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Ana Cebollero-Salinas; Santos Orejudo Hernández; Jacobo Cano Escoriaza – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2025
The socialisation of adolescent boys and girls takes place primarily online in virtual environments, where cyberbullying is one of the greatest current social dangers faced by that age group. Socio-emotional e-competencies (i.e., competencies that apply specifically to online environments) are a protective factor against cyberaggression and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying
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Marisol Cueli; José Carlos Núñez; Trinidad García; Amanda Abín; Celestino Rodríguez – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Students' self-beliefs about mathematics, such as mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety, can interact with each other in the explanation of mathematics achievement. The present study aimed to identify mathematics self-belief profiles (derived from combinations of mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics anxiety) and their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Beliefs, Profiles, Self Efficacy
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Caño, Lidia; Ormazabal, Unai – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Understanding natural selection requires mentally linking various key concepts and processes. Many students find it difficult to construct scientific explanations about natural selection and might display misconceptions. Our study aimed to investigate the understanding of natural selection and the existence of teleological or other misconceptions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Evolution
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Francisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo; Cristina A. Huertas-Abril – Open Learning, 2025
21st-century EFL teachers are assumed to be properly trained to help develop future generations' language proficiency and digital literacy. Moreover, with the impact that the current pandemic has had on education, technology seems to be the only possible way to guarantee the continuity of teaching and learning. Considering that English is the most…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Sergio Diloy-Peña; Ángel Abós; Javier Sevil-Serrano; Javier García-Cazorla; Luis García-González – European Physical Education Review, 2024
Grounded in self-determination theory, an integrative and fine-grained circumplex model, based on teachers' autonomy support, structure, control, and chaos, has been proposed. The present study aimed to examine possible differences in students' perceptions of physical education (PE) teachers' motivating and demotivating styles and the eight…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Styles, Gender Differences
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Caruso, Marcelo – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
Age-classes are a salient feature of modern schooling. Yet how did age-grouping come to prevail in entire school systems? And how was this form of grouping related to educational and pedagogic discussions at the time of its emergence? The article addresses these issues by looking at the historical context within which age classes came to a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, School Administration, Classification
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Alegre, Francisco; Moliner, Lidon; Lorenzo-Valentin, Gil; Maroto, Ana – South African Journal of Education, 2021
The academic effects of learning statistics and probability through peer tutoring were analysed in the research reported on here. Two hundred and eight students enrolled in Grades 7, 8 and 9 participated. Fixed- and same-age peer tutoring was implemented 3 times per week for 6 weeks. Each tutoring session lasted approximately 25 minutes. The main…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Marín-Díaz, Verónica; Sampedro-Requena, Begoña E. – Digital Education Review, 2021
Social educators, due to their professions, encompass two spheres of action. These professionals are not common subjects in research studies, and even less if the research addresses their use or abuse of technology. The following article seeks to determine the relationship of these professionals with the Internet, from the perspective of their…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences
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Garmen, Pablo; Rodríguez, Celestino; García-Redondo, Patricia; San-Pedro-Veledo, Juan-Carlos – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2019
Howard Gardner revolutionized the concept of intelligence with his Multiple Intelligences Theory. His vision was widely supported by the educational community, which considers different forms of learning and accessing knowledge. Despite its impact, there is still a lack of development of tools that can easily, practically and reliably evaluate…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Computer Software, Video Games, Intervention
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Villar Varela, Milena; Méndez-Lois, María José; Barreiro Fernández, Felicidad – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: Smart devices are here to stay, and in adolescence they have become the means of socialization par excellence, the fundamental instrument for communicating and relating to the world. While it is true that these types of devices offer innumerable advantages, improper use involves risks and dangers. One of these dangers is the…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Gender Bias, Violence
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Mojarro Aliaño, Ángel; Duarte Hueros, Ana María; Guzmán Franco, María Dolores; Aguaded, Ignacio – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the factors that significantly influence the acceptance and intent to use smartphones and tablets as resources for learning in university contexts, as well as the relationships established between them. For their analysis, we followed a contextualized model of evaluation starting with the methodological…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Oxbrow, Gina – Language Learning Journal, 2020
The current article presents the outcomes of a preliminary quantitative study into stakeholder perspectives of the effects of CLIL on linguistic and intercultural competence development in the Canary Islands, Spain. The investigation has employed data triangulation (students, parents, and teachers, and, within the latter, non-linguistic area and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Monolingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Bautista-Mesa, Rafael; Molina Sánchez, Horacio; Ramírez Sobrino, Jesús Nicolás – Accounting Education, 2018
This paper describes an audit workplace simulation and investigates its effects on students' perceptions of competences, required as important in the auditing industry. Within the competence-based teaching framework, this training activity involves cooperative learning as it combines first-undergraduate and senior students within one team. First,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Audits (Verification), Undergraduate Students, Competence
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Núñez, José Carlos; Suárez, Natalia; Rosário, Pedro; Vallejo, Guillermo; Cerezo, Rebeca; Valle, António – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors intended to (a) identify the association between gender or grade level and teachers' homework (HW) feedback and (b) examine the relationship between teachers' HW feedback, HW-related behaviors (e.g., amount of HW completed), and academic achievement. Four hundred fifty-four students (Grades 5-12) participated in this study. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homework, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences
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Dalton, Benjamin – Comparative Education Review, 2012
This article examines how international differences in age-grade distributions and grade effects contribute to science scores among 27 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. As shown in the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment, countries vary substantially in the grade distribution of 15-year-olds. The costs…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing