This report is based on 114,970 responses to National Literacy Trust's Annual Literacy Survey from children and young people aged 5 to 18 in early 2025. It includes findings on reading enjoyment, frequency and motivation and explores responses by age, gender, socio-economic background and geographical region. The surveys show that the reading…

This paper studies how the experience and perceptions of social media are related to the emission and reception of online prosocial behavior (OPB), using a cross-sectional survey study with 1,299 adolescents. Our results indicated that females and non-binary individuals showed a higher frequency of OPB than males. The use of instant messaging and…

Research suggests that girls acquire language faster than boys, with gender differences most pronounced in vocabulary acquisition during early childhood. This study examines the role of gender in the acquisition of vocabulary and morphosyntax in Palestinian Arabic-speaking children aged 18 to 36 months. Using the Palestinian Arabic Communicative…

This study presents a framework for understanding the factors influencing graduate students' online learning readiness using a modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. A quantitative research method was adopted with data collected from 3,120 graduate students at the University of Ibadan. Structural Equation…

Background/purpose: Superstitious beliefs are culturally ingrained irrational ideas that can influence how individuals perceive and behave, particularly in times of uncertainty. Health anxiety, which is often exacerbated by such beliefs, is common among university students experiencing academic and personal stress. This study aimed to investigate…

This study aimed to investigate the relationships among attitude towards sport, sport participation motivation, and digital game addiction in adolescents. Accordingly, a relational survey model was employed, and 324 adolescents aged 14-18 were selected using a cluster sampling method. The data collection instruments included the Motivation for…

This study aims to reveal the extent of the negative effects of technology use in children and adolescents, such as cyberbullying, problematic internet use, and difficulties with emotional regulation. It also seeks to determine whether these issues show significant differences based on gender and to test whether emotional regulation difficulties…

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of using Web 2.0 tools in social studies teaching on middle school students' metacognitive awareness levels and academic achievement. The study group of the research consists of a group of sixth grade students studying in a public middle school in Turkey in the fall semester of the 2020 to 2021…

The importance of artificial intelligence in daily life is increasing every day. This situation is inevitably reflected in educational environments. However, using artificial intelligence also causes anxiety. This study aims to determine the anxiety levels of preschool preservice teachers regarding artificial intelligence and examine them using…

The educational policy in 2020 empowered Saudi women, including female teachers, to teach children in early childhood schools (ECS). Parents and female teachers have complex, culturally rooted perceptions regarding inequity in male teacher employment in Saudi Arabia's ECS. Although the underrepresentation of male teachers in ECS is a worldwide…

This study was conducted with the aim of simultaneously describing the patterns among physical activity attitudes, technology addiction, and psychological well-being in high school students and investigating whether these variables differ by gender. Data were collected from a total of 320 participants aged 13-17, located in four different…

Digital learning games have been increasingly adopted in classrooms to facilitate learning and to promote learning outcomes. Contrary to common beliefs, many digital learning games can be more effective for female students than male students in terms of learning and affective outcomes. However, the in-game learning mechanisms that explain these…

Physical activity (PA) engagement in Early Childcare and Education Centers (ECEC) supports preschoolers' ability to meet the national physical activity guidelines. However, the influence of Head Start playground quality, as assessed by the Head Start Body Start Play Space Assessment (PSA), on Head Start preschoolers' school day PA is…

Childcare has historically been constructed as 'women's work', undertaken predominately by unpaid caregivers such as mothers (Huppatz, K. [2023. "Gender, work and social theory: The critical consequences of the cultural turn." London: Bloomsbury Academic].). Caring responsibilities have been discursively constructed with perceived…

Vocational education and training (VET) systems are characterized by both gender-specific occupational segregation and vertical occupational segmentation, leading to considerable differences in income and employment stability prospects across individual training occupations. For refugee men and women in particular, whose labor market positioning…