Despite the critical role that reading for pleasure (RfP) plays in primary education, there remains a limited understanding of how teachers perceive and implement these practices within their classrooms. Recent data indicate a continuing decline in both young people's desire to read and the enjoyment experienced when reading. While research…

Background: Team teaching is a common practice in many schools. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how teachers' positive and negative affect triggered by their team-teaching partners is related to the (perceived) instructional quality. Aim: Therefore, our goal was to investigate how positive and negative affect correlates with…

Anticipatory planning, that is, the ability to process information in advance to prepare to act, underpins activities that unfold in time, such as spoken language, reading and handwriting. One key, though not the only, mechanism that may facilitate anticipatory planning is rhythm, which is understood as the structured grouping of events in time.…

Assessing teacher-student interactions in the classroom is critical, but most research has relied on short observation periods due to the infeasibility of longer sessions. Our study assessed and quantified the emotional tone (i.e., teacher sentiment) of classroom teachers' language patterns throughout the school day using transcriptions of 149…

Assessing teacher-student interactions in the classroom is critical, but most research has relied on short observation periods due to the infeasibility of longer sessions. Our U.S. study assessed and quantified the emotional tone (i.e., teacher sentiment) of classroom teachers' language patterns throughout the school day using transcriptions of…

Background/purpose: Social media has become an integral part of everyday life for people of all ages, including students, offering opportunities for interaction in both academic and non-academic contexts. This growing presence has significantly influenced how students communicate, access information, and engage with their educational environment.…

With a greater focus on employability upon graduation, universities are increasingly considering how the course experience links to knowledge and skill development. To assist with skill development, industry practice and authentic activities should be embedded into the curriculum. Designing and including authentic assessment helps to replicate…

There are long-held concerns regarding the impact of screen media on children's cognitive development. In particular, fast pace and fantastical events have been theorized to deplete children's cognitive resources, leading to reductions in their attention and executive functions (EF). To date, however, empirical tests of short-term effects of media…

Some college students may be disengaged when completing assessments for institutional accountability and improvement. If disengagement is not identified and the resulting data are removed, the validity of score interpretations suffers. Using data gathered from students who completed non-consequential assessments for institutional accountability,…

As modern vehicles continue to integrate increasingly sophisticated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) functions, conventional user manuals may no longer be the most effective medium for conveying knowledge to drivers. This research analysed conventional, paper and video-based instructional methods versus a…

This paper provides the first experimental evidence on the long-term effects of work-study programs, leveraging a randomized lottery design from a national program in Uruguay. Participation leads to a persistent 11 percent increase in formal labor earnings, observable seven years after the program. Effects are stronger for youth who participate…

The average professor works far less than most employed people do, especially compared to those in well-compensated professional occupations. To compound that problem, too much of what professors spend their time on is unproductive, failing to yield societal benefit or to advance the missions of their universities. Those who govern universities,…

This study explores the interplay between proactive decision-making, learning agility, and career future time perspective, contributing insights into future-oriented career behaviours. Through an examination of proactive decision-making dimensions -- taking initiative, striving for improvement, systematic identification of objectives, systematic…

Across Australia, there were 167,785 commencements in an apprenticeship or traineeship in 2020, an increase from 2019. Of these, 75,115 apprenticeship commencements were in trade occupations and 92,660 in non-trade occupations. This publication provides an overview of completion and attrition rates for apprentices and trainees in Australia. It…

Traditional methods for detecting cheating on assessments tend to focus on either identifying cheaters or compromised items in isolation, overlooking their interconnection. In this study, we present a novel biclustering approach that simultaneously detects both cheaters and compromised items by identifying coherent subgroups of examinees and items…