Research is needed to understand how students in diverse contexts engage in self-assessment practices and how these practices align with their learning approaches. The present study used a survey to investigate how upper secondary science students (N = 1002) perceive their engagement in various self-assessment practices and approaches to learning,…

Exemplars are key examples chosen to represent designated levels of competence or quality. This study attempts to explore the use of exemplars in a Chinese-English translation teaching context. It involved the teacher-researcher using three exemplars of different quality to help 31 third-year translation majors evaluate their own translation and…

Student evaluations of teaching can be unreliable indicators of effective teaching and affected by implicit bias. We conduct a randomized experiment at a selective U.S. liberal arts college in which we vary both the instrument and timing at which we solicit student feedback to assess whether either intervention can mitigate gender disparities in…

The present study assessed both concurrent and early influences of the maternal caregiving environment to examine unique contributions of each to variation in children's emotional responses to COVID-19 pandemic. Preschoolers (3-5 years; M = 4.12, SD = 0.49) previously assessed in infancy, several years prior to pandemic outbreak, were re-assessed…

College lecturers' wellbeing is critical to the effective management and functioning of colleges, and this criticality is amplified when lecturers assume senior lecturer (SL) positions in leadership. In Jamaica, some senior lecturers perceive their college leaders are insufficiently attentive to their wellbeing. This qualitative research utilized…

The influence of emotions on teaching-learning processes is a topic of increasing interest in science education research. This study explores the emotions experienced by 121 preservice early childhood teachers during a training program in inquiry-based science education. Using a checklist of nine emotions (both positive and negative), participants…

Practical placements in real work environments are a requirement for successful completion of many professional learning programs. Indeed, this activity may account for half of the learning hours within such curricula. Recent research examining the practicum experiences of nursing students in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, as well as those of…

The current study examined the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI (psychometric properties and its performance among a sample of 2366 adolescents; 1037 (45.4%) males and 1289 (54.5%) females. Item Response Theory (IRT) was applied to identify which CTI items proficiently contribute to a single proper measurement of CTI. IRT evaluates the amount of…

Research-based and practical reflection tools can enable systematic analysis of practice and contribute to deeper understandings of classroom processes. An empirically based, evidence-informed reflection tool was developed to support teachers to recognise feedback talk and how it is built into classroom interactions. The tool, titled the feedback…

University curriculum systems are complex, and their modification requires coordinating multiple processes and broad consultation with teaching academics and leaders. Strong influences including policy changes and external disruptions can bring about rapid system-wide change, but these are not without stress and may not be sustainable. To…

The Reimagining Assessment Practicum (RAP) at Northwestern University exemplifies the importance of cross-functional collaboration, iterative design, and robust feedback processes in faculty development initiatives. RAP, a flexible, three-week series with both synchronous and asynchronous components, was created to enhance teaching and learning…

The research evaluates the impacts of constructive feedback from an external source on the learning environment, and whether the learning environment further influences students' feelings in urban schools. The ongoing pilot study began in 2016 between two Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) schools and a foreign business community (FBC) as…

The present study aims to assess the responsiveness of school teachers to the 13-course module of the NISHTHA 2.0 online in-service teacher education program. This research employs a descriptive survey method. The study involved teachers from the Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, India, who participated from 2021 to 2024. Eight blocks (four from the…

This study examined the relationships between emotional labour strategies and its antecedents and consequences among academic staff in Jordanian universities. A total of 547 university teachers from three public Jordanian Universities responded to a questionnaire survey. The results showed that university teachers who experienced higher levels of…

In this study, we considered teachers' emotion regulation and teaching-related anger as a combined construct with multiple manifestations on classroom management practices. Four hundred and five Greek in-service teachers (M[subscript age] = 44.55, SD = 10.13; age range = 21.0, 68.0 years) participated in a cross-sectional online survey who…