This paper explores the application of the card-sorting interview technique in understanding the complex interplay of motivations and barriers faced by adults engaging in learning. Traditional research methods, whether quantitative or qualitative, often fail to capture these nuanced interactions or to provide scalable insights for policy…

The primary focus of this research is to analyze university students' perceptions of the blended learning method, particularly within the context of artificial intelligence and the post-covid learning environment. The participants in this study consist of undergraduate students in their second and third years at a private university in South…

This study aimed to identify the attributes that motivate the training instructors to perform effectively as a basis in proposing organizational development interventions (ODI) for Philippine Coast Guard-Coast Guard Education Training and Doctrine Command (PCG-CGETDC), Philippine Navy-Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command (PN-NETDC), and…

Researchers have studied the efficacy of motivational interviewing over the past 30 years. While it is recognized as a highly effective approach overall, variability in outcomes studies is largely attributed to the extent to which it is implemented with fidelity. MI applications in school have become increasingly popular in the past 10 years, yet…

In the article, we present research findings focused on students' approaches to learning in mathematics subjects of the bachelor's degree in kindergarten teaching. The research was carried out on a sample of 118 students of the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno. We used the standardized SRQ-Academic questionnaire by Ryan and…

Completing a doctorate is reputed to be uniquely academically challenging and isolating. To challenge this, doctoral supervisors, academic developers, and peers can play a significant role in academic preparedness and enhancing feelings of 'belonging' on a doctoral programme. During the 2023-2024 academic year, a new provision for doctoral…

Self-regulated learning is among the most important factors affecting learning outcomes in the digital age. Visualization feedback is widely used to support students' self-regulated learning. However, low motivation often leads to insufficient self-regulated learning engagement. Therefore, based on achievement goal theory, this study developed…

Teamwork is crucial in software engineering. However, recent literature concludes that software engineering graduates have underdeveloped teamwork skills. Instructors wishing to develop teamwork skills are faced with many teamwork models and a lack of empirical studies that examine their utility in higher education. We conducted an exploratory…

The research presented in this paper was conducted in 2024 in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia. The aim of the study was to examine the level of preschool teachers' motivation for professional development in the field of fostering early childhood development (ECD) and to determine whether differences in motivation exist…

Personalizing text is known to support learning from text. The present study extends evidence of the personalization effect by investigating whether elementary school students' reading comprehension benefits from reading narratives personalized by using the reader's name for the narrative's protagonist. Additionally, this study examined the…

This qualitative study explores how Thai university student entrepreneurs develop entrepreneurial competencies and identities while simultaneously managing businesses and being fully enrolled in their universities. Data were collected through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with ten student entrepreneurs from different regions and academic…

This article examines factors associated with survey attrition/retention in an online panel survey with weekly/monthly follow-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explores the effectiveness of making contact with dropout participants and factors associated with sample re-engagement, as well as motivations and barriers to maintaining survey…

Challenge: In biomedical engineering education, curricular cohesion and expectations are crucial yet often not effectively communicated to the student. Novel Initiative: Our novel initiative addresses this challenge by leveraging senior design students within a junior-level biomedical instrumentation course. Through the interactive "Senior…

Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Determination Theory, this study examines the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and motivational teaching styles in the classroom using a sample of 625 Portuguese teachers. Participants completed the Portuguese version of the Situations-in-School (SIS) questionnaire and the Teacher…

This article interrogates the ethics of the author-reviewer-editor relationship in academic publishing. In the first part of the article, I draw on experiences as author, reviewer, and editor to question why so much learning about the publishing process seemingly occurs through trial and error rather than through mentorship. In the second part of…