Based on dynamic systems theory, the longitudinal study tracked 120 kindergarten children 2 years to examine the differentiation and transition of object control profiles among preschool children aged 3 to 6. Latent profile analysis (LPA) and latent transition analysis (LTA) were employed to identify development profiles and transitions, as well…

This meta-analysis examined main effects and heterogeneity in associations between popularity and academic adjustment in the U.S. and China across 41 studies. The aggregated sample included 22,151 children and adolescents (10,934 boys; 11,217 girls) from both countries, with U.S. students from various ethnic backgrounds. Results in the U.S. were…

The number of undergraduate economics degrees awarded by United States colleges and universities stagnated from 2010 to 2013. Growth accelerated in 2014, rising 24 percent over the next five years, but then abruptly stopped. From 2018 to 2024, the number of bachelor's degrees awarded declined annually, losing 15 percent over the period.

Relevance: The need to study media literacy is driven by the growing destructive influence of information, which is transforming public consciousness and increasing the risk of manipulation in the digital environment. Declining trust in the media, the spread of disinformation, and the growing role of social networks as the main source of news…

This study examined the effect of embodied action on children's conservation reasoning by comparing performance on four classic Piagetian conservation tasks -- length, mass, liquid, and quantity -- under embodied and non-embodied conditions across four age groups. Unlike traditional conservation tasks, which involve passive observation…

Lifelong learning can be indispensable for the adaptation to continuously evolving labor markets and societal demands. In the current study, we examined psychological factors, notably aspects of personality (personality traits in the five-factor model and trait curiosity), self-reflection, and motivation in relation to attitudes to lifelong…

This study undertakes a dual exploration, examining the effects of individual differences on self-assessment accuracy, and students' perspectives on the reasons for their inaccuracies. A total of 112 psychology students self-scored an essay, then received the instructor's score and were interviewed. Results revealed: (1) a weak positive…

Fraternities and sororities often espouse character development and virtue, but their reputations for problematic behavior appear to counter these goals. We investigate membership in fraternities/sororities and measures of religiously-informed character (Horizontal Faith Maturity) and religiosity (Vertical Faith Maturity, and Christian Orthodoxy)…

Problem solving prior to instruction (PS-I) involves complex learning mechanisms such as prior knowledge activation across two learning phases. Goal formulations of such learning phases may interact with these mechanisms. We examine how differences in goal type (problem-solving vs. learning goal) and specificity (specified vs. unspecified goal)…

Emerging evidence suggests that physical activity may be associated with improved sleep in autistic children. We aimed to determine whether physical activity associated with sufficient sleep duration in children and whether this association was modified by reported autism spectrum disorder (ASD) status. We analyzed existing data of children 6-17…

The spring phase of the pandemic made the education of adolescents with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) challenging. In the present study, which included 122 adolescents with SpLD (50% from Slovenia, 50% from Germany), we investigated how Slovenian and German adolescents with SpLD perceived and solved some of the challenges of distance…

This fact sheet explores the association between parental income and the pathways of young adults in postsecondary education for students who began their studies in the 2012/2013 academic year. Students from low-income families have previously been shown to have lower rates of educational access and attainment. This fact sheet focuses on…

We use data from the Stanford Education Data Archive to describe district-level trends in average academic achievement between 2009 and 2019. Though on average school districts' test scores improved very modestly (by about 0.001 SDs/year), there is significant variation among districts. Moreover, we find that average test score disparities between…

The problem addressed through this study is the low graduation rate of military-connected students who received benefits from military funding programs (FMCSs) at a community college in the northeastern United States (CCNE). Increasing the graduation rate will prepare more FMCSs for gainful employment and their transition into civilian life. The…

Special training is often needed for counseling professionals to meet the unique cultural needs of their clients. Previous researchers have suggested that larger samples of professional counselors are needed to better understand the presence of these multicultural skills and noted a dearth of research regarding the effects of training in…