In face processing, an own-age recognition advantage has frequently been reported whereby observers are better at recognizing faces of their own compared to other age groups. We wanted to know whether own-age effects exist in voice recognition. Two listener groups, younger adults (n = 42, 19-35 years, 21 males) and older adults (n = 32,…

Background: Engineering students will be responsible for building new technologies that either mitigate or exacerbate future sustainability problems. Engineering educators are thus tasked with educating engineering students on the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that will make them change makers of the future. Purpose: The purpose of this…

The evolving landscape of higher education requires a better understanding of students' cognitive strengths, especially in complex disciplines such as Economics where multiple approaches to problem solving are essential. This study explored students' multiple intelligences (MI) approach to learning Economics and examined gender differences in the…

This study explores the challenges faced by parenting doctoral students, focusing on their research collaboration experiences, collaborative competency, and barriers to develop collaborative competency in comparison to their non-parenting counterparts. The research employs data collected through an online survey of doctoral students at a leading…

For college students, selecting a major is a requirement that must be fulfilled to ensure proper and timely graduation. In many cases, students rethink the original decision made and consider a different major of study. The factors impacting students' decisions are well-documented throughout the literature. What are these factors and how do…

The study investigates secondary school teachers in Osun State, Nigeria, regarding their sustainable pedagogical orientations. The study also examines primary sustainable pedagogical methods used by teachers while also analyzing their difficulties with sustainable teaching implementation. It also examines if gender creates any substantial…

Purpose: This study investigated university lecturers' attitudes, readiness and anxiety toward e-learning in response to the widespread transition to online education prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the interrelationships between these variables using a sample drawn from Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of 168…

Background/purpose: The study examined the relationship between mattering to others and self-compassion among a sample of students of basic education in Kuwait. Materials/ Methods: For data collection, a Mattering to Others Scale and a Self-Compassion Scale were employed. They were applied to a sample of 1200 male and female students selected…

Bullying is a problematic behavior that jeopardizes students' well-being. Fortunately, social support seems to play a protective role against bullying involvement. Furthermore, school belonging seems to mediate the associations between social support and bullying involvement. However, little is known about the specific role that school belonging…

Spontaneous judgment and decision-making (JDM) are common behaviors that remain ambiguous to be utilized in architecture design studios. A decision-maker (DM) response varies due to individual differences in an architectural design (AD) environment that keeps changing from abstract ideas to concrete design details along the process. The study aims…

When students experience unfairness and normlessness in their academic environment, it exemplifies the concept of social anomie. where students may justify dishonest actions such as exam cheating, plagiarism, and others. Academic honesty, a crucial moral characteristic, fundamentally relies on values, rules, and social norms. Against this…

Background/purpose: This study aimed to know the degree of scientific research contribution in achieving sustainable development from the faculty members' perspectives in Jordanian universities. The study sample consisted of 458 faculty members from Jordanian universities who were selected using the convenience sampling method. Material/Method:…

There is a growing number of studies on research ethics in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education at universities while a comprehensive list of variables that may develop or nurture research ethics is lacking. The present study undertook a scoping review of studies on research ethics in STEM education at universities to…

Understanding ourselves within our peer environment is an important component of self-development during adolescence, the period of life between the onset of puberty and adulthood (between ages 10 and 24 years). We used a self-appraisal paradigm to investigate cross-sectionally the relationship between perceived friendship quality and…

This article examines how we as researchers in a constantly changing world can challenge ourselves by 'unlearning' what we know, and perhaps take for granted, about children. What happens, for example, to the notion of the child in a world of transformation? To address these questions, I argue that we need to explore the act of unlearning both…