Undergraduates often express that they feel powerless to help solve important challenges such as climate change and environmental degradation, consistent with the broader phenomena of ecoparalysis. Viewed through value-expectancy frameworks for motivation, value for an outcome and self-efficacy to achieve it lead to goals, which motivate…

This study examines the factors influencing science teachers' intentions to adopt gamified virtual reality (VR) in educational settings, employing the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) as theoretical frameworks. We investigate how perceived threats, benefits, and motivational and cognitive factors impact these…

Lockdown drill practice is part of the "new normal" in schools for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and educational practitioners in K-12 schools across the United States. These drills place a tremendous amount of responsibility on practitioners (i.e., teachers, paraprofessionals) that is beyond the scope of their…

This study developed a serial mediation model grounded in social cognitive theory to examine how three types of supervisory support (academic, emotional, and autonomy) influence academic procrastination among doctoral students in China, emphasizing the sequential mediating roles of research self-efficacy and persistence intention. Utilizing data…

International guidelines on sexual health education suggest that parents should be the primary educators in their children's sexuality education, considering that sexuality education is a lifelong process that begins in early childhood and continues into adulthood. The study aimed to investigate the relationships among parental self-efficacy,…

This study seeks to examine the impact of curriculum support (CS) and extracurricular support (ECS) on students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI) along with the mediating impact of entrepreneurial attitude (EA) and entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) on the relationship. An electronic questionnaire was used to collect data from 561 final year…

Technology has contributed so much to the development and innovation of humankind. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an off-shoot of such. This article explored the influence of AI anxiety on AI self-efficacy among college students. The investigators used a cross-sectional research design for 695 purposively chosen college students in one higher…

Positive teacher feedback plays a crucial role in student learning. While previous studies on positive teacher feedback have primarily focused on its relationship with student achievement, much less attention has been given to how such feedback associates with student self-efficacy, particularly reading self-efficacy--a key predictor of both…

The rapid expansion of online education in the United States, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has significantly increased student enrollment in distance learning, highlighting the flexibility and accessibility that online education offers. However, this growth raises concerns about maintaining student engagement in online environments, which…

Prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across the globe and lifespan suggest that law enforcement officers (LEOs) are likely to interact with autistic people in their professional duties. In developed countries, LEOs have professional encounters with autistic individuals, and research strongly supports LEOs need training to increase…

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between teachers' individual creativity and self-efficacy beliefs in applying constructivist approach. A correlational study was used in the research. As data collection tools, the Personal Information Form, the "Organizational Creativity Scale" and the "Teachers' Self-Efficacy…

This study examines teacher candidates' self-efficacy beliefs, sensitivity to cultural diversity and empathic orientations toward linguistic cultural diversity. The study employed a correlational survey design to investigate descriptive levels, relationships between variables, predictive factors, and group comparisons. Data were collected from 248…

This study investigated the effects of pre-training types on cognitive load, self-efficacy, and problem-solving in computer programming. Pre-training was provided to help learners acquire schemas related to problem-solving strategies. 84 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of three groups and each group received three different…

This study explored the relationships among learning engagement, employability, and career decision-making self-efficacy among college students in Guangzhou, China. We hypothesized that learning engagement positively influences both employability and career decision-making self-efficacy. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 467 students from…

This study aimed to examine primary school teachers' attitudes and self-efficacy towards using creative drama method in terms of certain variables. Relational screening model was used in the research and the sample was determined through convenient sampling. The study was conducted in the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year with the…