The study examined the influence of gender variables, as a predictor and moderator of adolescents' civic engagement. The gender variables were operationalized as student's gender, as well as their personal and family gender equality stereotypes and teacher gender tolerance, while civic engagement was operationalized via prosocial behavior,…

Priming incoming and second-year college students with questions about effort prior to completing low-stakes assessments has increased test-taking effort. We extended this research by randomly assigning college seniors to one of three priming conditions prior to completing low-stakes assessments: answering three questions about intended effort…

Although social justice orientation is key to fostering inclusiveness in countries with long histories of immigration, few studies have empirically investigated its impact on attitudes toward immigrants in South Korea (hereafter Korea), an emerging multicultural society. This study examined the relationship between Korean students' social justice…

Aim: This study employed a three-wave random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) to investigate whether a reciprocal relationship exists between perceived peer relationships (intimacy and conflict) and achievement motivation in math and English in the Chinese context. Samples: A total of 4040 high school students were tracked with their…

This study evaluates the impact of a program leveraging large language models for virtual tutoring in secondary education in Nigeria. Using a randomized controlled trial, the program deployed Microsoft Copilot (powered by GPT-4) to support first-year senior secondary students in English language learning over six weeks. The intervention…

This collection explores key issues related to infant and toddler wellbeing, offering diverse international perspectives on how wellbeing is culturally understood. Scholars from Drawing from Australia, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Brazil, Greece, Norway, Portugal and the UK present local conceptualizations that contribute to a broader, global…

This study investigates how learners' constructed responses, specifically typed thoughts prompted during multiple-document reading, reveal cognitive strategies used to integrate and make sense of complex information. Undergraduate students (n = 73) read four texts on climate change and generated constructed responses to one of three types of…

Many early-career educators report a lack of confidence in teaching animal science and suggest that comprehensive professional development would improve their abilities to engage diverse audiences in animal science instruction. This lack of confidence in providing quality instruction in key agricultural education areas could leave some educators…

The aim of this study is to determine the levels of workplace loneliness among middle school mathematics teachers and to examine whether these levels differ based on specific demographic variables, as well as to conduct an in-depth analysis of teachers' experiences with workplace loneliness. Employing an explanatory mixed-methods design, the…

Background: Women remain under-represented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers worldwide, despite decades of effort to narrow the gender gap. Universities are expected to serve as gender equalizers in STEM education; however, it is still unclear whether university-led STEM programs provide women and men with equal…

The aim of this research is to assess the educational needs of Turkish high school students on gender equality. Accordingly, a concurrent mixed model was adopted in order to discover perceptions of students on gender equality and whether they hold gender stereotypes and roles. In the quantitative part, 'The Gender Perception Scale for Adolescents'…

In "Home Work," historian Ruby Oram tells the story of how middle-class, white women reformers lobbied the state to implement various public education reforms to shape the lives of girls and women in industrial cities between 1870 and 1930. Women such as Jane Addams and Florence Kelley used education reform to target working-class…

While there is consensus that taking advanced coursework in high school is strongly related to subsequent academic outcomes, well-qualified Students of Color are less likely than White students to take advanced high school courses. K12 schools have sought strategies to encourage more qualified Black and Hispanic students to take advanced courses…

Purpose: High-quality teaching is widely recognized as a fundamental factor in student success, yet countries vary significantly in how they cultivate effective teachers. This comparative study examines how teacher effectiveness is shaped by recruitment practices, building teacher ideologies and pedagogical approaches in Finland, Japan and India,…

Mental health disorders are the most common burden of disease among school aged children and adolescents. Therefore, it is vital to consider how mental health is understood in a school setting. It is unknown whether pre-service teachers feel prepared and confident when responding to students' mental health needs. Our study aimed to investigate…