The purpose of this descriptive quantitative research study was to determine the educational backgrounds and prior professional experiences and memberships of learning specialists in Division I (D-I) college athletics, as well as their self-reported preparedness levels. A secondary purpose was to determine if significant differences exist in these…

Back-of-the-envelope (BOTE) calculations require the use of estimations and approximations. They are used by expert physicists to simplify complex problems to obtain quick and approximate solutions. Though BOTE calculations are routine for experts in physics, they are not well defined in academic literature. In this study we interviewed 9…

This study employs an expert-novice research design to examine how five Latter-day Saint scholars and five Latter-day Saint youths read Scripture. Qualitative analyses of semi-structured interviews and verbal protocols point to six practices participants used: theorizing scriptural possibilities, connecting to Scripture, applying Scripture,…

Purpose: This paper seeks to better understand the dynamics of farmers' innovating processes by focusing on their sources of advice at various stages of their innovation process, specifically within the weak and fragmented Greek Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS). Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a mixed-method…

This study aims to (1) produce an instrument for measuring college student entrepreneurial skills; (2) describe the quality of the measurement instrument for college students' entrepreneurial skills; (3) describe the practicality of the measurement instrument for college students' entrepreneurial skills. The method used in this study is the…

What are the ways in which library-provided bibliometric services add value to the research enterprise? Tasked with developing a program to assess and improve research impact services at Indiana University Bloomington, the open scholarship librarian launched a research impact offering in fall 2019, with positive results. Research impact services…

This study investigates the potential importance of the English skills element in the context of the Indonesian IT specialist workforce. Given the apparent incongruity of Indonesian IT specialists' lack of English skills and the current rapid growth in the IT sector and the number of digital start-ups in Indonesia, a question emerges: 'Are English…

Developing a virtual learning environment model to fortify life skills for teenagers in Thailand entails an application between information technology and communication for managing an instruction in life skills and expanding the opportunities of Thai teenagers to have access to the skills contents. The objectives of research were to develop the…

In post-conflict societies marked by strong negative stereotypes or delicate and sometimes unstable political contexts, teaching both knowledge and understanding of conflicting historical narratives has become a matter of educational urgency. Conversely, a framework for effective teacher training that prepares teachers to activate and facilitate…

Just as our society is polarized, higher education is no less divided as to its mission and purpose, whether it should be preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens, whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote intellectual curiosity and independent thinking, and whether it should pursue a neoliberal agenda or…

The authors aim to build awareness of questioning strategies and techniques in specialized literacy professionals (SLPs), specifically those in a literacy coach role. Whereas questioning is a technique that may promote reflective thinking in teachers, the authors note, providing examples and solving problems for teachers may come more naturally to…

This paper suggests implications for researchable questions about mathematics teacher development. We ask the following: what is necessary for research that includes mathematics specialists or other hidden school-based roles within a project beyond classroom teachers and students? Mathematics specialists (e.g. mathematics coaches, mathematics…

With a brief half-second presentation, a medical expert can determine at above chance levels whether a medical scan she sees is abnormal based on a first impression arising from an initial global image process, termed "gist." The nature of gist processing is debated but this debate stems from results in medical experts who have years of…

In Aotearoa New Zealand, there has been a significant increase in the numbers of infants and toddlers participating in 'out-of-home' care and education settings. While initial teacher education programmes include references to this age group, due to competing priorities in the programmes, space to include the depth of knowledge required is scarce.…

In times of crises, educational developers (EDs) work to ameliorate the teaching- and learning-related impacts caused by campus-wide disruptions such as health-related emergencies, mass shootings, and environmental disasters. These incidents may impact the personal-psychological factors and processes of EDs that, in turn, influence their…