Teacher questioning is crucial for fostering critical thinking in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. Understanding how teachers use critical thinking questions is essential for researchers and practitioners seeking to enhance students' critical thinking skills. This study draws on the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Model and the…

This study tested the motivational and achievement-related factors associated with immigrant adolescents' high educational and occupational aspirations. Adolescents residing in Austria (457 girls; 235 first-generation, 418 second-generation and 238 2.5-generation immigrants) aged 11 to 15 years (M[subscript age] = 12.50, SD[subscript age] = 1.08)…

Teaching excellence in higher education can be defined and studied in different ways, but research efforts to date have often focused on institutional or instructor perspectives. This article uses a data set of over 500 open-ended comments submitted by Political Science undergraduates as part of a teaching award process to identify themes that…

The purpose of the present study was to examine teachers' practices for reading aloud informational texts to kindergarteners and describe whether these are affected by the different text structures. Ten (10) teachers working in public kindergartens located in different regions of Greece participated in the study. The sample teachers read…

This article explores how "puntos y rayas" (full stops and lines) function as symbolic and structural barriers in education for language-minoritized students. Through autobiographical reflection and classroom cases, the authors show how rigid boundaries around standardized language and raciolinguistic ideologies marginalize students and…

This mixed-methods study explores the gender microaggressions experienced by female teachers in Turkish schools, examining their types, sources, causes, consequences, and frequency. In the qualitative phase, semistructured interviews were conducted with 17 female teachers using a phenomenological approach. Thematic analysis revealed four key forms…

With the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms, understanding how human teachers can effectively support learners has become increasingly important. This study investigates Chinese university students' perceived importance of different forms of teacher support in AI-assisted EFL…

Mosston's spectrum of teaching styles can serve as a guide for teaching and research in physical education. It can also lead to increased academic learning time (ALT), physical activity time, critical thinking, time on task, and fun while participating in softball, especially in one softball variation known as Alaskan Rules Softball. This article…

This descriptive study attempted to explore teaching styles by eliciting beliefs of a group of English language teachers through Peacock's (Int J Appl Linguist 11:1-20, 2001) Perceptual Teaching Style Preference Questionnaire and interviews based on Reid's hypotheses (TESOL Q 21:87-111, 1987; Learning styles in the ESL/EFL classroom. Boston:…

Psychometrics is the field of designing tests and assessments to measure certain psychological concepts. It is chiefly concerned with two fundamental properties: reliability and validity. These properties are often influenced by confounding variables: other things that can influence performance but are not what you are trying to measure. Here, I…

Robotics education is valuable for developing students' 21st century competencies. It is of significant importance for teachers and researchers to explore its effective pedagogies. Robotics learning is interdisciplinary, and the most effective pedagogy is problem-oriented instruction. This type of instruction requires students to independently…

Background: Given the current technological advancements and the growing need for remote education, multimedia learning has become more popular among teachers and students. Therefore, the creation of multimedia teaching programmes that can improve learning outcomes has become increasingly important. However, there is a lack of research on whether…

Discussions of the aims and efficacy of teachers tend to focus on an extended present pre supposing a more or less common profile across subjects and recent times. Given the concern with contemporary schooling this is unsurprising, but it limits what might be learned about the character of good and bad teaching, about the particularities of…

Flipped learning is believed can open valuable class time to higher-level activities. However, the findings of previous studies on the effects of flipped learning on the teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are sometimes mixed. Hence, this study investigates the effect of flipped learning on EFL tertiary students' ability to write…

Teaching style has long been recognized as a factor influencing students' achievement, particularly in subjects like mathematics. However, its impact on aspiring elementary mathematics teachers, often considered generalists, remains relatively underexplored. Based on the theoretical underpinning of self-determination theory, the paper examines how…