In the realm of literacy education, curriculum is driven by politics, finances, standardization, and accountability. How specified curricular materials make their way into the classroom often baffles educators. The one thing they know is it is "isn't the one we voted for." This study includes a review of literature on how curricula were…

This study aimed to test whether assertiveness is a mediator between academic self-efficacy and popularity, and whether social preference would have a moderating effect on the mediation of assertiveness. The participants consisted of 789 students, including 512 girls and 277 boys, selected from four high schools located in a city centre in the…

Background: The process of conducting research has been shown to impact depression among undergraduate and graduate students in the sciences. While prior work has established that experiencing failure, negative social interactions, and insufficient guidance in research experiences can exacerbate students' depressive symptoms, why these stressors…

Integrating intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in educational frameworks has proven to be an essential strategy for enhancing teaching effectiveness and student learning across various disciplines. ILOs serve as precise statements outlining the knowledge and competencies that students should acquire by the end of a course or lesson, functioning as…

This brief introduces the Global Research Agenda for Children with Disabilities that sets out critical challenges: widespread data gaps, research underfunding, and limited visibility of children with disabilities in research. It sets out not only what needs to be studied, but how--emphasising ethical, participatory approaches and cross-cutting…

Purpose: Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children's language development and delays are well documented, yet less is known about their delays in theory of mind (ToM) development. Importantly, conversational-communicative experiences, language competence, and teacher/parent influences loom large. The present study examined ToM development and the…

Background/purpose: This research aimed to study the basic information and needs for the development of an instructional model based on meaningful learning theory to improve lesson design ability for early childhood Pre-Service teachers, develop the model, and study the results of implementation. Materials/methods: The sample group consists of two…

This review explores the significant contributions of Rasch modeling in enhancing classroom assessment practices, particularly in measuring student attitudes. Classroom assessment has evolved from standardized testing to integrative practices that emphasize both academic and affective dimensions of student development. Accurate attitude…

Advancements in digital surveillance and its extraction capacities make it increasingly difficult to ignore the role that slavery plays in the history of pedagogy. However, many scholars tend to absent slavery's character and significance in their contextualizations. Whether this absence is interpreted as an oversight or denial, it truncates our…

This study explores the intersection of Joseph Schumpeter's Innovation Theory and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education, specifically focusing on disruptive and incremental innovation, institutional transformation, and strategic policy adaptation. AI can potentially reshape pedagogical models, administrative…

Background/purpose: The current study aimed to investigate the extent to which collaborative educational applications based on connectivism theory are used to organize big data and their impact on university students' digital self-efficacy. Materials/methods: The researcher adopted a descriptive survey approach to examine the effectiveness of the…

Linkage plans are used when equating different test versions from different administrations of standardized achievement tests. The overall aim is to examine item response theory (IRT) observed-score equating when different linkage plans have been used when the average ability among test takers in different administrations and/or the average item…

Over the past two decades, writing transfer theories have significantly influenced curriculum development in first-year writing (FYW) programs across the United States (US). This study examines the theories shaping multilingual curriculum development in FYW by presenting findings from a national survey informed by a transfer-encouraging…

Standard approaches to studying intercultural communication empirically include pedagogical interventions, interview-based studies, and questionnaire research on teachers' and students' experiences with intercultural communication. Such studies assume standard positivist or post-positivist epistemologies and research methods. The present article…

Despite growing attention to school boards, it is unclear whether they primarily operate as bureaucratic forums, policy-making bodies, or arenas for contentious debate--particularly on issues of race. Recent controversies suggest increasing public engagement and conflict, but little evidence documents how often questions of race arise in board…