Sixth-grade Academic Intervention Services (AIS) students at Wyndemere Middle School (WMS) in Western New York demonstrated a lack of engagement in AIS English Language Arts (ELA) class. In hopes of increasing their engagement, the teacher-researcher implemented a blended learning intervention that incorporated aspects of the flipped classroom…

The 21st century requires English language teaching teachers to cultivate the use of language and competencies to make their students 21st-century learners. Podcasts produced by students allow them to use language in an authentic setting while practicing the skills of critical thinking, innovation, creativity, problem-solving, reflection, and…

The relationship between doctoral research supervisors and their students is crucial for success during doctoral study. Supervisors face increasing complexity in managing these relationships, compounded by job precarity and the pressure to ensure timely doctoral completion. Equally, doctoral students will navigate a competitive job environment…

Rankings of international higher education institutions have become influential, newsworthy metrics worldwide. This is unsurprising given the rising prevalence of cross-national college attendance. This report evaluates the methodologies of three major international ranking systems: the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, or…

Background: As researchers rush to investigate the potential of AI tools like ChatGPT to enhance learning, well-documented pitfalls threaten the validity of this emerging research. Issues of media comparison research, where the confounding of instructional methods and technological affordances is unrecognised, may render effects uninterpretable.…

Effects of student self-assessment interventions are often evaluated on course level, but research on large-scale interventions is scarce. In this study, we looked at the generation of processes and outcomes in an Information and Communications Technology bachelor program where self-assessment was included as essential element of the curriculum.…

There is widespread concern about the quality of classroom assessment in Ethiopia. Understanding how the assessment of learning is being carried out in secondary schools in Ethiopia is imperative. However, evidence from a large-scale study is lacking. This study, therefore, examined the practices and challenges of classroom assessment in secondary…

In many contexts, responsibility for exit-level assessment design and implementation in undergraduate medical programmes lies with individuals who convene clinical clerkships. Their assessment practice has significant consequences for students' learning and the patients and communities that graduates will serve. Interventions to enhance assessment…

Enhancing education quality requires effective teacher development programs, particularly in developing countries where many teachers lack adequate preparation. This study investigated secondary school pre-service teachers' perspectives on their clinical teaching practice experiences. Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 119…

The TOEIC has emerged as the benchmark for assessing the English language proficiency and communication abilities of individuals whose first language is not English. Achieving a high score on this examination may prove challenging for them. While there have been numerous studies into metacognitive strategies towards reading comprehension, in the…

As a fundamental component of formative assessment, student self-assessment is considered "a sine qua non condition" for autonomous learners. Despite the extensive body of literature regarding principles and practice guidelines for student self-assessment, scant is the evidence about what instructional practices teachers use in classroom…

The existing e-learning models for higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) enhancement focus more on technology and e-learning methods, ignoring the important roles of human factors such as e-leadership, collaboration, and readiness. This exploratory sequential mixed-methods design study aimed to identify significant factors for e-learning practices…

This study aimed to contribute to the substantial body of research on critical thinking (CT) interventions by determining whether the effectiveness of two CT interventions (generic and infusion) varied according to students' baseline CT levels. Using a quasi-experimental design, we collected data from two universities, with 167 participants from…

The architecture of the service platform via AI chatbots is a research tool which was fabricated to specifically promote digital competency through the use of AI chatbots. The architecture of the service platform herein was initiated by the application of artificial intelligence technology integrated with chatbot technology to create the user…

In this paper, we argue that the attempts to centre education in one of its three constitutive aspects that have long determined the discourse on the purpose and aims of education run the risk of one-sidedness. Theories of student-centred education have been in vogue for many centuries now, having been born out of a polemic against teacher-centred…