As Japan faces changing demographics and declining university enrollments, there are renewed calls to internationalize universities to attract international students and equip graduates for a more globalized society. While previous research has explored internationalization efforts and multiculturalism on university campuses, little is known about…

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of artificial intelligencesupported teaching practices on students' attitudes and course outcomes in the visual arts course at the 6th grade level of secondary school. The research was conducted in a private middle school in Mersin province, Turkey, in the second semester of the 2023-2024…

This research explores the effectiveness of Conversation Analysis (CA) transcription symbols in teaching English stress and intonation, as well as students' attitudes toward their role in understanding prosody. A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 43 undergraduates enrolled in an English conversation class. Participants were divided into…

The integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in education has introduced innovative approaches to assessment. One such approach is AI chatbot-based assessment, which utilizes large language models to provide students with timely and consistent feedback. However, the effectiveness of AI chatbots in generating assessments comparable…

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effects of multimodal language rehabilitation on second language acquisition and recovery in bilingual aphasic patients. Methods: The data of 78 bilingual aphasic patients who underwent language rehabilitation at the language rehabilitation team consisting of students and experts in this field…

This study examines the role of university presidents in addressing the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. University presidents have historically been influential figures in societal discourse, and their roles have evolved to include addressing national and global issues. A qualitative analysis examined statements from leaders across 98…

The aim of the article is to posit the question whether, or under what conditions 'instrumentalism' can be seen as a viable target of the philosophical critique of education. Firstly, I will briefly review and compare three critical conceptions in modern philosophy that interpreted Western civilization as a form of instrumentalism, yet, at the…

Reduction in the expression or function of [alpha]5-subunit-containing GABA[subscript A] receptors ([alpha]5GABA[subscript A]Rs) leads to improvement in several hippocampus-dependent memory domains. However, studies thus far mostly lack anatomical specificity in terms of neuronal circuits and populations. We demonstrate that mice with a selective…

When given the opportunity, liars will embed their lies into otherwise truthful statements. In what way this embedding affects the quality of lies, however, remains largely unknown. This study investigated whether lies that are embedded into truthful stories are richer in detail and contain higher quality details compared to lies that are part of…

A wide spectrum of rigor exists in systematic literature review methods. This article argues review methods should include both a preliminary discussion justifying where and a secondary protocol explaining how a literature search is conducted. Journal title overlap analysis is one way to justify where a literature search is conducted. A new…

This article explores the German discourse of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) as it has emerged and changed over time. The conceptual elements of the triad of care, child raising and education ("Betreuung," "Erziehung" und "Bildung") are described and illustrated by salient points in the development of…

Purpose: This clinical focus article describes considerations for recommending assistive hearing technology to infants and young children who have mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss. These conditions present special challenges compared to bilateral permanent hearing losses that are moderate to profound in their degree in that the…

In this research, quotient strategies and their influence on decision-making in situations that involve the comparison of probabilities are analyzed. In order to achieve this, classical probability situations modeled with urns were designed. In each situation, two urns with simple extraction, involving or not proportional relationships, were…

This interactive resource provides a comprehensive summary of the various entities that make up postsecondary governance ecosystems in each state and the District of Columbia. It also: (1) Focuses on and provides in-depth information about statewide coordinating boards/agencies and governing boards. If statewide boards do not exist, then…

This study presents a synthesis of the empirical research on identity across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) published between 2000-2018. The research canvassed in this study encompasses a range of contexts and ages. A total of 202 articles were examined in order to determine how identity was emphasized and operationalized…