Purpose: Recently, digital competence has become one of the most important work competencies of employees. This study investigated students' digital competence in the context of Chinese higher education and examined digital competence's relationship with students' career adaptability. Design/methodology/approach: The participants were 298 Chinese…

In order to stay up-to-date in the nursing field, nurses must pursue continuous education. This study examined nurses' motivations to take part in continuing education activities by conducting a survey amongst a sample of nurses employed in two hospitals in south-east Morocco. The survey was carried out using a two-part self-administered…

This study aimed to examine the social skills of children with educable intellectual disabilities through behavioural analysis. The participant group of the study consisted of 11 students with a mild level of intellectual disability (ID). The students participated in adapted educational game practices 2 days a week for 10 weeks. The Social Skills…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the relationship between social skills and dramatic arts. In an effort to explore and eventually eradicate the negative problems plaguing today's generation, this study sought to question youth who may have grappled with social and communicative problems during their matriculation in…

The overarching goal of this quantitative study was to explore new and veteran teachers' perceptions of the importance principals place on leadership behaviors informed by Green's (2010) 13 core competencies. Green's (2010) Leadership Behavior Inventory?was utilized and consisted of 39 questions measuring the importance leaders place on behaviors…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore teacher-coaches' awareness and utilizations of educational learning theories within the conscious competence model of learning. Method: This study was framed with a qualitative constructivist exploratory case study design and used semi-structured interviews and member reflections to ask nine…

This study investigated Nigerian science teachers' perceptions regarding their level of digital competency. A 22-item questionnaire based on the Digital Competence of Educators Framework was administered to 102 science teachers from an education district in Lagos, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyse the data. It was discovered…

Autistic children's social skills do not always align with those of their neurotypical peers and research suggests that this can negatively impact quality of life. This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of extended reality (XR) interventions in helping autistic children to enhance their social skills. Five electronic databases were…

Despite explanations in the literature, a returning question in the use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is how to distinguish them from competencies and skills. In this article, we attempt to analyze the causes of the frequent confusion and conflation of EPAs with competencies and skills, and argue why the distinction is important…

Even though an instructional designer may not have formal authority or direct reports, to be successful, they need leadership skills. Although the literature calls for instructional designers to possess several critical leadership skills, it does not consistently present the same important skills and often defines them very broadly. Further,…

This study identified the competency requirement for artificial intelligence in finite element analysis. The 10 Delphi group members included 5 field engineers in mechanical fields and 5 scholars from a technology institute. Next, 10 field experts were invited to participate. Using the Delphi technique and analytic hierarchy process,…

Public health agencies are increasingly concerned with ensuring that they are maximizing limited resources by delivering effective programs to enhance population-level health outcomes. Preventing mis-implementation (ending effective activities prematurely or continuing ineffective ones) is necessary to sustain public health efforts and resources…

This dissertation presents behavioral studies that target the early syntactic representations of "wh"-movement during infancy and early childhood. Previous studies show that by 20 months-old, infants represent "wh"-movement and use this knowledge to respond to "wh"-questions during language comprehension tasks…

This dissertation is a qualitative study investigating changes in compensatory strategies over time. More specifically, this study analyzed post hoc data spanning the course of 10 years. To address such a complex phenomenon as compensatory strategies, it was necessary to choose appropriate methodologies in driving the data analysis. These methods,…

This exploratory case study analyzes Colombian university students' experiences as English users during international mobility. Data collected through surveys and interviews were examined based on content analysis and principles of grounded theory. The students' self-perceived English proficiency and communicative performance before and during…