In consideration of the international landscape relating to pathways to higher education and college admissions systems, an increased focus has been placed on college readiness within the discourse pertaining to this area in recent years. Academic success in secondary school is critical for college readiness and progression to higher education,…

Most core process control courses teach skills little used in industrial practice. In contrast, learning how process objectives translate to control objectives in the form of continuous feedback controls, continuous and discrete logic, and sequential logic for batch operations is more relevant to practicing chemical engineers. These design and…

Objective: This study aims to assess the role of continuous EEG (cEEG) background patterns and duration of cross-clamp time and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing cardiac surgery and its correlation with abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12-24 months on Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler…

This paper reports on our study of the effectiveness of the course instruction in the numeracy course 'Numbers for Life', offered at McMaster University, Canada, and taught by one of the co-authors. In this course students explore the ways to reason with numbers in a variety of contexts important not only for their individual lives and their…

Background/purpose: Internships are widely adopted as a mechanism to enhance graduate employability, yet their role in shaping student readiness, soft skill development, and digital literacy remains underexamined in Indonesia. Materials/methods: A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining a survey (n=100) of undergraduate students and…

The purpose of the current study is to design, implement and evaluate a pedagogical model for skill training integrated with entrepreneurship for sustainability. In this regard, the nature of sustainability, entrepreneurship and integrated skill training, as well as the models of sustainability and entrepreneurship training developed in the…

Transdisciplinary research is increasingly important for solving complex societal problems. Institutions aim to train graduate students to engage in transdisciplinary research. However, limited evidence exists regarding the process by which students learn transdisciplinary thinking. This qualitative study explored graduate students' pathways of…

This research aimed (1) to evaluate a project-based learning model for enhancing computational science teaching skills of master teachers in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, and (2) to assess the validity of a structured interview form designed to evaluate these teachers' computational science teaching skills. The target group consisted of five…

Although some studies have incorporated poetry into engineering courses, no studies exist that explore the use of writing poetry about technical topics to develop creative thinking skills in undergraduate engineering education. This study explores engineering students' perceptions of incorporating poetry writing within an upper-level…

This article explores how responses to a generic skills framework are materialised in Irish schools, and the main aim is to shed light on multiple dimensions of policy enactment. The Key Skills Framework (KSF) was introduced as part of a curricular reform in Irish lower secondary schools -- a reform that has met substantial resistance locally and…

How we should teach mathematics has long been debated by advocates of different instructional approaches. These debates can lead to tensions that are difficult to navigate for those who are new to (or even veterans of) the profession. Educators often propose a "balance" of different approaches as a solution. Charles Munter considers…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a packaged workplace social skills intervention comprised of behavior skills training, video modeling, and task analyses on the percentage of workplace social skills steps accurately demonstrated during a role-play for transition-age individuals with autism without intellectual disability. Results…

This research article aims to identify students' Behaviours in productive English skills. Descriptive method was applied to have its data obtained from subjects of the research. They were 23 students of English Teacher Training Program at Tadulako University, Palu. Their behaviours have to be appropriate with their interests. The interests should…

Reading comprehension is an extremely important skill that students need to be effective learners; however, a significant percentage of students are reading below grade level on a nationwide scale (National Assessment for Educational Progress, 2019; National Institute of Health as cited by Learning Disabilities Association of America, 2022). In…

National Foundation for Educational Research is leading a five-year research programme, The Skills Imperative 2035. The project is funded by the Nuffield Foundation and is designed to identify what the labour market will look like by 2035, what 'Essential Employment Skills' (EES) will be most needed to do these jobs and who is most and least…