As online education grows rapidly in social work, there are growing concerns about teaching critical-thinking skills in online environments. This retrospective case study shares experience of an online course that employed a strength-based instructional method to enhance critical-thinking skills among undergraduate social-work students. Twenty-two…

Future students are confronted with a complex world that demands the ability to solve problems in unstructured, undefined, and unfamiliar situations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the development of problem-solving skills through the implementation of Problem-Based Learning (PBL). While previous research has primarily focused on…

Background: Static and dynamic balance skills can be related to the activities of daily living (ADL) in children with non-syndromic intellectual disabilities, and the type of balance skills affecting ADL can differ depending on the domain of ADL (self-care, mobility, and social function). Methods: The ADL capabilities of 66 children with…

Background: Core lexicon (CL) analysis is a time efficient and possibly reliable measure that captures discourse production abilities. For people with aphasia, CL scores have demonstrated correlations with aphasia severity, as well as other discourse and linguistic measures. It was also found to be clinician-friendly and clinically sensitive…

Previous research on student thinking about experimental measurement and uncertainty has primarily focused on students' procedural reasoning: Given some data, what should students calculate or do next? This approach, however, cannot tell us what beliefs or conceptual understanding leads to students' procedural decisions. To explore this…

There are several considerations to address when conducting functional communication training for challenging behavior in a school setting, such as the need for schedule thinning and maintenance across staff and the need to establish a variety of appropriate classroom skills. There are several strategies for conducting schedule thinning following…

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 3 and 4 English Language…

The purpose of this qualitative study is to enhance understanding of how work-based learning can improve the soft skills of students at a technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institution in Jamaica. The drive for this research stemmed from the need to address the gap between academic preparation and workplace expectations to…

Universities tend to focus on the hard skills required within disciplines, with a general lack of focus on the teaching of soft skills, specifically in the hard sciences, while a graduate with good attributes ought to have both. There is an uncertainty over whose responsibility it is to teach soft skills between industry and universities, with the…

Despite the fact that many learners are attracted to the humanities and liberal arts, community college students--particularly those from low-income backgrounds--are often advised to avoid those subjects in favor of STEM-related courses like information technology, health care, and engineering. The reason is clear: unless students have had…

The output of vocational school (VS) still has lower competence in English communication for industrial working. It made Industry owners reject out of VS graduates to work on their companies. This research presents the result of implementing the English Curriculum Based on Industry Needs (ECBIN) in vocational schools. Following Nargers Rasidi…

In connection with the policy of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK), there is a need to solve in the near future the problems of the lack of scientific justification of a special methodology for the formation of communication skills of primary school students by learning English. The purpose of this study was to study the formation of…

In parallel with the developing technology and knowledge, it has become very important for individuals to use various skills effectively. In Turkey, some life skills expected to be acquired by students are included in the 2018 Science Course Teaching Program. It is thought that determining included life skills and their levels in the acquisitions…

To enable students majoring in translation at the College of Languages and Translation to read, identify the lexical and syntactic features of legal documents and hence comprehend their content, this article proposes an instructional module for teaching English for Legal Purposes (ELP). The module should be based on the assessment of the students'…

Computational thinking is a necessary skill for the 21st century. While previously examined in computer-rich settings, researchers are increasingly studying computational thinking in unplugged environments such as board games. Focusing on the African board game "Songo," this study shows that computational thinking practices are embedded…