Gamification mechanisms have been increasingly integrated into educational environments to enhance learner's engagement and improve the effectiveness of online courses. However, the precise effects of gamification on learner's engagement, including the factors that influence this behavior, remain under-explored. This study addresses this gap by…

Objective: To explore how university students' dietary intakes changed during COVID-19, and whether these changes differed by food security status. Participants: Six hundred students attending a New Jersey public university. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey asked about student intake. Food security status was measured using the 18-item US…

In Cambodia, students with disabilities remain marginalized and excluded from regular education settings, leading to low attendance and primary education completion rates. These challenges highlight critical concerns about teachers' inclusive practices. This study utilized the Theory of Planned Behavior to explore how teachers' attitudes…

Purpose: The study aimed to compare eye tracking (ET) and manual coding (MC) measures of attention to social and nonsocial information in infants with elevated familial likelihood (EL) of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and low likelihood of ASD (LL). ET provides a temporally and spatially sensitive tool for measuring gaze allocation. Existing…

Stakeholders emphasise that accounting graduates need excellent teamwork skills. Group work activities, included in the academic programme to develop teamwork skills, often lead to 'free-riding' by some students and disillusionment on the part of diligent students. Diligent students often prefer to work alone and could lack teamwork skills as a…

Parent emotion socialization (ES), the process through which caregivers influence the development and expression of emotions in children, needs to be interpreted within a sociocultural context. ES literature in Eastern cultures is emerging; existing research has almost exclusively focused on school-age children and adolescents, and has generally…

Introduction: Nature-based outdoor activities have been recognised not only as educational means to raise awareness and sensitivity to environmental challenges but also as upstream health promotion interventions for adolescents. This study investigates the relationship between nature-based activity duration and adolescents' nature connectedness…

Objective: To determine the likelihood of using "formal" and "informal" mental health services among college students according to prior history of depression diagnosis and presence of depression symptoms. Participants: College students from 79 universities in the U.S. and Canada who participated in the Healthy Minds Study,…

Purpose: The use of social media for sustainable information is important since it has the potential to influence people's intentions and behaviour towards sustainability. As previous studies on social media and sustainable development have primarily focussed on Western viewpoints, this study presents a comprehensive Asian perspective by…

Collaborative learning is an engaging approach that brings individuals together to achieve common educational goals. This study explores the effectiveness of Dentamatics, an innovative interactive board game, in enhancing oral health knowledge among children. Twelve children participated in the study, playing the game after obtaining consent from…

Understanding and interpreting non-verbal actions are critical components of social cognition, which are often challenging for autistic individuals. Oxytocin, a neuropeptide known to modulate social behavior and enhance the salience of social stimuli, is being explored as a therapeutic option for improving social mirroring. However, its effects…

The persistence of sophomores warrants more attention. We used self-efficacy theory to conceptualize how sophomore students described their mastery of course-related tasks, social engagement, and connection, or lack thereof, to the campus and university, and what influenced their confidence. In a qualitative cross-case analysis of data drawn from…

Digital citizenship behavior is the appropriate behavior when engaging with digital technology ethically, responsibly, and safely by individuals. This study intends to investigate college students' digital citizenship behavior based on background variables during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu among the college students who chose different…

The preventability of skin cancer stresses the need for primary prevention interventions early in life to help children realize how dangerous ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure can be. Internet of Things (IoT) devices can be used to measure UVR intensity in real-time to help children visualize it and understand the need for sun protection from…

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…