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Yi Han; Nazifah Hamidun; Rozilawati Mahadi – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2025
This study investigates the effectiveness of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)-based instruction in enhancing vocabulary acquisition and learner interest among Chinese university students learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Using a quasi-experimental design, 73 undergraduates were divided into an experimental group (n = 37) receiving…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Concept Formation, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
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Caroline Cohrssen; Jill Fielding; Jo Bird – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
There is growing interest in mathematics learning progressions in early childhood education. Counting is a skill usually developed early in life. The application of the counting principles in early childhood typically entails counting objects. This poses challenges for learning about zero. Indeed, the word "zero" is seldom used in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Haiwen Chu; Monique Evans – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2025
This brief examines how current mathematics instruction often fails to meet the needs of multilingual students, particularly English Learners. With over 2.2 million English Learners in grades 6-12 and persistent achievement gaps in mathematics, this brief calls for a shift: treating language development not as a prerequisite for learning math, but…
Descriptors: English Learners, Mathematics Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship, Classroom Techniques
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Ali Abbas Falah Alzubi; Mohd Nazim; Naji Alyami – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
AI-generative tools, such as ChatGPT, are argued to hold the potential to contribute to creative thinking in education broadly and second language education specifically. Nonetheless, existing literature underscores a critical requirement to elucidate the specific nature of this contribution among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) undergraduates…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Benefits, Barriers