The First2 Network is a coalition of individuals from multiple universities, K-12 schools, industry, and government organizations from a rural eastern U.S. state who collaborate to ensure that rural, first-generation undergraduate students are prepared and motivated to persist in their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)…

Emotion regulation is a crucial aspect of individual development across the lifespan, influencing personal and social well-being. The academic environment is a key context for emotion regulation, yet its relationship with academic achievement remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the association between specific emotion regulation…

Quantitative reasoning is an essential learning objective of physics instruction. The Physics Inventory for Quantitative Literacy (PIQL) is a published assessment tool that has been developed for calculus-based physics courses to help instructors evaluate whether their students learn to reason this way. However, the PIQL is not appropriate for the…

This study examined how physical activity and history of sports participation affect subjective and objective executive functioning in university students. A total of 215 university students aged 18-25 (81% female) completed a virtual assessment of executive function. The correlates were age, sex, physical activity, and history of sports…

Bipolar disorder is typically diagnosed in the teenage to early adulthood years. During this age, many individuals are students pursuing a college degree. Students developing the symptoms of bipolar disorder have a harder time navigating college and have significant difficulties transitioning back to school after psychiatric hospitalization,…

Objective: To determine the likelihood of using "formal" and "informal" mental health services among college students according to prior history of depression diagnosis and presence of depression symptoms. Participants: College students from 79 universities in the U.S. and Canada who participated in the Healthy Minds Study,…

Social support and academic motivation play an imperative role in university students' success. This study investigated the influence of perceived social support and academic motivation on academic persistence. The participants included 207 undergraduate first-generation black students (FGBS) from a comprehensive university in South Africa (Mean…

Supplemental instruction, also known as Peer Assisted Study Sessions (SI-PASS), is a well-established form of peer learning that has been implemented in higher education institutions across the globe and that coincides with learning gains for participants. While the effects on learning gains have been extensively studied with quasi-experiments,…

The risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) in the education sector have been widely acknowledged in existing research. However, the factors influencing generative artificial intelligence (GAI) risk awareness among higher vocational education students remain unclear. Therefore, this study explores the impact of AI literacy--comprising AI…

Objective: To examine both psychiatric risk and psychological wellbeing in a college student sample drawn from a majority-minority university. Participants: 100 participants (42% White; 70 females), mean age, 21.22 years. Methods: Univariate and multivariate analyses examined the relationship of psychiatric risk (Brief Symptom Inventory; BSI) and…

This paper aims to map the level of emotional intelligence (EI) among Czech university students. The questionnaire survey conducted among 161 Czech students in December 2023 was based on Goleman's EI test. He divided EI into five essential competencies: self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating oneself, empathy and social skills. Using cluster…

Building on previous research, the authors introduced formal team-based learning (TBL) to their classrooms and measured the quality of students' team learning, professional development, and team satisfaction. They assessed students' perceived fairness of work distribution and analyzed its effect on these outcomes and found that TBL resulted in…

Students may experience various motivational states and encounter diverse environmental factors, which could influence their perceptions of feedback. These perceptions can substantially impact their feedback engagement, yet determinants of such perceptions are under-explored. In light of this, the aim of the present study was to investigate the…

Asynchronous online discussions (AODs) are a critical component of online learning, enabling students to exchange ideas and interact with peers in a flexible manner. To explore the interrelationships between social presence and cognitive presence, and how these two presences are connected across various instructional strategies used in AODs, this…

Some learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) face difficulties learning Chinese characters (hanzi), particularly if they are from alphabetic language backgrounds such as English. Many CFL students need to develop the ability to self-regulate their learning to cope with the learning of hundreds of characters in the beginner and intermediate…