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  • Article
  • Open Access
4,063 Views
14 Pages

18 March 2021

The purpose of this study was to analyze employment support programs that should be prioritized for hospitality undergraduate students in Korea, given the lack of such programs that are tailored to students’ majors. Using a questionnaire survey, we m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,643 Views
10 Pages

19 September 2022

In this study, we aimed to see how a student potential support program affected drowning prevention among primary school students in Nakhon Si Thammarat. This study was quasi-experimental. The sample consisted of students in Grades 1–6 who were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,567 Views
13 Pages

Adaptive Complexity: Examining Texas Public Postsecondary Institutions’ Provision of Student Basic Needs Programs

  • Lisa K. Zottarelli,
  • Xiaohe Xu,
  • Jayla M. Hatcher,
  • Raji Thiruppathiraj,
  • Natasha Ellis,
  • Shamatanni Chowdhury and
  • Thankam Sunil

This study reveals that the likelihood and diversity of postsecondary institutions providing basic needs programs are significantly influenced by institutional factors such as the institutions’ organization and size. This study also indicates t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,563 Views
28 Pages

Extended Learning through After-School Programs: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Promoting Social Sustainability

  • Monica Claudia Grigoroiu,
  • Bianca Tescașiu,
  • Cristinel Petrișor Constantin,
  • Cristina Țurcanu and
  • Alina Simona Tecău

8 September 2024

After-school programs in Romania are not mandatory, and most of the time, they are funded by parents. In Romania, over 41.5% of students come from disadvantaged families that cannot afford to finance after-school activities. In recent years, there ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,784 Views
14 Pages

Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Programming in Schools to Support Student’s Health-Related Fitness: An Observational Study

  • Timothy J. Walker,
  • Derek W. Craig,
  • Andjelka Pavlovic,
  • Shelby Thiele,
  • Breanna Natale,
  • Jacob Szeszulski,
  • Laura F. DeFina and
  • Harold W. Kohl

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines recommend schools use a coordinated health approach to support healthy eating and physical activity. This study examines whether the number of healthy eating and physical activity programs and activities u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
13,596 Views
20 Pages

The Impact of a Peer Support Program on the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Postgraduate Health Students During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study

  • Jinal Shashin Parmar,
  • Poshan Thapa,
  • Sowbhagya Micheal,
  • Tinashe Dune,
  • David Lim,
  • Stewart Alford,
  • Sabuj Kanti Mistry and
  • Amit Arora

21 February 2025

Peer support is a widely adopted strategy in higher education, facilitating student engagement in socially safe groups to enhance knowledge and social skills. While its benefits are recognized during in-person education, evidence supporting these ben...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,021 Views
18 Pages

A deeper understanding of low-income and first-generation college student experiences is essential to advancing diversity and equity in higher education. Due to a significant gap in college enrollment and graduation rates for low-income and first-gen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,838 Views
17 Pages

2 October 2023

This study, based on Activity Theory, investigated the challenges and support for L2 Chinese postgraduate students in their master’s degree (MA) thesis writing. The five participants, currently PhD candidates in applied linguistics, shared thei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,008 Views
18 Pages

A Mixed-Methods Study of How a Critical Race Theory-Informed Undergraduate Research Experience Program Provides Equitable Support for Aspiring Graduate Students

  • Frank Fernandez,
  • Sarah Mason,
  • Shannon Sharp,
  • Gabriela Chavira,
  • Crist S. Khachikian,
  • Patchareeya Kwan and
  • Carrie Saetermoe

21 March 2024

Numerous studies document the benefits of participating in undergraduate research experiences (UREs), including greater odds of enrolling in graduate school. However, there is a lack of understanding about how UREs support student success. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,619 Views
19 Pages

How Can Participating in a Forest Community and Citizen Science Program Support Elementary School Students’ Understanding of Socio-Ecological Systems?

  • Shulong Yan,
  • Alexandra I. Race,
  • Heidi L. Ballard,
  • Erin Bird,
  • Sol Henson,
  • Evan F. Portier,
  • Amanda Lindell,
  • Maryam Ghadiri Khanaposhtani,
  • Jadda M. Miller and
  • Emma R. Schectman

14 December 2023

In the face of the climate crisis, sustainability education must include a focus on understandings of socio-ecological systems (SES) and applying systems thinking (ST) skills. This study investigates a Community and Citizen Science (CCS) program desi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,817 Views
16 Pages

22 August 2021

Background: Smartphone applications have the potential to support university students for the benefit of learning in higher education. Objective: To design and evaluate the effect of an intra-curricular program using a mobile application on self-regu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,174 Views
14 Pages

6 January 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced the psychological well-being of people around the world; university students have experienced feelings of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the intolerance of uncertainty, and a worsened quality of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,037 Views
14 Pages

14 March 2023

Background: In the context of the high turnover rate of preschool nursery teachers, the preschool nursery teacher program in secondary vocational schools has been an important channel for sending qualified nursery teachers to early education institut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,251 Views
13 Pages

13 December 2024

Program managers of undergraduate research experience programs play a pivotal role in students’ learning experiences. However, their roles in this program are seldom understood and explored. One reason is that a greater focus has been put on fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,312 Views
18 Pages

Transfer Students’ Perceptions of Science and Engineering Internships

  • Shana L. McAlexander,
  • Margaret R. Blanchard and
  • Richard A. Venditti

27 July 2024

Economic mobility and career success for undergraduate students is enhanced by understanding students’ experiences and supports and addressing the barriers they face. This study explores how U.S. undergraduate transfer students described their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,217 Views
27 Pages

31 May 2021

This article introduces the possible usage of the developed programming discourse that can be used to support training in the digital logic area. The discourse merges several programming paradigms into one solution. The intended learners are secondar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,381 Views
11 Pages

24 October 2023

Mature students in postsecondary education—those over 25 years of age, also known as nontraditional students or adult learners—make up a significant minority population on Canadian postsecondary campuses. Despite academic performance that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,006 Views
44 Pages

Graduate education holds the potential to stimulate personal growth in individuals that leads to economically viable career opportunities. First-generation college students, underrepresented minorities (URM), and females often face unique obstacles t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,626 Views
14 Pages

Students at 2-year colleges who wish to enter the mental health professions, particularly students of color in urban community college environments, often lack opportunities for internships and experience-building programming relevant to their field....

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,841 Views
13 Pages

Impact of Providing Peer Support on Medical Students’ Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Stigma

  • Matthew P. Abrams,
  • Joshua Salzman,
  • Andrea Espina Rey and
  • Katherine Daly

Background: Peer-support programs in medical school can buffer feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, social isolation, and burnout, drawing upon the benefits of near-peer-support resources. This study examined the effects of providing support to students...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,263 Views
13 Pages

12 February 2020

The underrepresentation of American Indian (AI) students pursuing higher education opportunities continues to persist. This study sought to measure the perceived changes in participants’ self-efficacy and confidence in navigating the college en...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
6,298 Views
18 Pages

25 April 2021

Learning programming is a complex and challenging task for many students. It involves both understanding theoretical concepts and acquiring practical skills. Hence, analyzing learners’ data from online learning environments alone fails to capture the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,870 Views
15 Pages

21 June 2024

Many children in the Netherlands do not adhere to dietary guidelines. Therefore, the Healthy School (HS) program stimulates healthier dietary intake of students through schools. However, evaluating the effectiveness of school health promotion in impr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,331 Views
19 Pages

23 March 2024

There is a critical need to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of students and educators. In this article, we present findings from the second year of implementing the Student Alliance for Flourishing program, a school-wide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,601 Views
30 Pages

A Feedback System Supporting Students Approaching a High-Level Programming Course

  • Jong-Yih Kuo,
  • Hui-Chi Lin,
  • Ping-Feng Wang and
  • Zhen-Gang Nie

13 July 2022

This study analyzes the mistakes students are prone to make in programming and uses the GDB and Valgrind tools to implement dynamic analysis techniques for their eventual application to programs created by students. In the analysis process, spectral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,051 Views
17 Pages

Graduate students of color have been entering graduate schools at unprecedented rates, yet these programs and institutions are not ready to fully support their unique needs. Using Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth framework, we showcase how gra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
19,726 Views
18 Pages

Evaluation of a Road Safety Education Program Based on Driving Under Influence and Traffic Risks for Higher Secondary School Students in Belgium

  • Malik Sarmad Riaz,
  • Ariane Cuenen,
  • Stijn Dhondt,
  • Helen Craps,
  • Davy Janssens,
  • Geert Wets,
  • Tom Brijs and
  • Kris Brijs

27 May 2019

Road safety education has been recognized as an instrument for reducing road accidents. This study aims to evaluate the road safety education program “Traffic Weeks” among higher secondary school students (age 16–19) in Belgium. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,791 Views
21 Pages

A Culturally Responsive Math Program: A Case Study in a Rural Tribal College in the United States

  • Carol Ward,
  • Michael R. Cope,
  • Kayci Muirbrook Taylor,
  • Taylor Topham,
  • Gary Ramsey,
  • Dianna Hooker,
  • Jim Bertin and
  • Anna L. Jacob

30 March 2025

For many Native American students, the thirty-seven existing tribal colleges improve their access to post-secondary education, especially for those living in reservation communities and surrounding rural areas. They also support tribal nations’...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,737 Views
14 Pages

Service-Learning Experiences Related to Health Support Activities for Residents Who Have Returned Home after Evacuation Due to a Radiation Disaster

  • Naoya In,
  • Toshiko Tomisawa,
  • Kasumi Mikami,
  • Mayumi Urushizaka,
  • Kotetsu Tanaka,
  • Chieko Itaki,
  • Maiko Kitajima,
  • Yuka Noto,
  • Ayako Ohgino and
  • Minoru Osanai
  • + 5 authors

Hirosaki University has regularly offered health support activities to residents of X town in Fukushima, and thus, some interactive benefits are expected as a service-learning experience for nursing students. This study aimed to clarify the experienc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,151 Views
13 Pages

Enhancing Food Literacy and Food Security through School Gardening in Rural and Regional Communities

  • Timothy P. Holloway,
  • Sisitha Jayasinghe,
  • Lisa Dalton,
  • Michelle L. Kilpatrick,
  • Roger Hughes,
  • Kira A. E. Patterson,
  • Robert Soward,
  • Kylie Burgess,
  • Nuala M. Byrne and
  • Kiran D. K. Ahuja
  • + 1 author

A qualitative case study approach with in-depth, semi-structured interviews of key school staff, and student feedback was used to assess a school kitchen and garden program in the regional area of North-West Tasmania, Australia. A detailed program de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,806 Views
13 Pages

1 August 2019

This study investigates the effect of the Global Storylines educational program which aims to increase primary school students’ sustainability competences and their awareness of global problems. To obtain the data, we organized seven focus grou...

  • Entry
  • Open Access
27 Citations
20,544 Views
14 Pages

Doctoral Supervision: A Best Practice Review

  • Martyn Polkinghorne,
  • Julia Taylor,
  • Fiona Knight and
  • Natalie Stewart

A “doctoral student” is the term for a student undertaking the highest level of university degree (a doctorate). “Supervisor” is the term for the academic, or academics, who act as their guide. Unlike taught classroom-based de...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,506 Views
13 Pages

3 March 2025

Students as Partners (SaP) programs have centered student voices since their inception. Student–faculty pedagogical partnerships are grounded in the notion that students have the expertise to contribute to faculty in preparing for, reflecting o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,082 Views
12 Pages

Promoting an Entrepreneurial Culture: Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Primary School-Based Program Focused on Soft Skills

  • Jacinto Jardim,
  • Anabela Pereira,
  • Ana Bartolo,
  • Andreia Pinho,
  • Monica Cardoso and
  • Paixão Catanho

25 October 2023

This study aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention program designed to foster soft skills among primary-school students. Conducted in Portugal, the program employed face-to-face sessions and involved 2958 fou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,299 Views
22 Pages

Engagement SPIRALS in Elementary Students: A School-Based Self-Regulated Learning Approach

  • Ángela Antúnez,
  • María del Henar Pérez-Herrero,
  • Pedro Rosário,
  • Guillermo Vallejo and
  • José Carlos Núñez

10 May 2020

SPIRALS program was designed in accordance with the inclusive Universal Design for Learning approach and the social cognitive model of self-regulated learning. This project aims to promote cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement among element...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,715 Views
14 Pages

27 November 2024

This study used a quasi-experimental cohort approach to investigate the impact of early academic interventions on rural students’ academic college readiness as measured by indicators of science, mathematics, and English language proficiency in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,799 Views
10 Pages

26 May 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most education has been conducted through online classes. While feedback and interaction between students and instructors are significant in programming education or engineering practice, online education today cannot sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,464 Views
21 Pages

18 April 2023

This article focuses on targeted programs for low-SES students in two selective universities: Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland (Trinity Access Programmes/TAP) and the University of Oxford, UK (Lady Margaret Hall Foundation Ye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,692 Views
23 Pages

25 December 2023

This paper presents a study guide and an analysis of its use in the computer programming learning process of an 8-year-old elementary school student through the Scratch program. The research’s objective is to explore and understand how this ind...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
11,262 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
7 Citations
3,926 Views
28 Pages

The Role of STEM Program Directors in Broadening the Impact of STEM Interventions

  • Ana Karen Gomez,
  • Krystle Palma Cobian and
  • Sylvia Hurtado

17 November 2021

STEM transformation has been a longstanding goal for higher education institutions who not only wish to maintain global economic competitiveness but most recently have also aimed efforts at achieving STEM equity. While researchers have typically look...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,914 Views
14 Pages

24 September 2019

This grounded theory action research study examines the impact of a graduate sustainability leadership program through the lens of its alumni. The study reveals elements of the leadership program that had the most impact on the lives and careers of i...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,632 Views
15 Pages

6 June 2021

Robotics has been used as an attractive tool in diverse educational fields. A variety of robotic platforms have contributed to teaching practical embedded programming to engineering students at universities. However, most platforms only support conte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,169 Views
13 Pages

19 February 2025

Pedagogical partnership programs often facilitate collaborations between students and faculty to bolster inclusive instructional methodologies and equitable opportunities for classroom engagement. Improving equitable learning experiences for students...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,767 Views
12 Pages

20 April 2023

Teacher education programs must be able to prepare student teachers to work effectively with heterogeneous groups of students in ways that support the learning of all students and affirm their identities within growing neoliberal and neoconservative...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
9,896 Views
14 Pages

Integrating New Technologies and Existing Tools to Promote Programming Learning

  • Álvaro Santos,
  • Anabela Gomes and
  • António José Mendes

20 April 2010

In recent years, many tools have been proposed to reduce programming learning difficulties felt by many students. Our group has contributed to this effort through the development of several tools, such as VIP, SICAS, OOP-Anim, SICAS-COL and H-SICAS....

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,180 Views
14 Pages

This study aimed to evaluate the Adaptive Learning Framework (Alef) platform and determine how parents perceive the implementation of such a program to support their children’s learning. Alef is a smart learning program that is mandated in Unit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,492 Views
13 Pages

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, graduate studies and the adult students pursuing those studies have drastically changed, creating a new landscape of challenges to success for students and faculty alike. Online learning is fast becomi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,255 Views
15 Pages

The field of educational technology has made significant strides, offering cost-effective multimedia tools and physical resources to facilitate both formal and informal teaching methods in computer science, with a particular emphasis on the developme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,505 Views
16 Pages

Many post-secondary institutions have implemented anti-poverty programs to address students’ basic needs insecurities. This study examined the provision of 17 types of basic needs programs at Texas Hispanic-serving institutions over the course...

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