This study examined the effects of career-related teacher support on Nigerian (N = 201) and Zambian (N = 192) university students' decisions to choose teaching as a career. In study 1 (Nigerian universities) and study 2 (Zambian universities), data were collected from students who took the 12 weeks of teaching practice exercise at three timepoints…

This study aimed to identify the levels of computational thinking skills, computational self-efficacy, and academic well-being among students, identify the potential relationships among them, and determine the predictive effects of computational thinking skills and computational self-efficacy on academic wellbeing. The study used the following…

International guidelines on sexual health education suggest that parents should be the primary educators in their children's sexuality education, considering that sexuality education is a lifelong process that begins in early childhood and continues into adulthood. The study aimed to investigate the relationships among parental self-efficacy,…

Technology has contributed so much to the development and innovation of humankind. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an off-shoot of such. This article explored the influence of AI anxiety on AI self-efficacy among college students. The investigators used a cross-sectional research design for 695 purposively chosen college students in one higher…

This study aimed to examine primary school teachers' attitudes and self-efficacy towards using creative drama method in terms of certain variables. Relational screening model was used in the research and the sample was determined through convenient sampling. The study was conducted in the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year with the…

Self-efficacy, effectiveness, and work engagement are crucial factors influencing the quality of education and learning outcomes for English language learners. Despite their importance, research on the interplay among these factors in the context of English language teaching remains limited. This study aimed to explore the relationship between…

The current study investigated the developmental trajectories of academic burnout and test anxiety, alongside the relationship between these constructs and the moderating effect of perfectionistic concern over mistakes, employing latent growth curve model. A total of 427 Chinese adolescent students completed the Adolescent Student Burnout…

Critical thinking disposition (CTD) is regarded as a personal trait within critical thinking (CT), representing an individual's tendency and attitude toward actively employing CT skills (CTS). Previous research has predominantly focused on the external influencing factors of CTD, with limited exploration into CTD itself and the interactions among…

Extensive research has highlighted the significant impact of students' approaches to learning and self-efficacy on academic achievement. It has been suggested that deep learning approaches, high self-efficacy, and strong academic performance are crucial for developing undergraduates' intentions to engage in sustainable lifelong learning after…

In a rapidly evolving world, grit and creativity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial attributes for the future development of adolescent students. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship remains unclear. This study presents a new theoretical framework that explores how STEM-specific…

The research aimed to investigate the impact of writing anxiety on secondary school students' writing attitudes and writing self-efficacy. Additionally, the study sought to determine the relationships between these emotional processes and the directions in which they influence each other. The participants were secondary school students aged…

Background: Enhancing student motivation and effort in learning environments is a pivotal concern for educators. While the positive effects of teacher support on students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and efforts are well documented, the potentially adverse interaction effects of peer bullying victimization within this context remain unclear.…

This work investigates the impact of entrepreneurial experiential learning (EL) on students' entrepreneurial intention (EI), through the lens of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE). To provide a comprehensive viewpoint, the direct impact of entrepreneurial attitude (EA) on entrepreneurial intention has also been looked at. This study, has adopted…

This study investigated the relationship between academic self-efficacy, academic procrastination, and well-being among Azerbaijani participants. The data was collected from 1657 participants who completed self-reported questionnaires measuring academic self-efficacy, academic procrastination, and well-being. The analyses of the study involved the…

Language teacher immunity is conceptualized as a buffering mechanism protecting teachers amid the shifting sands of their teaching careers. Despite a noticeable interest drawn to this novel aspect of language teachers' professional identity, scant attention has been paid to examining its potential roles in classroom management. Therefore, this…