This study investigated inductive reasoning abilities in 3-5-year-old children across perceptual similarity and linguistic label conditions. Sixty-five typically developing children aged 3 to 5 participated in reasoning tasks involving natural and artificial targets. In the experimental design, children learned two contrasting characteristics…

Both classic thought experiments and recent empirical evidence suggest that children frequently encounter new words whose meanings are underdetermined by the extralinguistic contexts in which they occur. The role that these referentially ambiguous events play in children's word learning is central to ongoing debates in the field. Do children learn…

Sustainability is an important but often elusive goal in educational improvement. This article presents six strategies that are usually present in successful long-term professional learning initiatives--and missing in efforts that start off with potential but fall by the wayside. Although some of these strategies can get a boost from financial…

When determining what others know, we intuitively consider not only whether they succeed but also their probability of success in the absence of knowledge (e.g., random guessing). Across three experiments (n = 240 North American 4-6-year-olds, data collected between 2020-2023) we find that 4-year-olds understand that tasks with a lower probability…

How do we begin to assess the reciprocal impacts--or lack thereof--of community service on individuals and communities? Community engagement initiatives are increasingly valued as powerful educational tools and vehicles for social change. Yet, the task of measuring their outcomes remains complex. This article outlines core considerations in…

This study delves into factors contributing to the imbalanced development of higher education, which has led to the situation that despite higher education expansion, the universities' contribution to society has only improved a little. The study aims to understand this paradox and its policy implications, particularly in a developing country…

Background: School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) have the capacity to overcome youth barriers to care. However, most schools do not have on-campus SBHCs. At Denver Health, a large safety net hospital with 19 SBHCs in Denver Public Schools, we developed a SBHC virtual care program (VCP) to link school nurses with SBHC providers to provide medical…

This paper is based on a study conducted ten years ago at one university in Japan aiming at collaborative development through reflection among a teacher educator, two in-service teachers, and four pre-service graduate students. Collaborative reflection involved methods, such as the graduate students' observation of the in-service teachers' English…

The purposes of this research were to: (1) develop a training curriculum in asset and facility management for university staff in China, and (2) evaluate the appropriateness of the developed training curriculum. The sample for this research consisted of two phases: Phase 1 included 30 university staff members in China, and Phase 2 included 5…

This paper presents the successes and challenges of creating an online Indigenous Peoples curriculum. The website is embedded in the education section of the Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve in Washington state. This project promotes unity between educators and museums. Constructivism, Community of Inquiry, New Museum Theory,…

Background/purpose: Entrepreneurship training interventions (ETI) have rapidly grown in domestic and international higher education systems. There is evidence that education focusing on entrepreneurship programs can increase employability. Entrepreneurship has been the driving force behind this expansion as a survival approach for economic…

This book is a powerful resource designed for busy teachers who want to immediately improve their English language teaching practice. "ELT Power-Ups: Just-in-Time Professional Learning for Teachers of Multilingual Learners of English" is your practical guidebook designed to provide K--12 educators with immediate and accessible…

Neoliberalism is ubiquitous in higher education. In its dedication to efficiency and measurement, neoliberalism poses threats to the arts and humanities, especially their least measurable, most human qualities. Guided by an institutional logics framework, this multiple case study gauged how arts and humanities faculty can navigate this tension as…

Since its inception, no formal content analysis of the "Sport Management Education Journal" has been conducted. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine article characteristics, assess topic diversity, determine predominant themes and methodological frameworks, and identify editorship and authorship gender differences. A total of…

In today's dynamic business environment, accounting entrepreneurs must demonstrate both entrepreneurial competencies and strong ethical conduct to achieve sustainable success. This study examines how these two factors influence the performance of small accounting practices in Thailand. Employing a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, the…