The societal and industrial relevance of chemistry has established its status as a compulsory subject in numerous national curricula. However, previous research highlights significant challenges faced by students in learning chemistry, largely attributed to its abstract nature and the multiple ways chemical concepts are represented. These…

This book aims to fully demonstrate the burnout of learners in online learning processes. The authors propose a series of feasible and reliable solutions to sufficiently obtain and analyze massive instances of online learning behavior. In order to flexibly perceive and intervene in the "burnout state" and improve online learning…

This conceptual paper describes the development of an adaptive intervention model for coaching, AIM Coaching. AIM Coaching is designed for middle-school instructional leaders to support teachers' implementation of evidence-based literacy practices within a Tier-1, school-wide literacy model. It is guided by a theory of change that links…

Anxiety disorders occurs at a high rate amongst autistic children. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a reasonably well-established multi-component intervention used to reduce anxiety in this population. Whilst there are known effective intervention components in CBT for treating anxiety among autistic children, there are few guidelines for how…

The frequency of home spatial activities (e.g., puzzles and blocks) correlates with young children's spatial skills, but causal evidence is limited. We addressed this issue by comparing the effects of a parent-led intervention aimed at increasing spatial activities to an active control targeting narrative activities (preregistered:…

Upper elementary students with reading disabilities (RD) require intensive interventions to accelerate their reading achievement, as they often demonstrate deficits in basic reading skills and comprehension strategies. This paper reviews a series of three studies examining reading interventions of varying intensities for students with RD. Study 1…

Background: Teachers' knowledge and awareness of childhood type 1 diabetes remains limited. Aim: To evaluate the effect of diabetes education on classroom teachers' knowledge and awareness of type 1 diabetes. Methods: This quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test included 87 classroom teachers (intervention = 42, control = 45) from…

Background/Context: A well-designed intervention often involves multiple phases. A justifying theoretical argument is that, to prevent fade-outs, the benefit of a treatment in an earlier phase will need to be reinforced by follow-up treatments in the later phases (Cunha & Heckman, 2007). Thus, in evaluations of such programs, a research…

Student satisfaction is frequently discussed in the literature on university dropout and its causes. Research emphasises understanding how educational quality influences student satisfaction and its role in retention. However, there is a lack of consensus on how several types of satisfaction relate to dropout, complicating the understanding of its…

Response to intervention (RTI) is a method for providing academic support to students and for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Using interrupted time series and hazard models, we examined if statewide RTI adoption in the U.S. state of Tennessee was associated with changes in rates of SLD and first-time SLD identification in…

Objective: One strategy to address the health issues among college students is through bystander intervention. However, much is still unknown about bystander behavior. The purpose of the current study was to assess the feasibility of daily diary methodology as applied to bystander opportunity. Method: Using a convenience sample, we examined (1)…

In education settings, treatments are often non-randomly assigned to clusters, such as schools or classrooms, while outcomes are measured for students. This research design is called the clustered observational study (COS). We examine the consequences of common support violations in the COS context. Common support violations occur when the…

Children's emergent mathematics skills are important predictors of their later achievements. We analyze and present the effects of a large-scale school readiness intervention in preschools in Denmark. We thereby provide evidence on the effects of a broadly based professional development program (with supporting materials) implemented in a…

Background: Meaningful, varied, joyful conversation is an important therapy target for adults with language or cognitive-communication disorders following acquired brain injury (ABI). However, the complexity of daily communication is often reduced to component parts within intervention programmes, with mixed evidence of generalization to everyday…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate if a single session mindfulness-based art therapy doodle intervention may support and improve: (a) mindfulness, (b) mindful creativity, and (c) positive and negative emotional states. A general community sample of 71 adult participants engaged in the mindful doodling virtual two-hour workshops. Based on…