Children in Florida who will be 4 years old on or before September 1st of the school year are eligible to attend a Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (VPK), provided by either the public school districts or other private providers, regardless of family income. There are several different VPK programs, including Head Start, Title I, and…

Numerous studies highlight that the high adoption rates of e-learning management systems (e-LMSs) are not necessarily matched by their actual use among students in sub-Saharan African higher education. Nevertheless, factors such as perceived behavioral control of e-LMS, teaching activities in e-LMS, administrative activities in e-LMS, and…

Campus administrators and faculty members conceptualized, planned, designed, implemented, and evaluated TANDEM (Thoughtful Advice. Nurtured Diversity. Engaged Mentorship.), a mentorship program designed to attract, support, and retain faculty. This article includes the stages of developing TANDEM and primarily focuses on how the program responded…

This study examines the capacity for improvement in high-poverty Mississippi schools by comparing internal coherence (IC) levels in Mississippi high-needs improving (MHN-I) and Mississippi high-needs struggling (MHN-S) schools. Despite decades of research identifying best practices in leadership and instruction, the state ranks among the lowest in…

Most students who begin at a community college do not complete their desired credential. Many students fail to graduate due to various barriers other than their academic performance. To encourage previously successful non-completers to re-enroll and eventually graduate, a growing number of community colleges have implemented re-enrollment…

The biology workforce has a need for undergraduate students trained in bioinformatics. Although bioinformatics is a critical sub-discipline of biology, it is not required in all biology degree programs. In parallel, there is a need to increase student access to research experiences. To address these needs, we offer a one-credit…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the status of the preschool education program developed based on the 21st Century Türkiye Maarif Model and to analyze the effectiveness of the model through Eisner's Educational Criticism Model. In the research, the qualitative research method was adopted as the model, and the case study design was…

With the growing awareness of the value of earning postsecondary degrees to increase an individual's chances of attaining better workforce outcomes and a higher chance of gaining a quality life, school administrators have embraced a college and career readiness agenda. The adoption of career academies as a model for high schools across the nation…

Background & Objectives: Universal social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions provide structured curricula at the classroom or school level to promote students' social, emotional, and academic development (Greenberg et al., 2003). Research has demonstrated that these programs improve elementary students' classroom behavior and academic…

Anatomy and physiology (A&P) often present significant challenges to nursing students, contributing to early academic attrition. To address this, a series of voluntary study sessions was implemented at a nursing-focused institution, combining student-led discussions with "Kahoot!"® -based gamified review. Over a four-year period,…

In this study, we were interested in the effectiveness of a dynamic reading and writing test for children diagnosed with dyslexia (N = 42) aged seven to eleven. Most of all, we were interested in whether the results of a dynamic reading and writing test could predict receptiveness to clinical dyslexia intervention. This study employed a…

The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate the efficiency of E-learning on Career Development and Career Planning undergraduate from Yunnan, China, 2) compare students' achievements before and after learning through earning on Career Development and Career Planning from Yunnan, China, and 3) examine students' satisfaction with of using…

Background: In the wake of the initial COVID-19 impact, behavioral issues in U.S. schools have been on the rise (Gewertz, 2023). Identifying evidence-based interventions (EBIs) is critical to ensuring that students receive effective support for these growing concerns. However, traditional methods for evaluating intervention effectiveness remain a…

Adolescent romantic relationships are often characterized as exploratory and fleeting; however, they have lasting impacts on individual well-being and relationship quality during and beyond adolescence, shaping future relationship expectations and quality (Collins, 2003; Madsen & Collins, 2011). Adolescent relationship education is an…

This study investigates the impact of dynamic glossing techniques on vocabulary acquisition among novice (A2) English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. Specifically, the effectiveness of two forms of glossing i.e., Dynamic Textual Glossing (DTG) and Dynamic Auditory Glossing (DAG) in enhancing vocabulary learning are compared. The…