Nontraditional students--students who are often older, not coming directly from high school, or have job and family responsibilities, etc.--now constitute the majority of college students. These students have significantly different needs from those of traditional students, but most institutions are still not built to support them. At a time when…

This paper presents a needs analysis with regard to ICT-based literacy development. This needs analysis consists of three aspects: ICT readiness, target needs, and learning needs, which are related to literacy acquisition. This paper discusses how advanced student readiness in using ICT, target needs, and learning needs in higher education is…

It has been noted that children with autism seem to experience sensory stimuli in a way that differs from other children without autism; this significantly affects their everyday life in preschool in many ways. This study focuses on how Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) perceive, consider, and reason about perception in children with…

According to the declaration of the International Office of Education of UNESCO, inclusive education is not only a privilege but an inalienable right of every child. Meanwhile, students with special needs are one of the largest groups that are marginalized and denied access to education in a meaningful way. The present study seeks to identify the…

This research aims to study the need to enhance the standard of teaching related to assessment as learning indicators and summative assessment indicators, leading to the development of a highquality school curriculum. It is survey research with eighty participants selected using multi-stage sampling. The research tools included questionnaires…

Promoting student engagement has always been a challenging endeavor, and the global pandemic has added to the complexity by disrupting traditional classroom settings. Consequently, it has become vital to investigate and address the challenges that students face in environments with academic disruption. In this study, Structural Equation Modeling…

Background: Parents with intellectual disability and their children are entitled to adapted support, but practitioners lack knowledge, have scarce access to adapted methods, and work in siloed organisations with limited resources. SUF resource centre was therefore formed, in Region Uppsala, Sweden, to support families headed by parents with…

Emergent literacy skills play an important role in the literacy development of young children. These include code-related skills, such as alphabet knowledge, emergent writing, phonological awareness, and meaning-related skills, such as verbal abilities, story retelling, and text comprehension. Such skills emerge gradually throughout childhood,…

This qualitative research study explored current reference models in academic libraries to determine what's working well and what isn't. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 participants overseeing reference services at large, land-grant universities. The findings suggest that there is still perceived value in point-of-need,…

The interconnection between reading and writing is a topic of great significance. Reading and writing, both fundamental components of literacy, go hand in hand as communicative acts involving written texts. Both activities involve meaning-making and print-related processes. Meaning-making encompasses accessing, activating, and retrieving…

Objectives: School nurses are key responders to students with constipation, yet their experiences are underreported. This study surveyed their observations regarding constipation, identified barriers to student restroom access, and assessed educational needs. Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional survey study, an anonymous online survey…

This study sought to explore the connections between experiential learning and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in agriculture teacher candidates. Guided by Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle and the 2015 PCK model, we utilized a phenomenological approach to examine how agriculture teacher candidates construct their own knowledge, then amplify…

Despite an uptick in legislative efforts to improve reading achievement, many students continue to fall below grade-level expectations. It has been widely assumed that families with higher socioeconomic status are advantaged in navigating the complex special education identification and service provision processes, specifically for language and…

Considering the high dropout rates of autistic students and the recent Law No. 21545 which guarantees the rights of people with autism spectrum disorder in Chile, this study seeks to identify the facilitators and barriers that autistic students encounter in higher education. To do this, autistic students were interviewed about their higher…

This study investigates the prevalence and distribution of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) among left-behind (LB) and non-left-behind (non-LB) children in rural China, adopting the UK's broader SEND framework to address the limitations of China's current classification system. Using quantitative data collected from 17 primary…