Nearly one million undergraduates take Introductory Statistics each year, and both the importance of statistics and viewpoints about how it should be taught have changed markedly over the last several decades (Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education College Report, ASA Revision Committee, 2016). Modern introductory…

This study analyzes evaluation influence theories to understand their unified contributions to a conceptual framework for research on evaluation influence in non-western contexts. Specifically, these theories are analyzed according to their usefulness for interpreting the consequences of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)--a cyclical,…

Today, with the extension of learning management systems (LMSs) and the diversity of learners' needs for online learning, instructors have to be assisted to adapt their syllabus to meet learners' needs. Therefore, it is necessary to tailor course instruction to meet individual needs and determine how well they serve the learners using these online…

Purpose: Despite the sizable research on teacher morale, including related work on teacher motivation, job satisfaction, retention, and attrition, studies have largely focused on morale in urban contexts. It is often assumed that suburban schools employ and maintain teachers with higher morale, but these conclusions are largely unsubstantiated. We…

The overall purpose of this study was to examine parents' role in the development of character among young athletes, with a particular focus on life skills development across learning contexts (i.e., sport, family, school). Participants were 20 parents (13 mothers, 7 fathers, M[subscript age] = 46.8 years, SD = 4.6) and 24 children (14 girls, 10…

Peer assessment has been found to have many advantages in learning particularly when viewing it through a socio-cultural lens. This study explored peer assessment across language teacher education coursework, following 15 teacher candidates through three semesters of TEFL coursework. This longitudinal approach is rare with peer assessment…

This study, which employs a cluster random selection method, investigates the intricate levels and varied dimensions of teaching effectiveness among higher education instructors, with a specific focus on discerning statistical variations based on gender. Questionnaires were administered to 300 students using this method, aiming to capture diverse…

Purpose: Graduate students employed in graduate teaching and research assistantship positions have a unique experience of the institution because of their status as student-employees. Graduate assistants (GAs) face specific challenges around their well-being as they navigate various relationships and environments throughout their educational…

We collaborated to investigate humor in the existing corpus of Kere (ISO639-3: sst). This collaboration was a useful test of the Kere corpus and led to the rediscovery of unarchived video recordings, which contained important contextual information. These videos had been deprioritized in the original deposit, but they contained important…

This paper explores gender dynamics within a vocational Esports high school, focusing on the experiences of female students. Utilizing Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and Digital Feminism as theoretical frameworks, the research examines how educational practices, digital cultures, and socio-cultural contexts influence participation and…

Background: Shared decision-making between patients and primary healthcare professionals positively impacts health outcomes. However, people with intellectual disability face additional barriers and require supported shared decision-making (SSDM) to participate. Little is known about how healthcare professionals use SSDM with this population. This…

American higher education is under increasing pressure to demonstrate its effectiveness in enhancing student success and employability. Traditional metrics used by researchers and policymakers--such as time to degree completion, postgraduate employment, and income--have predominantly overlooked the diversity of student pathways during and after…

Rural, urban, and suburban school principals faced distinct challenges in engaging families and fostering positive school climates. Recognizing the need for tailored leadership strategies, it was essential for principal preparation programs to provide context-specific training. The purpose of basic interpretive qualitative study was to explore the…

Social interaction is essential for international students in rebuilding support systems in their host country; however, the complexity of this process remains insufficiently explored. Guided by the conceptual framework of social connectedness, this qualitative case study examines the types, influencing factors, and characteristics of social…

This study explores how the individual contexts of 146 international English teachers influence their TPACK developed in a Global Online Course (GOC). Employing an explanatory sequential design, the study investigates how teachers evaluated a technologically mediated collaborative writing task in ways revealing their likelihood of TPACK adoption…