As our society becomes increasingly globalized, it is essential for students to gain international experience. Over the last several years, global learning has been integrated into undergraduate education in various ways, including virtual global exchanges. Virtual exchange is a web-based international collaboration between undergraduate students…

Objective: Cyber dating violence (CDV) is prevalent among emerging adults and could lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, limited research has been conducted on potential mitigating (or exacerbating) factors, such as the use of cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CER). The present study examined whether CER…

With mounting polarization in the political arena and media sources, trust of one's neighbors and of teachers are facing increasing strain in the United States. Furthermore, teachers continue to struggle with how to teach high-quality, nuanced, social studies, especially in the elementary setting, where time and resources for social studies has…

Purpose: As the world is embarking on Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0), employers demand more learning and soft skills from graduates to adapt to agile and disruptive work environments. Hence, 21st century learning skills are vital for sustainable career advancement in the current job paradigm shift initiated by IR 4.0-driven technologies. This…

Background: The job interview can be challenging for autistic adolescents considering the required social communication skills. Further, having decreased awareness of personal strengths may make it difficult to advocate for oneself to a future employer. The purpose of the current pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to examine the…

The purpose of this study was to explore how students interpret and negotiate menstruation in PE in online forums. We conducted a qualitative discourse analysis of 12 threads from 4 different German-language online forums, in which menstruation in PE is discussed by students. Our goal was to analyse which topics structure this online discourse and…

A campus-wide student-formed consulting community provides an interdisciplinary co-curriculum service-learning opportunity that connects students from various disciplines across a Midwest university to work on sustainability challenges in the local community. Projects include using waste glass in construction materials, cutting carbon footprint by…

This research paper investigates the influence of Generation Z (born approx. 2000 and 2015) on contemporary educational practices, focusing on their experiences in the classroom and their development of transferable skills for the workplace. As digital natives who have grown up with continual exposure to technology and digital information,…

This study explored the support needs of PG students in health studies at a South African Open Distance Learning institution during and after COVID-19 to address research-related challenges. Using a qualitative, exploratory, phenomenological design, 22 Master's and Doctoral students were purposefully sampled and interviewed via Microsoft Teams.…

Objectives: Children with ADHD obtain lower scores than their peers on standardized language measures but less is known about their conversational language skills. We tested the ability of children with and without ADHD to monitor and repair their language during a conversation (social discourse) with a young adult. Methods: Forty-nine 9- to…

As the primary location for adolescents' interpersonal communication, schools are an inevitable setting for interpersonal conflicts. This study aims to explore the differential performance of wise reasoning in both teacher-student and peer conflicts among high school students by network analysis, as well as the mediating roles of coping style.…

The purpose of this multiple-case study was to investigate how expert instructors in case-based learning (CBL) conceptualize, structure, facilitate, and assess asynchronous online discussions while addressing challenges. Accordingly, we first interviewed three expert instructors with extensive teaching experience using CBL in higher education in…

Purpose: The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the relationship between infant vocal characteristics and later speech motor impairment in children at risk for cerebral palsy (CP) to inform the early prediction of speech motor impairment. Method: Vocal complexity, volubility, and consonant inventories of 13 infants at risk of CP were…

The relationship between doctoral research supervisors and their students is crucial for success during doctoral study. Supervisors face increasing complexity in managing these relationships, compounded by job precarity and the pressure to ensure timely doctoral completion. Equally, doctoral students will navigate a competitive job environment…

Unlock the magic of fingerplays and transform your early childhood classroom with this essential guide bridging research and practice. While many books compile fingerplays and action rhymes, few explore their rich history or the science behind their impact on early literacy and social development. This groundbreaking guide offers teachers and…