We contend that September 11th (9/11) and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement were critical moments that challenged earlier notions of an American identity and the false pretenses of a racially, religiously, and culturally equitable United States. Using theoretical lenses of double consciousness and cultural memory, we further that the way…

Community college libraries and public libraries play a vital role in bridging the digital divide by providing equitable access to technology, internet connectivity, and digital literacy across the United States. Community college libraries support students' academic success by providing access to specialized software, online research tools, and…

This case study explores the perceived social presence of 15 non-traditional graduate students engaged in a collaborative activity within a practice-oriented online course. Grounded in the Community of Inquiry framework and principles of collaborative learning, the activity was intentionally designed to include instructor facilitation, structured…

Chemical Engineering Projects is a last-year course of the Chemical Engineering bachelor's degree taught at Autonomous University of Madrid. Project-Based Learning (PBL) stands as an ideal teaching methodology to prepare students for this multicriteria and complex context by developing representative cases of the Chemical Industry. In this work,…

The current study examines the second language acquisition (SLA) of the voiceless interdental fricative /[theta]/ by nine female English-speaking learners of Spanish during a 7-week study abroad immersion experience in León, Spain. We examine the role that graphemic representation plays in this development over time. The data come from a reading…

While Extensive Reading (ER) has emerged as an effective approach to developing language skills, ER research has largely focused on its impact on language acquisition, rather than the socio-cultural content of the materials used and any effect of those on the reader. Considering that ER programs tend to expect learners to read large volumes of…

This practitioner research project utilized a case study approach to examine advantages and challenges students have experienced due to the implementation of an open educational resource (OER) in English 095: College Reading. This is one of several developmental courses offered at Wor-Wic, a rural, open-admissions community college on the Eastern…

Purpose: The review aims to synthesize previous studies to present an overview of the techniques commonly used in learning analytics, as well as identify possible knowledge gaps in the extant studies and provide insights on future directions for learning analytics techniques moving forward. Design/methodology/approach: This paper provides a…

Student language teachers exploring literary texts for language education mostly focus on "what" is written, and the opportunities that could arise for stimulating classroom discussions. In teacher education, helping student teachers discover "how" a powerfully persuasive text is created is frequently overlooked. With this…

In this longitudinal, qualitative case study, critical pedagogical and sociocultural perspectives were employed to analyze the language and literacy strengths, challenges, inequities, and gentrification issues that characterized the first three years of a two-way, 50-50 Spanish-English dual-language (DL) program's implementation, and how the DL…

Academic leaders across the country--including several New England institutions--are now strategizing how to ensure students learn to navigate and manage diversity to spur progress. Diversity has always been a feature of the global landscape. Communities include women and men as well as people of different ages, ability statuses, socioeconomic…

Theories regarding the long-term effects of educational interventions are often assumed, but rarely tested using experimental methods. In the following commentary, we argue that the shortage of randomized control trials with long-term follow-up presents serious problems for the field, as it hampers our ability to develop educational programs that…

Europe is, in many ways, of central importance to discussions about higher education. Various European initiatives, such as the Bologna Process and the Erasmus mobility programme, have had a direct and material impact on the shape and nature of higher education across the continent. They have also been linked to wider political objectives, such as…

Researchers have found that teachers who have a strong vision for teaching can overcome obstacles in their classrooms. A teacher's vision is what he or she sees as his or her mission as an educator. Hopefulness, the feeling of possibility and attainability, is the necessary precursor to the successful implementation of a vision. Using the…

Purpose: Individuals with primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) have apraxia of speech (AOS) in which disruptions in articulation or prosody predominate the speech pattern, referred to, respectively, as phonetic or prosodic subtypes. Many develop aphasia and/or dysarthria. Past research has demonstrated that simple temporal acoustic…