As the cornerstone of European research and innovation, as well as serving 20 million learners across Europe, universities are key to making the European Commission's Competitiveness Compass a success. Indeed, research, innovation, education and skills are not only the keys to Europe's competitiveness, but essential elements for protecting…

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has acted as a significant driver for the adoption of online educational practices, including instruction and assessment. Given the urgent need for an alternative to traditional assessment methods during the pandemic, various studies have explored this topic across different contexts to evaluate the impact,…

Assessing scientific inquiry competence (SIC) is essential for fostering students' inquiry skills, and the effectiveness of such assessments largely depends on teachers' assessment knowledge. Grounded in a four-dimensional framework of science teacher assessment knowledge, this study developed and validated a scenario-based diagnostic instrument…

This research sought to address three key questions: how EFL instructors in higher education integrated critical thinking (CT) skills into their teaching practices, what challenges they encountered during the integration process, and how EFL students perceived and experienced the impact of this integration. Five instructors from four universities…

In the current realm of education 4.0, teachers play a pivotal role as facilitators of holistic skill development. The shift in focus towards accentuating creativity, communication, critical thinking and collaboration (4C) skills signifies an acknowledgment of the changing demands brought about by the industrial revolution 4.0. This transformation…

The purposes of this research were to: 1) develop and determine the efficiency of the digital learning according to blended learning on Chinese languages for beginner level in primary school, 2) compare the students' learning achievement test after using the digital learning according to blended learning on Chinese languages for beginner level in…

Kindergarten readiness plays a very important role in children's later school success. This study investigated factors associated with kindergarten readiness in early literacy skills, mathematical knowledge, and social foundations using a hierarchical linear modelling (HLM) approach. Assessment data of 617 kindergarteners (Aged 5) in 30 classrooms…

Technology-enhanced collaborative academic writing (TECAW) in higher education has gained increasing attention due to its potential to enhance students' academic writing skills through interaction, shared authorship, and structured pedagogical support. Framing collaborative academic writing (CAW) as a pedagogical process, this systematic…

Four versions of science and history texts were tailored to diverse hypothetical reader profiles (high and low reading skills and domain knowledge), generated by four Large Language Models (i.e., Claude, Llama, ChatGPT, and Gemini). The Natural Language Processing (NLP) technique was applied to examine variations in Large Language Model (LLM) text…

Background/purpose: This study aims to address the limited availability of educational platforms for art appreciation among university students by developing the "Home Digital Art Spectacle" (HITS) as an online space for performing arts engagement. Materials/methods: The research employed the Borg & Gall R&D model, which involved…

Global Englishes language teaching (GELT) promotes, among other things, positive attitudes and maximized understanding to communicate with speakers with a variety of accents. However, research on GELT-informed listening training is rare, and none has addressed both attitudes and understanding of diverse accents. We therefore implemented an…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which ecological factors (e.g., COVID-related caregiver stress and parental warmth) were related to the receptive language skills of children with language impairment (LI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Thirty-five children with LI receiving speech therapy within US public…

The aim of this case study was to reconcile Kazakhstani educators' self-assessed readiness with actual outcomes, as highlighted by the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment results in Western Kazakhstan. An online questionnaire survey of 340 prospective primary school teachers and 1200 in-service teachers and a complementary document…

Tracking early in the school career can significantly influence a student's educational path. Using data from a Dutch cohort study linked with administrative records, we examine the gap in track recommendation between students from different socio-economic groups at the end of primary school. We find that students whose parents are not tertiary…

This study aimed to determine the level of self-efficacy concerning the culturally sensitive pedagogical competence of primary school teachers of refugees and their perceptions of culturally sensitive pedagogy stemming from the multicultural environment. The study comprised two phases. The first phase includes two steps; first, a validity and…