This study examines how students' academic capital, knowledge, and attitudes toward mandatory fees, and university knowledge of financial structures influence their financial behaviors, specifically payment methods, within higher education system located in the southwest. Amid record enrollment of students in the southern region--including notable…

Background: The Shared Knowledge Theory (Fitzgerald & Shanahan, 2000) posits that reading and writing share key knowledge domains, including word knowledge (e.g., vocabulary, decoding), universal text attributes (e.g., syntax), and procedural knowledge (e.g., text organization). This framework establishes a foundation for examining the…

Textbook costs remain a significant barrier to student success in higher education. Open Educational Resources (OER) offer a promising solution by reducing costs and allowing content adaptation. This study examines the perceptions and use of OER by 70 faculty members at a small liberal arts college (Franklin College) through a campus-wide survey…

A long history of misinformation has led to anti-vaccine sentiment, risking everyone's health. Despite public health campaigns, vaccine hesitancy rates have not declined. In response, we created an educational board game to address the fundamental science of vaccine development. The cooperative game guides players through identifying a novel…

University students, especially undergraduate ones, are reported to be more susceptible to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression than adults in the general population. Although the adverse consequences of mental health challenges are well-documented, limited attention has been paid to these issues in the post-COVID-19 context,…

Purpose: This study aims to explore how virtual reality (VR) can enhance the teaching of history to trainee early childhood teachers, particularly by leveraging local cultural heritage. It evaluates the effectiveness of VR in developing historical understanding, technical usability and emotional engagement. Design/methodology/approach: A…

Several autism knowledge assessments include "don't know" as a response option. The inclusion of this response option may lead to systematic error, such that participants' guessing rate affects the measurement of their autism knowledge. This study examines both predictors of guessing rate for autism knowledge and predictors of autism…

Expecting teachers to support their students in making mathematical connections is an unreasonable request when teachers themselves have not had opportunities to connect their own understandings. This study investigates how prospective elementary teachers can deepen their mathematical understanding using recommendations developed by mathematics…

Numerous fires during demonstrations in secondary schools, museums, and science centers have occurred while using flammable liquids. This calls to light the need to educate undergraduate students and educators in the safe handling and use of these flammable chemicals. Understanding the benefits and risks of flammable liquids should be an essential…

Synthetic biology is a field that leverages design, biology, engineering, and computation to genetically engineer organisms to make usable products such as sustainably manufactured textiles, biodegradable chemicals, and personalized medicine. Despite increases in access, we know little about what younger learners know and think about these modern…

According to a statistical-learning view of literacy development, children begin to learn about the visual characteristics of writing from an early age. We used a delayed copying task to examine U.S. preschoolers' knowledge about how letters combine with one another. Children (n = 77, mean age 4 years, 8 months) were shown a series of 4-letter…

A serious question facing the world's leaders today is how responsibility for the new global problems will be shared in the international Community. Continuing population growth, the accumulation of Greenhouse gases, and the clearing of tropical forests are a class of problems whose consequences are cumulative, whose causes are interactive, and…

Adult-focused natural resources education is critical amid widespread challenges related to water quality, biodiversity declines, and climate change. Extension educators are poised to make impactful advances in natural resource education among adult learners when equipped with educational tools that improve knowledge and build connections among…

This work investigates students' familiarity and understanding of laboratory safety knowledge among students in the College of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering at Tianjin University of Technology. A total of 1301 undergraduates and graduates participated in a survey of students' safety knowledge. The questionnaire covered the GHS…

Background: Dietary modification is critical for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), yet few women with PCOS report receiving nutrition education. Nutrition knowledge may translate to dietary behaviors and diet quality, but nutrition knowledge among women with PCOS is unknown. Purpose: Using a descriptive design, we assessed…