A sustainability module was developed for a college-level textiles course that included active and participatory learning strategies about home textiles products. Through pedagogical activities it was confirmed that students began the module with a basic understanding of sustainability, a general desire to reduce carbon footprints, and desires for…

Financial Literacy is one of the subject areas taught in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) courses which is not graduation requirement for high school students across Pennsylvania. The problem of practice I addressed is that Greensburg Salem High School (GSHS) students are graduating without the financial literacy knowledge and skills to become…

The engagement and motivation of students in drawing activities are of great importance to their learning processes. The decline in attendance and difficulties stimulating the drawing skills of students make it crucial to develop novel methodologies that can overcome these difficulties. In visual art education research, utilizing game elements…

Despite the importance of scholarship in Human Development and Family Sciences, many students and professors are unenthusiastic about Research Methods and Statistics courses. This article will first, identify issues that deter optimal teaching and learning in the research methods courses and then engage in a reflective discussion of effective…

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to determine the effects of FUN Pamphlet in the academic performance of G12 TVL-HE students as a tool to mitigate academic procrastination. Design/Method/Approach: It is a quantitative in nature and employing quasi-experimental type of research. The gathered data was analyzed and interpreted using tables…

This study investigated the effects of instructional and administrative text messages on student academic achievement and sense of learning. Ninety-eight Food, Nutrition, and Wellness students in grades 9th through 12th were involved in this study. In this quasi-experimental study, there was an experimental group and a comparison group. Students…

This article integrated inquiry behaviors and a guided learning map (gMap) into a mobile app called Ubiquitous-Physics (U-Physics), which helps students to explore inclined plane phenomena in authentic contexts. The article investigated inquiry behaviors such as interpreting graphs, applying formulas, drawing conclusions, and peer collaboration,…

Introduction: "My Cookery" is a children's cookery book that aims to enhance children's joy of cooking and develop their cooking skills. It has been distributed to more than 450,000 children in Denmark. The development of the book was infomed by research into food education approaches that are generally known to enhance student outcomes…

Technology is not currently used in ESP classrooms at the College of Home Economics. Therefore, an attempt was made to use online learning in ESP instruction from home, in addition to traditional classroom instruction. Comparisons of pre- and posttest scores of ten graduate students revealed significant differences in students' achievement.…