Mental health challenges significantly affect Asian international college students in the U.S., who often underutilize mental health services. This study evaluated the effectiveness of combining psychoeducation with short-term individual therapy, delivered via SFBT and CBT, psychodynamic, and integrated approaches, to improve outcomes in this…

This paper illustrates utilising cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and the methodology of formative intervention as a responsive capacity-building framework for enhancing science teachers' professional development and system-level capacity in multilingual settings. We report findings from the initial Change Laboratory (CL) meetings of an…

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…

Purpose: Despite appropriate speech-language therapy interventions and school and university accommodations, college and university students with developmental reading (specific reading learning disorder [SRLD]) and spelling (specific spelling learning disorder [SSLD]) difficulties continue to experience difficulties in adulthood, notably for…

While nature contact is increasingly recognized for its health benefits, its role in human development and learning remains insufficiently examined. The present meta-analysis aimed to investigate (a) the extent to which nature contact predicts social functioning, cognitive functioning, and academic performance, (b) whether these associations vary…

The study uses the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) algorithm to predict the factors affecting the programming performance (PPE) (low, high) of the students receiving computer programming education. The participants of the study consist of 763 students who received programming education. In the analysis of the data, the…

Billions of dollars are invested in opt-in educational resources to support struggling students. Yet there is no guarantee these students will use these resources. We report results from a school system's implementation of on-demand tutoring. The take-up was low. At baseline, only 19% of students ever accessed the platform, and low-performing…

Despite increasing attention to teacher well-being over the past years, few studies have explored the outcomes resulting from implementing low-cost, teacher-directed interventions grounded in a positive psychology perspective. In addressing this gap, this study investigated the effects of an 8-week gratitude journaling intervention on the…

Purpose: This study examines the linguistic skills that support the learning of science and social studies vocabulary words for second-grade Latino bilingual students. Method: We used data from a cluster randomized study where second-grade classrooms within schools were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 13) or the control group (n =…

No previous systematic reviews have focused on which targeted interventions successfully raise educational outcomes (i.e. reading, writing, mathematics, science and general attainment outcomes) for students with Down syndrome. This study reports on the findings from a larger pre-registered systematic review of targeted interventions for students…

This research aims to conduct a fixed-effects meta-analysis to unpack the causal role of music interventions on mathematics achievement. Findings indicated that music interventions had a small to moderate positive effect on mathematics achievement (N = 77,595, k = 245, g = 0.36, p < 0.01, 95% CI [0.34, 0.38]). Mathematics skills, instructional…

Scaling up evidence-based educational interventions presents challenges, particularly in adapting to new contexts while maintaining fidelity. Structured adaptations that integrate the strengths of experimental science (high fidelity) and improvement science (high adaptation) represent a novel design framework for supporting the equitable…

This study examines the development and evaluates the effectiveness of an academic model that integrates Process Genre and Task-Based approaches to enhance Thai undergraduate students' academic reading and writing skills. Recognizing persistent challenges in English academic literacy, particularly in reading and writing, this study employed a…

This study examined the phenomenon of peer support for personal problems among adolescents and why adolescents might prefer to disclose their personal problems to peers, and their perceptions of school-based peer support interventions (PSIs). An exploratory qualitative research approach included six focus groups with Year 9 students (N = 32) at…

Objective: Low mental well-being is increasingly reported among vocational education and training (VET) students. Changing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) may be beneficial for student mental well-being (SMW). Therefore, the effect of an existing physical activity (PA)-based lifestyle intervention on…