Rates of lifetime substance use are staggering among youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) though less is known about whether risk factors and rates vary for different racial groups. We gathered survey data from 169 YEH to examine whether various distal and proximal stressors are linked with youths' substance use and whether they varied for four…

This study examines gender gaps in ability grouping based on students' appraisals of their math and Spanish language abilities. The role of these ability groupings in predicting students' university studies was also analyzed. 796 secondary students participated (mean age=16 years, S.D=0.81). The self-criterion residual method resulted in three…

Purpose: The field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) has increased its efforts to recruit more students, particularly students with historically marginalized backgrounds, into our professions. Recommendations have been provided in the literature for doing this work; however, an underexplored aspect of recruitment in CSD is career…

Graduate student instructors (GSIs) play a critical role in higher education, serving as instructors of record for a substantial portion of courses at research universities. This study evaluates the structure and processes of Duke University Graduate School's Teaching Triangles (TT) program, an interdisciplinary peer observation and feedback…

This study aims to identify the challenges faced by special educational needs (SEN) teachers when communicating with the parents of children with disabilities (CWDs). To achieve its objectives, this research employs a descriptive approach founded on the results of 152 electronic surveys completed by male and female SEN teachers from the Makkah…

Our research aims to evaluate the impact of teachers' behavior on the intention of master students from two generations (Generation Z and Millennials) to participate in volunteering activities. We also aim to assess the factors that influence master students' motivation toward volunteering activities, how intention mediates the relationship…

Children's academic skills, particularly in the early stages of life, are significantly shaped by the support and resources available in their home learning environments. However, the underlying mechanisms by which the home learning environment influences children's academic skills are not fully understood. To address this gap, the present study…

This study explores Chinese EFL university teachers' beliefs regarding the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into language education, drawing on the Expectancy-Value-Cost (EVC) theory. A total of 298 valid responses were collected via an online questionnaire, and Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was employed to identify distinct belief…

A basic question about bilingual development is how the acquisition of one language affects the acquisition of the other. Previous findings are few and mixed. The present study addressed this question with longitudinal data on the dual-language vocabulary growth of 149 US-born children from Spanish-speaking immigrant families, who were followed…

This study explores secondary school teachers' perspectives on gendered differences in student learning within Rwanda, focusing on STEM subjects. Despite the country's strong emphasis on gender equity and equality in education, limited research has been conducted on this issue. The study involved 51 STEM teachers across seven Rwandan districts,…

Most people view language learning as a feminine domain and take it for granted that females have better performance in foreign language learning. Despite researchers' efforts in uncovering the phenomenon of gender stereotypes in language learning, it remains unclear: (1) whether there were differences in language learning stereotypes and their…

The present study examined the well-being and the emotional experience of Chilean university students after participating in an international exchange programme and the association between these factors and the underlying discontents of Chilean society. We sought to determine the extent to which the participants' evaluation of their student…

Studies on the discourse of neoliberalism in English language textbooks (ELT) concur that neoliberalism originated from the west: thus, its values are imported into the rest of the world through the textbooks produced by western global ELT producers. Instead, the current study shows that neoliberalism is not necessarily an entirely foreign concept…

This study examines the relationship between structural and pragmatic language skills, emotion regulation, and social relationships in children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The sample comprised 40 participants (mean age = 9 years; SD = 3.6). Language and social-emotional skills were measured using parent-reported…

Learning disabilities are challenging to characterize because they evolve throughout development, frequently co-occur, and have varying domain specificity. Addressing these challenges, we analyzed longitudinal patterns of growth, co-occurrence, and specificity manifesting in the math and reading skills of children with and without learning…