This study examines how joint exploration is established and maintained among students and the teacher in secondary mathematics classrooms. We use the theoretical perspective of positioning to conceptualize joint exploration as involving the negotiation and coordination among participants to position students with epistemic agency and authority.…

The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in various countries at the end of last year has transferred traditional face-to-face teaching to online education platforms, which directly affects the quality of education. Also, students' satisfaction is extremely important in the effective implementation of online learning. Thus, the main…

In this study, the researcher examined the impact of blended learning in an at-risk urban alternative high school on attendance, credits earned, and graduation rates. The research participants were students and staff at an at-risk secondary school. The problem at this site was a lack of regular attendance. The study utilized Ryan and Deci's (2011)…

The challenges of virtual learning have been well documented during the last year as districts have focused on providing students with devices and internet access, debated developmental appropriateness of virtual learning, engaged teachers in professional development activities about how to design and deliver meaningful online lessons, worried…

First-generation college students enter higher education with an inherited disadvantage compared to continuing generation college students. Because their parents or guardians did not attend college, first-generation students are limited in cultural capital directly related to higher education. Additionally, because institutional processes are…

The study reported here sits at the intersection of learner autonomy and teacher autonomy as it is situated in a pre-service language teacher education course. It provides evidence of the development of pedagogical, technological and professional competencies in a year-long course for pre-service teachers (PSTs) of languages in New Zealand that…

This study explored the factors that shape the power relationships that form through interactions within a given network. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between students' gender, race/ethnicity, first-generation status, their sense of agency, their posting time in online discussions, and the power status that each participant…

The Government of India's National Policy of Education 2020 stipulates that in the following five years all stand-alone teacher education colleges will be required to convert to multidisciplinary higher education institutions. This calls for a complete overhaul of the country's vast, diverse, and age-old system of teacher preparation.…

This study builds on another project focused on primary grade teachers' integration of technology (screencasting). Original findings showed that participating teachers changed their practices to better align with research-based practices in early mathematics teaching. Two years later, the authors returned to the district to work with teachers from…

Interview-based research in multilingual situations can present researchers with specific ethical challenges relating to language-based power play, data handling and presentation. Studies indicate favouring the L1 (first language) as an interviewing language may produce better quality data, but external pressures can favour English as the dominant…

The present paper focuses on pinpointing the implications of Oral presentation for fostering learners' autonomy by employing experimental and qualitative research methods. The study investigated a group of participants comprised of 15 students majoring in English as A foreign language (EFL) at Qassim University. The key data was collected from the…

Researching ethically is an institutional requirement and cornerstone of good everyday practice in conducting research, adopting a mindful consideration for participants and resisting the temptation to use methodological approaches which may exploit participants or their trust in the research process or researcher. In the context of outdoor…

Mathematics educators often know the widespread nature of mathematics anxiety and may even be aware of the debilitating effect it can have on their students. Although educators may develop tricks or tools that seem to help, a comprehensive understanding of what students are experiencing and how the classroom environment can be adjusted to address…

With school populations across the country becoming increasingly representative of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, new considerations must be made to promote equitable and engaged science learning for all students (National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine [NAEEM], 2011).…

The purpose of the present study was to explore university students' views and perceptions of emergency remote learning (ERL), their self-reported degree of learner autonomy, and the use of the first language (L1) in asynchronous classes (i.e., pre-recorded video lectures) during their transition to ERL in Spring 2020.The participants were…