Person Schooling: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Daniel Acosta,
  • Yui Fujii,
  • Diana Joyce-Beaulieu,
  • K. D. Jacobs,
  • Anthony T. Maurelli,
  • Eric J. Nelson and
  • Sarah L. McKune

As online classes became the norm in many countries as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the concern for child and adolescent mental health became an issue of concern. This study evaluates the differences in the psychosocial status of school child...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,188 Views
17 Pages

2 January 2025

The first objective of this study was to explore which principles of STEM PBL instruction pre-service teachers found most beneficial in enhancing their understanding of mathematics- and science-related concepts. The second objective was to identify t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,469 Views
30 Pages

The traditional educational system, in certain aspects, limits personalized learning. This is mainly evident in the fact that average students, who do not have any learning difficulties, are required to solve the same tasks from the same textbook in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,985 Views
10 Pages

6 November 2022

This conceptual article calls for the transformation of the antiquated educational system into an innovative PreK-12 model that embraces the goals of multicultural education and the pedagogical strategies commonly associated with a holistically integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,343 Views
19 Pages

9 November 2024

Today, immersive virtual reality (IVR) is increasing in popularity in a broad range of fields, including science, pedagogy, engineering and so forth. Therefore, this study discusses the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), whic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,410 Views
15 Pages

13 April 2025

In this article, the authors examine the history, development, and current state of K-12 online learning, challenging the assertions that COVID-19-era distance education was unprecedented. Drawing on historical examples, the authors demonstrate how e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,137 Views
33 Pages

Use of ChatGPT as a Virtual Mentor on K-12 Students Learning Science in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

  • Rafael Castañeda,
  • Andrea Martínez-Gómez-Aldaraví,
  • Laura Mercadé,
  • Víctor Jesús Gómez,
  • Teresa Mengual,
  • Francisco Javier Díaz-Fernández,
  • Miguel Sinusia Lozano,
  • Juan Navarro Arenas,
  • Ángela Barreda and
  • Maribel Gómez
  • + 2 authors

5 December 2024

Education 4.0 arises to provide citizens with the technical/digital competencies and cognitive/interpersonal skills demanded by Industry 4.0. New technologies drive this change, though time-independent learning remains a challenge, because students m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,473 Views
19 Pages

The Education Pipeline of Biomimetics and Its Challenges

  • Shoshanah Jacobs,
  • Marjan Eggermont,
  • Michael Helms and
  • Kristina Wanieck

Biomimetics must be taught to the next generation of designers in the interest of delivering solutions for current problems. Teaching biomimetics involves teachers and students from and in various disciplines at different stages of the educational sy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,491 Views
19 Pages

Achieving fluency in arithmetic operations is vital if students are to develop mathematical creativity and critical thinking abilities. Nevertheless, a substantial body of literature has demonstrated that students are struggling to develop such skill...

  • Article
  • Open Access
265 Citations
47,914 Views
13 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic forced K–12 school closures in spring 2020 to protect the well-being of society. The unplanned and unprecedented disruption to education changed the work of many teachers suddenly, and in many aspects. This case study exam...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,020 Views
15 Pages

17 September 2021

There are a growing number of education programs in science and STEM education with the aim of improving educational outcomes for Indigenous students who have long been underrepresented in current education systems. The aim of this study is to system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,580 Views
17 Pages

14 February 2024

This study explores the stories and experiences of female Muslim leaders in K-12 Islamic schools in Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada. Using the Islamic Leadership theory and practice framework, visible minority leaders from K-12 Islamic Schools wer...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,570 Views
13 Pages

This manuscript explores the integration of spatial reasoning into K-12 education through the lens of Joyce VanTassel-Baska’s Integrated Curriculum Model (ICM) and a talent development approach. It emphasizes the significance of nurturing spati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,597 Views
12 Pages

The Attitudes of K–12 Schools’ Teachers in Serbia towards the Potential of Artificial Intelligence

  • Valentin Kuleto,
  • Milena P. Ilić,
  • Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniş,
  • David-Florin Ciocodeică,
  • Horia Mihălcescu and
  • Veronica Mindrescu

14 July 2022

Similar to so many other aspects of modern life, education is gradually being automated by technological means. The software, apps, systems, platforms, and digital devices that permeate modern education are inextricably linked to these automated proc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,099 Views
25 Pages

Early Prediction of At-Risk Students in Secondary Education: A Countrywide K-12 Learning Analytics Initiative in Uruguay

  • Emanuel Marques Queiroga,
  • Matheus Francisco Batista Machado,
  • Virgínia Rodés Paragarino,
  • Tiago Thompsen Primo and
  • Cristian Cechinel

23 August 2022

This paper describes a nationwide learning analytics initiative in Uruguay focused on the future implementation of governmental policies to mitigate student retention and dropouts in secondary education. For this, data from a total of 258,440 student...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
15,088 Views
17 Pages

Academic success in undergraduate programs is indicative of potential achievements for graduates in their professional careers. The reasons for an outstanding performance are complex and influenced by several principles and factors. An example of thi...

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