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  • Article
  • Open Access
974 Views
34 Pages

Research in astronomy education has traditionally focused on students’ conceptual understanding through a cognitive lens, despite growing recognition that learning is multidimensional and extends beyond the acquisition or re-organisation of ide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,401 Views
20 Pages

An Analysis of Student Anxiety Affecting on Online Learning on Conceptual Applications in Physics: Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Learning

  • Parinda Phanphech,
  • Tanes Tanitteerapan,
  • Narong Mungkung,
  • Somchai Arunrungrusmi and ,
  • Charathip Chunkul,
  • Apidat Songruk,
  • Toshifumi Yuji and
  • Hiroyuki Kinoshita
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

13 April 2022

This study examines the impact of students’ anxiety, due to online learning, in different learning environments: a synchronous (Zoom) and asynchronous learning environment (YouTube) to compare students’ conceptual understanding of electri...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,018 Views
23 Pages

23 January 2026

Students with learning disabilities (LD) often struggle to develop deep, transferable conceptual understanding in mathematics due to cognitive and processing challenges, underscoring the relevance of instruction grounded in strong teacher pedagogical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics: Focusing on Students with Learning Disabilities or Difficulties)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
11,811 Views
23 Pages

10 August 2018

Scientific concepts of learning and the brain are relevant for biology teachers in two ways: Firstly, the topic is an object of instruction (e.g., long-term potentiation). Secondly, biology teachers must guide their students towards sustainable learn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biology Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,999 Views
18 Pages

8 January 2024

Space and place, fundamental concepts in geography, uniquely contribute to the development of students’ geographical thinking. Despite this, these concepts are underrepresented in German geography classrooms, partly due to a distinct lack of em...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Geography Education Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,384 Views
18 Pages

8 June 2022

(1) Background: This research shows how the identification of conceptual advances (CA) that determine the transition between the stages of a progression model in a learning trajectory will help prospective primary teachers (PPT) to develop the teachi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics Teacher’s Specialised Knowledge)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,137 Views
19 Pages

Enhancing Rainfall-Runoff Simulation via Meteorological Variables and a Deep-Conceptual Learning-Based Framework

  • Mohammed Achite,
  • Babak Mohammadi,
  • Muhammad Jehanzaib,
  • Nehal Elshaboury and ,
  • Quoc Bao Pham and
  • Zheng Duan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 October 2022

Accurate streamflow simulation is crucial for many applications, such as optimal reservoir operation and irrigation. Conceptual techniques employ physical ideas and are suitable for representing the physics of the hydrologic model, but they might fai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydro-Climatic Trends, Variability, and Regime Shifts)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
624 Views
23 Pages

From Sustainability Concepts to STEM Projects: Conceptual Learning Following an Integrated STEM Intervention in Primary and Secondary Education

  • Guadalupe Martínez-Borreguero,
  • Jesús Maestre-Jiménez,
  • Milagros Mateos-Núñez and
  • Francisco Luis Naranjo-Correa

Integrating sustainability into science education remains a key challenge for the design of contextualised, socially relevant instruction. Within this framework, integrated STEM education offers a promising avenue for connecting scientific concepts w...

(This article belongs to the Section STEM Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,699 Views
18 Pages

27 August 2020

Many game-based instructional designs have demonstrated effectiveness for a variety of educational outcomes, although typically in limited contexts. In this article, we report the results of a four-year study testing the extent to which a game-based...

(This article belongs to the Collection Innovative Practices in Engineering Education: Concept and Implementation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,973 Views
29 Pages

18 April 2025

Adaptation through Artificial Intelligence (AI) creates individual-centered feedback strategies to reduce academic achievement disparities among students. The study evaluates the effectiveness of AI-driven adaptive feedback in mitigating these gaps b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Smart Learning in Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,458 Views
15 Pages

27 December 2020

This study aimed to develop conceptual frameworks on how to teach STEM concepts in a Bahasa Indonesia subject as integrated learning. This study used a mixed-methods research design that consisted of a document analysis, a survey, and a systematic re...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,241 Views
28 Pages

A Conceptual Framework for Mobile Augmented-Reality Storytelling to Support Collaborative Language Learning in Vocational Education and Training

  • Eirini Maria Paraskevioti,
  • Athanasios Christopoulos,
  • Stylianos Mystakidis,
  • Mikko-Jussi Laakso and
  • Tapio Salakoski

Augmented Reality (AR) has been found to produce significant effects on individual learning outcomes but its impact on collaborative applications remains moderate. Existing AR frameworks emphasize individual instructional design, whereas frameworks f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Online Learning to Multimodal Era: Interfaces, Analytics and User Experiences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
10,683 Views
20 Pages

30 August 2017

Companies often see themselves as actors in a process of sustainable development that takes place in society. With this self-conception comes the challenge to act in a socially responsible way. The following paper presents a framework to integrate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
198 Views
33 Pages

27 October 2026

Reference evapotranspiration (ET0) is a standardized climatic index of atmospheric evaporative demand defined and calculated within the FAO-56 Penman–Monteith (PM) framework. When the required quality-controlled meteorological inputs are available, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twin-Enabled Hydrological and Hydropower Systems for Reservoir Inflow Modelling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,202 Views
14 Pages

Learning in MTS of Construction Megaproject: A Conceptual Framework

  • Jinfan Zhang,
  • Yun Chen,
  • Da Wang and
  • Yinghui Zhang

28 February 2023

The construction megaproject team (CMPT) emphasises integration as a megaproject multiteam system (MTS) to facilitate knowledge learning. This paper synthesises the CMPT structure characteristics and team learning processes into a conceptual framewor...

(This article belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,913 Views
23 Pages

DEEPEIA: Conceptualizing a Generative Deep Learning Foreign Market Recommender for SMEs

  • Nuno Calheiros-Lobo,
  • Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira and
  • José Vasconcelos Ferreira

25 July 2025

This study introduces the concept of DEEPEIA, a novel deep learning (DL) platform designed to recommend the optimal export market, and its ideal foreign champion, for any product or service offered by a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). Drawin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Economics and Business Management)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
294 Views
10 Pages

Heuristic Algorithm for Conceptual Learning

  • Dimitar Minkov,
  • Roumen Trifonov and
  • Dilyana Budakova

This article presents a new heuristic algorithm for conceptual learning. The process of constructing a decision tree through the minimization of a logical function is explained. This heuristic approach eliminates the need to expand the inverse proper...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2026—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,380 Views
25 Pages

At the beginning of the 21st century, rapid technological developments significantly impacted the field of education. As a result, university professors in recent years have been constantly searching and implementing teaching methods, such as blended...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,505 Views
16 Pages

Teaching Sentiment in Emergency Online Learning—A Conceptual Model

  • Domingos Martinho,
  • Pedro Sobreiro and
  • Ricardo Vardasca

30 January 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions with a face-to-face model have found themselves in the contingency of migrating to online learning. This study explores the perspective of all the lecturers at a Portuguese private higher ed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research and Trends in Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
547 Views
26 Pages

3D-Printed Geological Models Support Task-Dependent Conceptual Learning in Geoscience: Insights from a Quasi-Experimental Study

  • Zhe-Xin Cai,
  • Yi-Tao Dong,
  • Yi Huang,
  • Xiao-Long Bao and ,
  • Jing-Jing Zhang,
  • Yi-Ning He,
  • Hao-Cheng Yu,
  • Lin Dong,
  • Shi-Guo Wang and
  • Kun-Feng Qiu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

9 July 2026

Three-dimensional (3D) technologies are increasingly used to digitize rocks, minerals, fossils, landforms, and other geological objects, but classroom evidence for their instructional value in mineral and resource geoscience remains limited. This qua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Trends in Technology-Enhanced Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,295 Views
17 Pages

Conceptual Design of a Mobile Application for Geography Fieldwork Learning

  • Xiaoling Wang,
  • Corné P. J. M. Van Elzakker and
  • Menno-Jan Kraak

The use of mobile applications on smartphones has a vast potential to support learning in the field. However, all learning technologies should be properly designed. To this end, we adopt User-Centered Design (UCD) to design a mobile application, call...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geospatial Applications, Tools and Location-Based Services for Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6,881 Views
14 Pages

17 May 2013

Within recent years, there is an increasing need to train students, from biology and beyond, in quantitative methods that are relevant to cope with data-driven biology. Systems Biology is such a field that places a particular focus on the functional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,308 Views
19 Pages

Exploring Higher-Order Conceptual Learning in an Arthropod with a Large Multisensory Processing Center

  • Kenna D. S. Lehmann,
  • Fiona G. Shogren,
  • Mariah Fallick,
  • James Colton Watts and ,
  • Daniel Schoenberg,
  • Daniel D. Wiegmann,
  • Verner P. Bingman and
  • Eileen A. Hebets
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 January 2022

Comparative cognition aims to understand the evolutionary history and current function of cognitive abilities in a variety of species with diverse natural histories. One characteristic often attributed to higher cognitive abilities is higher-order co...

(This article belongs to the Collection Insect Senses: From Perception to Cognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,398 Views
15 Pages

Design of a Decision Support System to Operate a NO2 Gas Sensor Using Machine Learning, Sensitive Analysis and Conceptual Control Process Modelling

  • Mohammad Gheibi,
  • Hadi Taghavian,
  • Reza Moezzi,
  • Stanislaw Waclawek and ,
  • Jindrich Cyrus,
  • Anna Dawiec-Lisniewska,
  • Jan Koci and
  • Masoud Khaleghiabbasabadi
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The most advantageous method for detecting dangerous gases and reducing the risk of potential environmental toxicity effects is the use of innovative gas sensing systems. However, designing effective sensors requires a complex process of synthesizing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical and Computational Systems in Biosensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
24,896 Views
17 Pages

5 April 2021

Conceptual mapping tools have been used more and more for various educational purposes in recent years by academicians and educators. In addition, developments of technology that include conceptual mapping have a significant influence on education su...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Academic Motivation, Performance and Student Well-Being)
  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
3 Citations
744 Views
20 Pages

26 August 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is being absorbed into education as a new infrastructural layer, promising individualized tutoring, instant feedback, translation, and accessibility support at marginal cost. Sustainable Development Goal 4 (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Generative Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Education: Learning Individualization and Student Support)
  • Essay
  • Open Access
1 Citations
778 Views
20 Pages

Revisiting Learning Styles in the Age of Generative AI: A Conceptual Framework for Regulation and Agency

  • Luis Carlos Escobar Casallas,
  • Andrés Chiappe and
  • Sandra Martínez-Pérez

29 July 2026

This conceptual paper revisits the learning styles debate in the context of generative and adaptive artificial intelligence in higher education. It does not seek to rehabilitate classical learning style taxonomies, whose prescriptive claims have been...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI Trends in Teacher and Student Training)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,238 Views
15 Pages

Interactive simulations have been shown to enhance conceptual understanding through multiple dynamic representations and supporting the inquiry process by offering repeated trials with rapid feedback. However, incorporating simulation-based activitie...

(This article belongs to the Section STEM Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,710 Views
21 Pages

Measuring Reflective Inquiry in Professional Learning Networks: A Conceptual Framework

  • Ariadne Warmoes,
  • Chris Brown,
  • Iris Decabooter and
  • Els Consuegra

This study introduces a conceptual framework to measure reflective inquiry in professional learning networks (PLNs). The framework represents a continuum of three components: critical dialog, the use of multiple data sources, and depth of reflection....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Reflection in Teaching and Learning)
  • Review
  • Open Access
173 Citations
17,999 Views
23 Pages

Designing Powerful Learning Environments in Education for Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework

  • Eleni Sinakou,
  • Vincent Donche,
  • Jelle Boeve-de Pauw and
  • Peter Van Petegem

28 October 2019

Policymakers have pinpointed the importance of living in a more sustainable society. Education for Sustainable Development aims at developing future citizens competent to take actions in order to cope with Sustainable Development issues. The instruct...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,230 Views
15 Pages

Despite the growing emphasis on early mathematical learning, comparatively limited attention has been given to how play-based experiences in everyday family contexts contribute to children’s emerging mathematical understanding. While research h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Learning Through Play: Reimagining Pedagogies in Early Childhood)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,774 Views
22 Pages

7 July 2025

Tourism learning resources refer to tourism attractions that carry learning content or stimulate learning behaviors for tourists, thereby determining the quality and effectiveness of tourists’ learning experiences. Actively developing tourism l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrating Nature-Based Tourism, Urban Community Planning, and Sustainable Land Use)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,945 Views
22 Pages

3 June 2026

The shift toward hybrid intelligence in learning systems emphasizes the integration of human and AI cognitive capabilities into unified problem-solving processes. Yet, design principles for enabling such systems in immersive learning environments rem...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-AI (H-AI) Teams: Designing for Human-AI Interactions)
  • Review
  • Open Access
828 Views
24 Pages

13 July 2026

Environmental challenges, such as climate change, resource circulation, and biodiversity loss, are closely interrelated with regional issues, including population decline, aging, youth outmigration, and the maintenance of local industries. Addressing...

(This article belongs to the Section Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,811 Views
29 Pages

30 January 2026

Multi-robot systems (MRSs) offer distinct advantages in large-scale exploration but require tight coupling between decentralized decision-making and collaborative estimation. This survey reviews learning-based multi-robot Active Collaborative Simulta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Robot Navigation in Autonomous Systems)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,237 Views
6 Pages

Conceptual Framework: Factors Affecting Learner Performance and Cognitive Load in Educational Multimedia Learning

  • Khadijah Abdul Rahman,
  • Siti Aishah Mokhtar,
  • Noor Arina Md Arifin,
  • Mohd Nasir Ismail and
  • Tengku Mohd Farid Tengku Abdul Aziz

The spread of COVID-19 has compelled educational institutions to make the transition to online communication. It has limited teaching and learning to utilize a fully online learning mode. However, the problem with online learning is that it is entire...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,157 Views
22 Pages

13 February 2026

The study aims to develop a conceptual model for immersive chemical hazard response training that explicitly addresses four core operational constraints: time pressure, uncertainty, teamwork, and procedural/psychomotor precision. The model responds t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technology-Enhanced Education and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
12,454 Views
21 Pages

1 March 2019

Learning processes play a crucial role in the development of the transformative capacity of social innovation actors. This article builds on the recently developed Transformative Social Innovation (TSI) theory to propose a conceptual framework and re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Leading Sustainability Transitions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
330 Views
22 Pages

Reflection can contribute to learning, helping students actively and constructively recall material and connect it with other aspects of their lives, as described by the interactive–constructive–active–passive (ICAP) framework. For...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Supporting Student Success in STEM: Innovations in Teaching and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
16,756 Views
13 Pages

11 February 2018

Recently, research has highlighted the potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for education, as well as their drawbacks, which are well known. Several studies state that the main limitations of the MOOCs are low completion and high dropout...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Future Trends of Distance Learning)
  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
1,148 Views
11 Pages

Systems Thinking in US Medical Education: Relevance and a Conceptual Framework to Scaffold Learning and Assessment

  • Jacob Grohs,
  • Brock Mutcheson,
  • Natalie Karp,
  • Andrew Katz and ,
  • Heidi Lane,
  • David Musick,
  • Matthew Norris,
  • Sarah Parker and
  • Jed Gonzalo
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

3 June 2026

Today’s medical professionals function within an increasingly complex landscape—one that is medical, scientific, social, cultural, political, ethical, and technological in nature. Responding to these complexities, U.S. medical education h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Systems Thinking and Healthcare Communities: A Community Approach to Transforming Healthcare)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,087 Views
33 Pages

26 August 2025

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has fundamentally transformed how knowledge is created, disseminated, and applied in problem-solving, presenting new challenges for educational models. This study introduces Intelligent Problem-Solving...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Digital Education: Innovations in Teaching and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
659 Views
56 Pages

13 September 2026

The accelerating convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and circular economy standards is reshaping entrepreneurship by increasing the importance of organizational learning, knowledge management (KM), and ecosystem colla...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI and Sustainable Economic Development: The Long Tail Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Threats to the Rest of Us)
  • Article
  • Open Access
110 Views
26 Pages

Measuring Conceptual Coverage Learning Resource with Respect to a Course Syllabus: A Set-Theoretic Approach

  • Guadalupe Candia-Zavaleta,
  • Olivia Graciela Fragoso-Diaz,
  • Carlos Fernando Moreno-Calderón,
  • Rafael Lemuz-López and
  • Yesenia Santana-Cardoso

6 November 2026

Learning resources (LRs) are widely used in higher education, but determining whether their content adequately covers the topics and concepts specified in a course syllabus remains a challenging task. Existing approaches for evaluating learning resou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI in Education: Transforming Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,040 Views
31 Pages

26 November 2020

Previous research has established that embodied modeling (role-playing agents in a system) can support learning about complexity. Separately, research has demonstrated that increasing the multimodal resources available to students can support sensema...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Systems for Systems: Computational Systems Modeling to Promote Equity and Access in K12 STEM Educational Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
165 Citations
43,231 Views
20 Pages

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning Life: An Integrated Conceptual Motivational Model for Sustainable and Healthy Online Learning

  • Nabil Hasan Al-Kumaim,
  • Abdulsalam K. Alhazmi,
  • Fathey Mohammed,
  • Nadhmi A. Gazem and ,
  • Muhammad Salman Shabbir and
  • Yousef Fazea
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organizations around the world to make full use of a variety of emerging online communication platform technologies. Universities are among the organizations that have asked students, tutors, and lecturers to use...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Impact of Eco-Innovation and Sustainable Product Development on Shaping Circular Economy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,021 Views
26 Pages

Conceptual AI-Informed Institutional Learning Analytics: Extending the TAM to Strengthen Inclusive Digital Justice

  • Soledad Zabala,
  • José Javier Galán Hernández,
  • Alberto Garcés Jiménez,
  • José Manuel Gómez Pulido and ,
  • Susana Ester Medina and
  • María Belén Morales Cevallos
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 April 2026

This study examines institutional processes in digital justice through a mixed conceptual approach that integrates bibliometric analysis and technology-adoption modeling, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) as a projected component rather than...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,044 Views
27 Pages

Designing Data Science Learning in Initial Teacher Education: The EDUCATE Conceptual Framework

  • Aisling Leavy,
  • Sibel Kazak,
  • Susanne Podworny and
  • Daniel Frischemeier

13 February 2026

Data science has become central to contemporary social, civic, and professional life, yet its integration into initial teacher education remains fragmented and undertheorised. This paper addresses the need to support teacher educators in designing le...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
15,390 Views
16 Pages

The deployment of augmented reality (AR) has attracted educators’ interest and introduced new opportunities in education. Additionally, the advancement of artificial intelligence has enabled educational researchers to apply innovative methods and tec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives on Augmented Reality)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,823 Views
9 Pages

Optimizing Health Professions Education through a Better Understanding of “School-Supported Clinical Learning”: A Conceptual Model

  • Malou Stoffels,
  • Saskia M. Peerdeman,
  • Hester E. M. Daelmans,
  • Stephanie M. E. van der Burgt and
  • Rashmi A. Kusurkar

Interventions connecting school and clinical practice can align requirements and enhance learning outcomes. Current models and theories of clinical learning leave gaps in our knowledge about how learning processes and outcomes can be optimized by sch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Professions Education & Integrated Learning)

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