This study examines parental decision-making in a Metro Detroit school district undergoing integration efforts, focusing on why families choose to stay or leave. The findings suggest notable racial disparities: Black families often left involuntarily due to misleading choice policies, while White families chose to leave, citing concerns about…

Previous research has suggested that changing the percentage of the course grade associated with exam grades in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses can change the gender gap in the course. It has also been shown that high-stakes assessments yield the lowest (relative) scores for female students. Previous research by the…

ChatGPT, an advanced generative AI language model, has rapidly emerged as a transformative tool in education. This study explores the key determinants influencing the continuance intention of digitally native Gen Z students in higher education to engage with ChatGPT 4o. Employing the Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM), the study examines the…

Early childhood experiences have lifelong physical, social, emotional, and cognitive impacts. High quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can put children on the path to personal development, lifelong learning, and future employability. Among the fastest growing ECEC options are nature-based preschools, where children spend most or all…

In this article we analyse the challenges women in senior positions face during their academic careers in Chile. Forty-eight senior professors from seven Chilean universities were interviewed in-depth. The results showed that it is challenging for these women to balance the activities of academic work, i.e. teaching, research, service, and…

Education plays a central role in preparing students to face the changes and complexities of the environment. Society and students' life experiences have significantly transformed in the last century. Emotional intelligence, communication skills, and adaptability are important for university students. Thus, the main objective of this research was…

This study examines whether and how Palestinian/Arab Israeli (P/AI) mathematics teachers attribute specific kinds of problem-solving strategies to gender. Using responses to a questionnaire from 359 secondary teachers, we investigated whether and how teachers associate gender with three types of solutions (algorithmic, creative, or…

The expansion of doctoral education systems globally has spurred increased research into doctoral employment; however, there is a paucity of gender-based perspectives on the decisions of those who have entered the academic profession. This study delves into the career reflections of academics within the Chinese context, aiming to uncover gender…

This study examined the effect of integrating indigenous knowledge on eighth-grade students' ecology and biodiversity achievement in Injibara, Ethiopia. A nonequivalent pre-test-post-test quasi-experimental research design with a mixed-methods approach was employed. A total of 89 students participated in the study, with two intact classes randomly…

The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences and informant discrepancies in parent- and teacher-reports of autism traits. Data were drawn from the Simons Simplex Collection to create a sex-matched sample of autistic youth (N = 388; 4-17 years). Included participants had both parent and teacher reports of autistic traits from the Social…

Previous studies have applied a variable-centered approach to conduct extensive investigations of preservice early childhood teachers' (PECTs') epistemic beliefs in the domain of mathematics (application-related beliefs, process-related beliefs, static orientation), enjoyment of mathematics, mathematics anxiety, mathematical content knowledge, and…

The study aimed to explore secondary and higher secondary school students' view on the role of permaculture as a tool for environmental literacy development. Cross-sectional survey research design was applied to collect the data through a questionnaire that was developed by Lebo to assess students' views or attitudes and beliefs. Note that 1304…

Twenty-first-century environmental movements and education have been criticised as predominantly secular, middle-class and Western-originated. As such, their ability to generate momentum and increase uptake can be limited to individuals and groups who identify with these traits. In order to widen the scope of environmental education (EE), this…

Within a language, there is considerable variation in the pronunciations of words owing to social factors like age, gender, nationality, and race. In the present study, we investigate whether toddlers link social and linguistic variation during word learning. In Experiment 1, 24- to 26-month-old toddlers were exposed to two talkers whose front…

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the body of research on the factors which influence job satisfaction and retention of business faculty in higher education. This study utilized the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty NSOPF: 2004 which is a nationally representative sample of higher education faculty and was sponsored by the NCES…