The purpose of this mixed method study was to evaluate differences in cyberbullying perception and self-efficacy between teachers and parents. The study aimed to determine how teachers and parents reacted to cyberbullying. The importance of examining teacher and parent perception and self-efficacy in addressing cyberbullying determined the…

The purpose of this action research study was to understand and strengthen the learning culture of one curriculum specialist team working remotely at Newco (pseudonym). The study participants were curriculum specialists who claimed they had little time to learn independently or share knowledge with teammates due to the isolation of remote work and…

Individuals who are dually diagnosed with Down Syndrome (DS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently engage in vocal stereotypy that can interfere with learning, impede socially appropriate behavior, and disrupt others. Response interruption and redirection (RIRD) is an intervention that blocks and redirects stereotypy to reduce behavior.…

The study and characterization of the literary uses of non-standard American English writing systems was once a topic of research central to the study of American literature. "Speech as Writing: Literary Dialect Orthography in the United States 1790-1930" argues that the emergence of new computational tools and theoretical insights…

This qualitative study reviewed previous research and explored academic leaders' experiences and perspectives regarding the phenomenon of social media, considered in light of servant leadership principles, in the context of Christian higher education. Analysis of in-depth interviews with 22 men and women holding leadership positions in…

The aim of this study was to explore secondary administrators' sense of self-efficacy and the impact on Fronterizo special education students in the Southwest Borderland. This mixed method study employed the use of a Principal Self Efficacy Scale (PSES), state data and semi structured interviews were used in order to explore connections between…

This study focused on exploring the perceptions of front-line staff in supporting student success at a mid-western community college. These staff are generally the employees who are not generally involved with teaching or administration, but work in offices like the business, financial aid, enrollment services, or are administrative assistants to…

The term "It takes a village to raise a child" is one that resonates with me. The village includes many people. Parents, family, community members, and teachers play a role in the development of a child. The education journey of a child is one of the most important phases in their life. The traits obtained in school impacts adulthood.…

While research suggests that interactive pedagogy drawing on students' ideas can improve learning outcomes, it has been found difficult to change mathematics classroom practice in this direction. The reasons for this difficulty remain poorly understood, hindering change at scale. This article focuses on the under-researched normative aspect of…

This research aimed to identify the components of communication systems in universities and to explore their influence on academic life. To collect data, interviews were carried out with academics from Australian universities. Thematic descriptive and content analyses were performed on the data-set. Analyses showed that the human relations unit,…

Online learning communities (OLCs) enable their learner to access different types of information through internet based structures anywhere anytime. OLCs are among the strategies used for the production and repost of information by learners interested in a specific area to support asynchronous learning. In this respect, learners become members of…

This paper examines the employment of pragmatic empathy as a grand strategy in business letter writing. To account for the realization of pragmatic empathy in business letters, we make a corpus-based manual analysis of four types of business letters. It is found that (1) the choice of deixis is a major concern in most letters: while second person…

Purpose: We aimed to provide novel information on utterance duration as it relates to vocal type, facial affect, gaze direction, and age in the prelinguistic/early linguistic infant. Method: Infant utterances were analyzed from longitudinal recordings of 15 infants at 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 months of age. Utterance durations were measured and coded…

Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide a systematic review of the aspects of verbal communication contributing to listener perceptions of speaker gender with a view to providing clinicians with guidance for the selection of the training goals when working with transsexual individuals. Method: Preferred reporting items for systematic review…

Facilitated communication (FC) has been interpreted as an ideomotor phenomenon, in which one person physically supports another person's hand and unconsciously affects the content of the writing. Despite the strong experimental evidence against the authenticity of FC output, several studies claim to support its validity based on idiosyncrasies…