The concept of educational opportunity is ubiquitous yet ambiguous; it is frequently discussed within the education world, yet there is no commonly shared understanding of what it means or how to measure it. To address this void, we conducted an integrative review of the literature on school inputs and student outcomes from 2010 to 2019. A total…

This article reports an interview study focused on teacher beliefs about war, peace, and education. We use a conceptual framework that calls attention to the social and psychological factors that contribute to the meanings of war and peace. Data are presented in three composite cases to convey the range of beliefs and perspectives expressed by our…

Little attention has been given to principles of Buddhist moral conduct in the West. There are ten virtuous actions of Buddhist moral conduct, called the Ten Virtuous Deeds of the Bodhisattvas. Drawing from the works of contemporary women thinkers and artists, this article considers how the beauty of human nature and spirituality can be cultivated…

Effective listening is essential when teachers facilitate instructional classroom discussions. While the intersection between teacher listening and how students engage in discussions has received a wealth of research attention from other fields, this important phenomenon continues to be underresearched in the gifted and literacy education fields.…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the scholarly productivity of Black Ph.D. students is affected by institutional type, psychological well-being, and social support. Results from this study showed that none of those factors alone were significant predictors of any of the scholarly productivity outcomes. However, together the three…

To meet emerging needs of the mentoring field and inform funders and policymakers about how to strengthen the mentoring movement, MENTOR has developed a Research Agenda outlining four key areas for future mentoring research. Many researchers, practitioners, and thought-leaders collaborated on this agenda, providing expertise and insight into ways…

At the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic, our interdisciplinary team hypothesized that a mathematical misconception--whole number bias (WNB)--contributed to beliefs that COVID-19 was less fatal than the flu. We created a brief online educational intervention for adults, leveraging evidence-based cognitive science…

This qualitative case study of six principals and their district-level supervisors examines how principals' self-efficacy is influenced by the feedback they receive from their supervisor, as well as the ways the experience and influence of this feedback varies by the principals' gender. The messages conveyed to principals about entering formal…

An increasing number of international students are choosing to study abroad in the United States, the experiences of cross-cultural learning have become a crucial factor that both students and educators must take into consideration. During the period of intercultural education, Chinese high school international students are inevitably exposed to…

The purpose of this study is to examine allostatic load and John Henryism within post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning environments through identified cumulative traumatic stress. The physiological impact of prolonged stressors has deleterious health effects on historically minoritized students. The…

The purpose of this study is to compare emotional intelligence levels of students studying in 2017-2018 summer school of Balikesir University School of Physical Education and Sports with their life satisfaction by some demographic characteristics. This is a descriptive study. The research population is composed of 865 students studying in…

The present study was organized around 2 main objectives: first, to analyze emotional intelligence (EI) both in aggressors and victims of school violence, considering 3 dimensions of EI--emotional attention, emotional clarity, and emotion regulation--and second, to analyze empathy in aggressors and victims of school violence, taking into…

Associations between parent critical attitudes (a component of the Expressed Emotion construct) and behavior problems have been relatively well established in adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder, but use of systems adapted for children with autism spectrum disorder and additional investigations with younger samples are…

The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of the solitude as an inherent feeling in the management practice; a sentiment that has not been paid enough attention in studies of school leadership. To perform this analysis, it is necessary to understand the school management as an "action" and not just as a function. From this initial…

The assumption behind the use of peer feedback in disciplinary courses in teachers' colleges is that it can help pre-service teachers to learn, to develop reflective skills, and to train professional skills pertaining to assessment situations or to peer collaboration. In fact, as the authors show in a review of the literature on the topic, there…