In accordance with RCW 28A.655.075, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) continues to support districts in implementing educational technology assessments. Since 2011, OSPI has provided optional classroom-based assessments aligned with Washington's K-12 Learning Standards. Districts choosing to use these assessments report…

Background/Context: Reading achievement declined drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bailey et al., 2021). More than one-third of fourth-grade students cannot read at a basic level, and access to effective literacy instruction is particularly limited for minority students and students with learning disabilities (Ellis et al., 2023). Closing…

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore the perceived concept of "going gradeless" among education master's students and academics within a Hong Kong university. This study aims to explore differing perspectives on "going gradeless" and identify the key potential issues associated with its implementation in higher…

Purpose: This paper highlights the transformative impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on education, focusing on their potential to revolutionize teaching methods. It also explores the global trend of integrating technology-based learning into educational curricula. Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive literature…

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is catalyzing a paradigm shift in higher education, demanding new pedagogical approaches that integrate AI literacy as a core competency. This paper addresses the long-standing challenge of teaching acoustics, a field often perceived as abstract and mathematically intensive by undergraduate students. We…

Amid Vietnam's ongoing curriculum reforms and digital transformation, our study explores key factors influencing the implementation of blended learning among secondary school teachers, particularly in elective subjects. Using a large-scale mixed-methods design, we surveyed 1,834 teachers and conducted focus groups with 40 participants from diverse…

Emerging technologies and innovative instructional methods have revolutionized education, making blended learning the new standard in the artificial intelligence era. However, poor integration of online and face-to-face learning has led to challenges such as superficial student engagement. This study developed a Community of Inquiry-based blended…

Professionalism in opera singing depends on the quality of education. This study examines the teaching of opera singing online via master classes and seminars. Based on the present findings, master classes are effective in improving the voice technically and range-wise, whereas seminars are effective in helping opera singers achieve emotionality.…

Early literacy experiences, including reading and writing, serve as meaningful backdrops for teachers in early childhood contexts to support and embed both computational thinking and computer science into classroom instruction. This article shares how interactive in-class instruction that is embedded within rich literacy experiences and computer…

The study utilized participatory action research and grounded theory methods and methodology to explore how critical pedagogy, as practiced by a small group of university education professors, shapes and influences the development of a critical consciousness among preservice teachers. Although there were some 'conscious raising' learning…

Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia education remain three of the most popular models for alternative early childhood education. Each of these approaches has developed globally, with a rich history of supporting children's educational freedom. This narrative analysis provides a means for early childhood educators and scholars to understand the…

The study investigates the perceptions of first-year writing faculty of how their students develop information literacy (IL). The authors conducted 16 semi-structured interviews and analyzed them using a qualitative inductive coding method. The study contributes a close and nuanced understanding of faculty perceptions of IL learning to a…

This paper foregrounds sociocultural learning theory and dialogic pedagogy to describe how instructors at two universities, one in the Midwest and one in the mid-South, used a web-based social annotation tool to spark conversations among English language arts methods students who crossed geographic boundaries and invited all students to share…

This paper reviews five ways to increase the effectiveness of instructional video and one way not to use instructional video. People learn better from an instructional video when the onscreen instructor draws graphics on the board while lecturing (dynamic drawing principle), the onscreen instructor shifts eye gaze between the audience and the…

Monte Carlo simulations for uncertainty propagation take as inputs the uncertainty distribution for each variable and an equation for the calculation of a desired quantity. The desired quantity is then calculated by randomly drawing from the specified uncertainty distributions of the input variables. This calculation is then repeated many times…