Objective: University students are highly sedentary, increasing their risk of poor health outcomes. This study aimed to co-design and pilot a behavioural gain-framed nudge-based intervention to reduce university students' sedentary behaviour by breaking up long periods of sitting every 30 minutes. Methods: Experienced-based co-design was used to…

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP) has gained global significance at all levels of teaching and learning. Most of the studies on CRP are concentrated on higher levels of education. This study investigates the perceptions of high school teachers on the significant role of culturally responsive pedagogy in teaching English and employs the…

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the Directed Listening-Thinking Activity (DLTA) strategy on improving listening comprehension skills among fifth-grade female students in Jordan. Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental design. To achieve its objectives, a 30-item listening comprehension test was constructed. The…

Introduction: Substance-use related emergencies are a serious public health concern that affects the lives of first responders and the community members they serve. In 2020, the Center for Behavioral Emergency and Addiction Research initiated an online substance use and mental health training program for first responders, adding courses over time.…

Coping Power (CP) is an empirically supported school-based intervention for children at risk for aggression. A child's social status with peers and the extent to which they accurately perceive it are important aspects of preadolescent social development that may influence how intervention format affects disruptive behavior outcomes. Further,…

This chapter seeks to clarify the contextual factors and challenges inherent in quality assurance practices at two prominent national universities in Vietnam. It further provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of quality assurance within these institutions. This chapter is organized into three primary sections. The initial part…

The aim of this research is to evaluate the OpenZeka Mini Autonomous Race Car (MARC), Turkey's first autonomous vehicle competition, within the scope of the education program. The study employed the case study technique, adopting "Responsive" and "Analytical" Program Evaluation Models as the research framework. Initially,…

This study explores science teachers' perspectives on STEAM education. The participants were sixteen teachers enrolled in a master's program in Science Education at a public university. A purposive sampling technique was used to select these 16 science teachers as participants. Data were collected using eight open-ended structured interview forms.…

Mental health promotion interventions have some evidence of improving well-being outcomes among children in humanitarian settings. Yet, are they sufficient to ensure health equity, particularly in contexts of structural oppression and protracted displacement? We describe "Qaderoon" (We Are Capable), a year-long social skills building…

Physical activity is well-known to have a plethora of positive physiological, psychological, and sociological benefits. However, many college students do not meet the physical activity guidelines for Americans. In addition, depression and anxiety rates among college students have continued to rise. The purpose of this study was to examine the…

Background: With constrained funding and increasing demand, the pressures on health and care services globally continue to grow. Given the challenges faced, it is imperative that services and interventions demonstrate cost-effectiveness, as well as patient/service-user and societal benefits, to maximize impact. Research has started to explore the…

MKE Roots: The Democratizing Local History Project is a U.S. Department of Education-funded educational outreach project of Marquette University's Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach. MKE Roots offers a pedagogical ecosystem for teaching a critical, place-based history of Milwaukee's communities--with particular attention to…

As higher education institutions increasingly globalize, international student inclusion in First-Year Experience (FYE) programs remains fragmented and marginal. While many universities offer separate orientations or supplemental support, these efforts often reflect a deficit-based model that treats internationalization as an add-on rather than a…

Social interactions among classroom peers, represented as social learning networks (SLNs), play a crucial role in enhancing learning outcomes. While SLN analysis has recently garnered attention, most existing approaches rely on centralized training, where data is aggregated and processed on a local/cloud server with direct access to raw data.…

School systems have been identified as a likely and necessary environment for students to receive and seek out mental health (MH) services. School psychologists are trained in MH, but due to legal obligations and other duties (i.e., special education evaluations), they are often not able to be a part of service delivery. The purpose of this study…