This study was to asses pre-service teachers' perception of thinking, acting and living (TAL) from 21st century skills. The participants who have filled out this questionnaire were 321 pre-service teachers, consisting of 38 men and 283 women from a population of 403 pre-service teachers of mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry. The goodness…

The skill of spatial learning and orientation is fundamental in humans and differs widely among individuals. Despite its importance, however, the malleability of this skill through practice has scarcely been studied empirically, in contrast to psychometric spatial ability. Thus, this article examines the possibility of improving the accuracy of…

This study investigated factors that are associated with the creative motor skills of young children. We recruited through random sampling 233 typically developing children attending preschool or kindergarten in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. We administered a "General Information Form" to gather the children's demographic characteristics and…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the scientific literacy levels among the government secondary school science students of district Lahore. Proportionate stratified random sampling and purposive sampling were used for selection of 16 government secondary schools comprised of seven boys' and nine girls' schools of district…

Annually, approximately 27% of early childhood care and education professionals turnover, or leave their positions or the field, which may negatively impact quality in two ways. First, continuity is disrupted when teachers leave, severing important relationship bonds among teachers, children, and families. Second, professionals who are considering…

Respecting individual differences among students and meeting their unique needs may be one of the greatest challenges faced by teachers. When having a heterogeneous group of students, teachers need to consider a variety of instructional methods. The literature details a large number of teaching strategies supported by research findings, and the…

Failure to learn and generalize abstract relational rules has critical implications for education. In this study, we aimed to determine which training conditions facilitate relational transfer in a relatively simple (patterning) discrimination versus a relatively complex (biconditional) discrimination. The amount of training participants received…

Metacognition, the ability to think about and regulate one's thinking, is an important factor in effective student learning. One intervention to promote student metacognition is the exam wrapper--a reflection students complete after an exam noting how their performance related to their preparation. Results are mixed on the effect of the exam…

Given that paid internships often lead to higher paying positions postgraduation and that women continue to earn less than men for the same position despite their level of education (Women's Bureau, 2017), the authors were interested to understand whether women and other underserved groups were more or less likely to participate in paid or unpaid…

The aim of the study is to examine the anxiety and psychological well-being levels of the students of the sports sciences. The study is in relational screening model. 210 university students participated in the study with simple random sampling method. Collection of data; Anxiety assessment scale and psychological well-being scale were used.…

The aim of this research is to examine the social skills of visual arts teacher candidates according to their personality traits in terms of different variables. In the research, relational screening method was used in the descriptive survey model, which is a sub-pattern of quantitative research methods. The study group consists of 193 students…

Internet-based self-assessments (ISAs) are tools used to support finding the right educational fit for higher education (HE) students. ISAs typically consist of a questionnaire followed by a feedback report about the results. It is unknown how the characteristics of the feedback report itself affect individuals' acceptance and motivation to follow…

A successful start to school correlates with positive later educational outcomes, both social and academic. Transitioning experience differs according to social context and this study was conducted in the UAE. Expatriate teachers, UAE national parents and expatriate parents were asked to complete a questionnaire of 20 child behaviours indicating…

Relying on data collected from a college social fraternity (n = 2,678) represented at 76 institutions, the study utilized hierarchical linear modeling to explore if collective fraternity chapter traditional masculine norm climates predict significant portions of the variance of members' endorsement of social dominance hazing. The findings indicate…

Exposure to 'fake news' can result in false memories, with possible consequences for downstream behaviour. Given the sharp rise in online misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to understand the factors that influence the development of false memories. The present study measured susceptibility to false memories following…