This study examines how students' support services shape academic adjustment and subsequent learning outcomes among distance learners, and also tests whether basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) mediate that process. Using a time-lagged survey of second-year distance undergraduates (N = 818) across 20 study centres,…

One of the challenges that rural schools face is a lack of school change models developed from a rural standpoint that position schools and their organizational improvement as a critical component of rural community development policy. This case study of the Rural Aspirations Project draws on an evaluation of their decade of work with 18 small and…

Background: Instructional design is essential for the implementation and quality of STEM education. However, it remains challenging to help teachers acquire pedagogical content knowledge and come up with novel instructional design ideas in STEM. education. Purpose: Guided by the full-perspective learning theory, this study proposed a conceptual…

Two focus group sessions were held with nine university students to explore what may help prevent suicide. Specifically, this study aimed to identify factors that prevented students from engaging in suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB); investigate how a university can provide better support for students dealing with mental health issues or…

TransRural Lives is the first digital storytelling project that explores the lives of transgender older adults (ages 50+) from nonmetropolitan areas in the Pacific Northwest. This article explores the community-based educational events that have become crucial to disseminating TransRural Lives beyond the project's website, specifically through…

Postsecondary gateway math education faces several challenges, including declining enrollment, budget cuts, and students struggling with math anxiety. Meanwhile, distance learning has accelerated a shift toward a wide variety of course formats. So where does courseware fit into this challenging landscape for postsecondary gateway math education?…

Teaching staff compensation forms the largest component of education budgets, averaging 58% of expenditure in public primary and secondary educational institutions across OECD countries. This share has remained broadly stable over time and across levels, despite differences in educational structures and evolving demands. Yet, behind this overall…

This study investigates the relationships of teacher self-efficacy and teacher cognitive flexibility with teacher reflective practice and explores whether teacher trust moderates these relationships. Survey data were collected from 532 teachers working in Turkish schools and analysed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation…

This study examines the antecedents and outcomes of quality in student support services in technical universities, focusing on autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs as determinants according to psychological needs theory, and explores the impacts of word-of-mouth, student experience, and enrollment decisions. Data from 504 students across…

This paper investigates how Wedman & Graham's performance pyramid model can be a valuable tool to strengthen partnerships between faculty and instructional designers in higher education. The performance pyramid provides a framework with three key performance support dimensions to evaluate needs and incorporate various contextual elements…

Community colleges lead the charge in educating a diverse population of students with varying goals and backgrounds, and one such unique group is students who parent. In fact, about half of all undergraduate student parents attend community colleges. Given that community colleges offer more accessible, affordable, and speedy paths to workforce…

Switzerland is often praised for its multilingualism; however, this reputation conceals a complex paradox characterized by both pride in and apprehension towards multilingualism. This ambivalence arises from various unresolved contradictions, such as institutional and/or national language policies versus individual multilingualism…

With a conservative estimate of 1 in 100 children thought to be on the autism spectrum (Ministry of Health, n.d.), this article reports on findings from a preliminary exploratory national study of parents of children aged 0-21 with ASD. Using an e-survey questionnaire and focus groups, the study sought to understand the supports that were…

The study analyzed the current English language teaching/learning materials in line with the academic and professional needs and interests of diploma theology students. The study was a descriptive survey that made use of a mixed-method approach. Thus, the researcher employed convergent parallel mixed method design. The data were collected using a…

Assessing language learners' needs has been abundantly studied by a large number of researchers interested in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and Needs Analysis (NA). However, task-based language needs of the students of marine (maritime) engineering have not been well-investigated, to the date. A qualitative research method was used. We…