As a high-impact practice, peer mentoring programs are used in a variety of contexts, with a variety of outcomes for mentees. Peer mentoring programs present a unique experience for mentors to develop leadership skills. However, gaps in the literature expose the need for a greater understanding of peer mentor leadership practice and more…

Prior research on the "Community of Inquiry" (CoI) framework has a limited amount of work which uses structural techniques to confirm the factorial structure of the CoI. The current study investigates the structural relationships among the three elements of the CoI framework (cognitive presence, teaching presence, and social presence),…

Purpose: Evaluating emergency preparedness exercises is crucial for assessing enhanced knowledge, facilitating learning and implementing knowledge in organizations. The cognitive process of motivation for action is a precursor for action, coping behavior and individual learning. This study aims to focus on how guided evaluation of emergency…

International students benefit U.S. higher education institutions in multiple ways including intercultural exposure and additional revenue. However, discrimination, mental health conditions, and negative experiences can have a negative impact on the international student experience. This quantitative study used an asset-based approach, the…

Interdisciplinary learning requires students to integrate knowledge and methods from different disciplines, prompting advanced skills development and knowledge construction by connecting diverse subjects. Artificial Intelligence (AI), with its rich information base and abilities to track learning and provide personalized support, has the potential…

Students' sense of belonging can be significantly improved by college and university efforts to implement programs that enrich their residential experience. This qualitative study focused on student housing and a relationship-based housing model, students' perceptions of their residential experiences, the relationships they formed, and how these…

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese international students (CIS) still comprise the largest international cohort in Australian universities. However, limited research has examined perceptions of CIS' learning approaches in Australian universities from the broader context of the students themselves and their Australian lecturers. This study…

This research aimed to develop a supervision model to promote curriculum administration that emphasized learner competency in schools under the Office of Primary Educational Service Area, using the Research and Development (R&D) methodology. The study consisted of two phases. The first phase investigated the current and desired status and the…

The need for trauma-informed care in early childhood special education settings is well established. Previous research has suggested that training is a primary driver for use of trauma-informed care. However, not all U.S. states require training on trauma-informed care, suggesting that other factors might be influencing early childhood special…

This paper explores how an enskilment approach could be harnessed to guide coach education in Australian football (soccer). To do so, we first overview current coach education practices in Australian football, looking specifically into the foundation of Football Australia's coach education model, rooted in a transmissive metaphor. Then, drawing on…

Knowledge tracing (KT) aims to predict students' future performances based on their former exercises and additional information in educational settings. KT has received significant attention since it facilitates personalized experiences in educational situations. Simultaneously, the autoregressive (AR) modeling on the sequence of former exercises…

Instructional design is a design discipline that bridges science and arts-based practices. It has a long history of borrowing from various fields of design. Experience Design (XD) is a relatively new field that holds relevance for instructional design because, as a multidisciplinary approach, XD focuses on creating meaningful user experiences and…

This study explores the development and evaluation of a chatbot model designed to facilitate learning within a department of a university. The project aims to enhance the learning experience by incorporating customized data into the chatbot's knowledge base, enabling personalized and context-aware interactions. The research investigates the…

Students pursuing a graduate degree in social work online face a challenging academic journey that requires intellectual ability and emotional resiliency (De las Olas Palma-Garcia et al., 2014; Moore et al., 2015; Ratcliff, 2024). The Transactional Model of Stress provides a valuable framework for understanding how students perceive and respond to…

The relationships among teachers' knowledge, use, and perceived effectiveness of inclusive instructional practices for students with emotional disturbance (ED) has implications for the provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE). We unpacked these nuanced relationships through mediation analysis. Data for our study came from a broader…