Purpose: Graduate students employed in graduate teaching and research assistantship positions have a unique experience of the institution because of their status as student-employees. Graduate assistants (GAs) face specific challenges around their well-being as they navigate various relationships and environments throughout their educational…

Despite the opportunities that makerspaces and FabLabs offer for the development of 21st-century skills, understanding how these skills are being practiced and assessed in these spaces has been proven challenging. In this work, we address this gap through an interview study investigating 13 maker-educators' practices across different makerspaces…

This study aimed to describe barriers to and opportunities for integrating climbing, as a form of adventure education, in Austrian school physical education (PE). Guided by the theoretical framework of self-determination theory and the pedagogical model of Outdoor Adventure Education, fourteen teachers with and without experience in integrating…

This study explored the learning experiences of first-year information technology students at the beginning of their studies. Identifying the early experiences is important, as we know they can predict later challenges and persistence in studies. We focus on a novel understanding of relations between learning approaches, self-efficacy and burnout…

As AI continues to transform educational practices, understanding its potential benefits, limitations, and ethical implications is critical. This study explores future educators' perceptions of generative ?? in higher education. Through a mixed-methods approach, this research gathered insights from undergraduate and master's level students on…

ChatGPT's advanced text generation capability has significant potential for the development of innovative and effective pedagogical strategies in mathematics teaching. The integration of ChatGPT into the mathematical story-focused 5E lesson plan preparation process is a concrete reflection of this potential. The success of this integration depends…

Self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies have received significant attention among researchers and become the topic of many empirical studies, since they are believed to significantly influence achievement levels in acquiring a foreign language. The current research investigated the SRL strategies most commonly employed by Vietnamese English as a…

This study investigated 11 Taiwanese elementary school English teachers' designs and implementations of design thinking lessons. The analysis of qualitative data (lesson plans, observations, interviews) and quantitative data (questionnaire) reached the following major findings. Firstly, English teachers considered their design thinking instruction…

Objective: Students with ADHD are often provided with an extended testing time accommodation due to various skill deficits. However, little empirical work has examined the ways in which students use their extra time, if at all, and how use relates to overall performance. Further understanding of how students use this accommodation in practice can…

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become increasingly integrated into academic settings, understanding students' perspectives is critical--particularly in underrepresented regions such as Lebanon and Palestine. A mixed-methods approach using survey data and thematic analysis of in-depth interviews was employed to analyze students' perceived…

The aim of this study is to examine the intercultural sensitivity levels of teacher candidates using CART analysis and to develop a predictive model using machine learning algorithms. Additionally, this study provides a framework for understanding the relationship between internet usage and intercultural sensitivity. The participants comprised 416…

First-year students often lack basic self-regulated learning skills when transitioning to higher education. The emergency remote teaching period during the COVID-19 pandemic enhanced the importance of skills in self-regulated learning, due to the reduction of face-to-face contact with the teacher. This study focuses on first-year students'…

This study, using a sample of 481 adolescents, aims to explore the relationship between ego-identity and problematic short video use in an online learning environment. The findings reveal that: (1) academic procrastination plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between ego-identity and problematic short video use; (2) both…

We report on a qualitative study about the presence and role of insider knowledge in the lives of talented adolescents. Several themes emerged from the interviews: career aspirations of the participants; sources of knowledge about colleges and choosing a college; sources of knowledge about STEM careers; anticipated challenges; required skill sets;…

The multifaceted positive influences of nature connectedness on human well-being and global sustainability have been highlighted by numerous studies, while limited research has examined the effect of nature connectedness on adolescents' academics. Given the growing concern over academic procrastination among adolescents, the extent to which it is…