Background and Context: Self-regulated learning (SRL) skills are critical aspect of learning to program and are predictive of academic success. Early college students often struggle to use these skills, but can improve when given targeted instruction. However, it is not yet clear what skills are best to prioritize. Objective: We seek to create a…

In the boxplot, the box always represents -- regardless of its area -- the middle half of the data and thus a measure of variability (interquartile range). However, when students first learn about boxplots, they are usual already familiar with other forms of statistical representations (e.g., bar or circle graphs) in which a larger area represents…

The perceived difficulty of a task is essential for recognising problems, adjusting effort, acknowledging the need for assistance or employing strategies and can be subjective in nature. Task difficulty has an activating, resource-mobilising effect on performing the task. We conducted a conceptual replication study with 246 university students,…

Peer relationships play a critical role in academic performance, yet their link in higher education remains underexplored. This study introduces commensality--shared mealtimes--as a novel proxy for peer acceptance and examines its relationship with academic outcomes across student groups. Using 2,717,938 transaction records from 3355 first-year…

As Federal and State governments have prioritized a college completion agenda, there is an increased emphasis on graduation rates as a key measure of student success. Rising tuition costs and skepticism about the return on investment in higher education have driven initiatives like the Complete College agenda and evolving funding formulas. As…

Cross-border students who live in Mexico and attend classes in the United States are an unexplored student population in community colleges. In fact, there is no reliable headcount for this group of students in the United States, making it difficult to plan strategies and allocate resources to serve them. The reason for the lack of accurate…

Student's shift of attention away from a current learning task to task-unrelated thought, also called mind wandering, occurs about 30% of the time spent on education-related activities. Its frequent occurrence has a negative effect on learning outcomes across learning tasks. Automated detection of mind wandering might offer an opportunity to…

Self and peer assessment in group work offers numerous benefits but is also susceptible to bias. Yet, research examining bias in self and peer assessments often overlooks cultural perspectives and predominantly favors Western contexts. This study aims to address this gap by examining how culture influences rater bias in self and peer assessments…

Code quality is a critical aspect of programming, as high-quality code is easier to maintain, and code maintenance constitutes the majority of software costs. Consequently, code quality should be emphasized in programming education. While previous research has identified numerous code quality defects commonly made by students, the current state…

This article aims to raise awareness among practitioners about how small adjustments in presentation can optimize modeling in dance for individual learners and increase the satisfaction of students who enjoy dancing. Our reflections are based on the first author's experiences as a teacher and performer and in response to semistructured interviews…

Although there is a growing body of knowledge on dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at, there is still scarce research on how they relate to other relevant constructs and phenomena, such as emotional intelligence or (cyber)bullying. This study explores the associations between those dispositions and emotional intelligence and analyses…

This study examines how DALL-E 3 interprets English descriptions written by Indonesian university students. Sixteen descriptive texts were submitted to the artificial intelligence (AI) tool, and the resulting images were compared to original photos. Most outputs showed clear mismatches. The analysis found that misinterpretations originated from…

Objective: To examine the utility of a novel sexual risk index (SRI) to better use National College Health Assessment (NCHA) sexual health-related questions. Methods: The first phase included discussions, testing, and recoding of the initial set of items. In the second phase, a correlation analysis was run; items were systematically removed to…

Objective: College sexual assault (SA) survivors tend to underutilize university resources in favor of reporting to family or friends. The current study assessed prevalence and SA disclosure themes and patterns amongst college students. Participants: Data obtained from a campus sexual violence climate survey included 3,398 students. Method:…

This paper defines a university teacher's 'duty to explain' as a way of developing student autonomy. This builds on the idea that in other professions, such as medicine or law, there is a duty of care towards the client to explain the full facts and risks to a patient or client. The university teacher has a similar duty towards the student to…