Purpose: This study addresses gaps in the existing literature on students' understanding of Independent Learning (IL), whilst exploring the link between levels of IL, growth mindset, motivated strategies for learning and academic performance. Design/methodology/approach: Three hundred and eighty-six university students recruited via opportunistic…

Educators and researchers have analyzed various image data acquired from teaching and learning, such as images of learning materials, classroom dynamics, students' drawings, etc. However, this approach is labour-intensive and time-consuming, limiting its scalability and efficiency. The recent development in the Visual Question Answering (VQA)…

This study highlights the needs and potentialities of an often-overlooked group: Part-Time Doctoral Students who are Full-Time Academics at their institutions (PTSFTAs). Such students are rarely considered in the research literature, yet they face a unique set of tensions as their roles and identities evolve. This study contributes fresh…

The retirement is a longitudinal process. From this point of view, it is important to consider the context in which university lecturers are immersed: the needs they present, their work history, how they envisage their future in the short and medium terms, and the proposals they consider enriching their profession's performance and subsequent…

Background: Although prior research has explored students' affective experiences in mathematics and its demographic correlatives, additional studies are needed that: (1) use large national data sets; (2) incorporate a broad range of affective constructs; (3) consider trends in student affect over time; and (4) include younger children and…

This study aims to examine how external locus of control (eLoC) impacts students' academic procrastination behaviors in asynchronous distance education with regard to compulsive internet habits, cyberloafing, disrespect for copyright, learning goal orientation, and self-efficacy. The sample comprised a total of 916 undergraduate students.…

Objective: With conditions such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies disproportionately impacting college students who identify as people with uteruses (PWUs), this qualitative study uses frameworks of narrative medicine and the socioecological model to explore diverse perspectives of PWUs toward seeking sexual and…

The use of digital technologies is a reality in the educational context. Smart boards, computers, laptops, tablets or internet connection are frequently used in education. In physical education (PE), the use of digital technology is also gaining traction. However, little is still known about which digital technologies are being used, why they are…

Special education teacher training programs are increasingly addressing pedagogy for academic subjects, but little is known about how we are preparing teacher candidates to provide mathematics instruction and intervention to students with or at-risk for learning disabilities. The present study surveyed recent graduates (n = 48) on (1) types of…

Handwriting is a perceptual-motor skill encompassing a series of psychomotor skills related to academic performance. The main aim of this study was to translate and study the psychometric properties of the Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire for Children (HPSQ-C) for the Spanish population. A study was conducted on a final sample of…

Vocational decision-making in secondary education is a critical aspect of young people's academic and personal development. This study investigates how decision-making styles, academic stress, and resilience interrelate among high school students. It involved 345 final-year students from Compulsory Secondary Education, who completed the Resilience…

A national survey was completed of elementary, middle school, and high school instrumental music teachers (N = 398) assessing the individual practice requirements those teachers have of their students. A majority of respondents (n = 263) required outside-of-rehearsal practice for at least one class that they taught, including 55% of…

Professional learning (PL) is universally lauded as essential to enhancing teaching quality and retention for aspiring teachers, yet it is a difficult balancing act for program and P12 school leaders trying to administer the many intricate components of a teacher residency program while implementing meaningful PL for residents. Grounded in…

With the global rise of digital education, fragmented academic reading has attracted increasing attention, as an emerging learning mode among university students in various countries. This study explores the factors influencing university students' acceptance and use of fragmented academic reading through a comprehensive framework that integrates…

This study examined how early childhood leaders working simultaneously as kindergarten teachers perceive the professional learning communities they lead -- explicitly identifying the factors that promote or hinder the communities' development from the leader's point of view. A qualitative-phenomenological approach was applied using semi-structured…