Youth experience many benefits from participating in the 4-H program. It is unclear, however, what role parents play in their child's reenrollment in the program. This study uses data from a multi-year multi-state study of youth retention in 4-H to examine the effects of parental expectations and experience on their intent to reenroll their child…

Following a transgression, forgiveness can restore power imbalances and repair damaged bonds, helping maintain important relationships. Yet, we know little about which kinds of responses to transgression best foster forgiveness. Across two studies, with 5- to 9-year-olds in the United States (N = 302; 159 female, 64.2% White, tested in 2022 and…

Expectations are beliefs that someone should or will achieve something. Expectations influence performance--positive expectations improve outcomes, whereas negative expectations worsen them. This interaction is well known in the context of education and academic performance; however, we do not know how teacher expectations changed during the…

It's not always easy to balance high expectations with the need to make exceptions when students are struggling. The pandemic has made educators and the public more aware of how social-emotional needs can affect students' ability to learn, but students still need to meet some academic standards. Joshua Starr suggests that knowing students…

Humanism is a perspective which centers upon human interests and values. It asks learners what they want to be and how they want to be. Recently there have been dominant traditional and technological perspectives to education and this situation causes some problems because these perspectives service to society's expectations, not learners'…

Scholars have identified many factors that lead to changes in anti-immigrant sentiment. Less is known, however, about the effects of anti-immigrant sentiment on the academic experiences and outcomes of immigrant students. This manuscript examines the relationship between anti-immigrant sentiment and immigrants' expectations to achieve a college…

The aim of the study is to examine the role of childhood experiences and achievement motivation in high school students' hope levels. The quantitative (N = 686, 43.9% females and 56.1% males, aged between 13 and 19; M[subscript age] = 16.02, standard deviation = 1.23) and qualitative data of the study, in which enriched design was used, were…

Deploying systems-theoretical conceptuality, this paper improves understanding of the organisational consequences of the intensified societal engagement of a research university. Aligning its work with Luhmannian organisational analysis, it addresses the dynamic interplay between two modes of administrative decision-making communication, namely,…

Although some literature addresses response in the context of thesis projects, the student perspective remains notably absent from response scholarship. This article brings the students' perspectives into focus by presenting a collaborative account from two thesis students and their advisor. The study explores the advisor-student relationship and…

This cross-cultural study investigates the factors influencing the adoption of open educational resources (OER) and their impact on educational sustainability in Malaysia and Oman. The research extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) model by incorporating four additional constructs: design, perceived…

This study explores student engagements with hybrid writing courses, revealing their experiences and perceptions of a modality that blends in-person and online instruction. Hybrid learning as a format is often overshadowed by its association with fully online instruction. After a number of writing courses on our campus were redesigned for hybrid…

The study investigates students' motivations and expectations regarding participation in extracurricular activities organized by educational institutions. The research was attended by 702 secondary school (61.1%) and high school (38.9%) students from Romania. Quantitative data were collected using a Google Forms and analyzed using the SPSS…

The 21st century looks quite different in reality to the predictions made by science fiction writers. Instead of a world dominated by flying cars and androids, we have found ourselves living in the wake of a global pandemic, experiencing an increasing frequency of natural disasters, battling political turmoil and global refugee crises, all set…

Providing realistic solutions for word problems proves to be challenging. A possible explanation is the influence of individual's expectations and beliefs about word problems. This explanation was tested in the present study in an out-of-school context. Specifically, the study assessed effects of (1) prompting participants to make realistic…

This article studies PhD candidates' "role identity," that is, where candidates position themselves on the spectrum between being a student and an employee, and how this relates to certain background characteristics (the type of contract, discipline and progress). Furthermore, we study how this self-perceived role relates to the…