This study explored the predictive roles of social expectations (i.e., community influence and social values) and perceived adults' growth mindsets (i.e., teachers' growth mindset and parents' growth mindset) on self-regulated learning (SRL) strategy use and English learning achievement with 685 fourth to fifth graders in Hong Kong. Structural…

This study examines the identity negotiation of Muslim female international students in ESL classrooms in the mid-southern United States, where linguistic adaptation and cultural integration pressures intersect. Drawing on intersectionality, postcolonial feminism, and Kim's International Student Identity Model, this research highlights how these…

This systematic review investigated teacher expectations of students learning an additional language, in the context of either immigrant students as a minority in the classroom or of all majority-group students learning a foreign language together. Only 28 studies could be located. The review found some negative teacher expectations and beliefs…

This study allows for the examination of associations between components of the home mathematics environment -- including parents' formal numeracy practices, math attitudes, and numeracy expectations -- and children's development of math problem solving skills following the transition into formal school. Sixty-six children from three schools in…

In this time of COVID-19, continued and relentless violence against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, (BIPOC), organized resistance by many young people, and violent institutionalized attempts to suppress resistance, demonstrations and social change movements, what should educators be thinking about as we return to our college classrooms? In…

Teacher expectation models have theorized that expectations are likely to affect student socio-psychological as well as academic outcomes. Effects on socio-psychological outcomes, however, have been less frequently studied. Further, ways in which teacher class-level over- or underestimation of students can contribute to relations with student…

The current investigation addresses critiques about motivation terminology and instrumentation by examining together three commonly used reading motivation assessments in schools. This study explores the distinctiveness and redundancies of the constructs operationalized in these reading motivation assessments with 222 middle school students, using…

The present study is to analyze the occupational anxiety level of physical education and sports teacher candidates on future expectations in terms of several variables. The Future Expectations Scale, comprised of 15 items and a single factor, and the Occupational Anxiety Scale, comprised of 45 items and eight factors were employed as measurement…

The world is transforming through digitalisation and business schools are predisposed to this transition. Some universities have slickly sailed through the digitalisation challenge, while others have been left behind. The purpose of this research paper is to identify and examine the variables that impact the successful adoption of digitalisation…

Courses: Interpersonal Communication, Computer-Mediated Communication, and Communication Theory. Objectives: This activity introduces students to expectancy violations theory through building a hypothetical social media profile for themselves or a fictional character and then assessing the impact of both positive and negative expectancy violations…

The purpose of the current study is to evaluate sportspersonship coaching behaviors from youth athletes' perspective. In this sense, the research group comprised a total of 394 youth athletes, 161 girls (40.9%) and 233 boys (59.1%) between the ages of 11-17. Sportspersonship Coaching Behaviors Scale (SCBS) was used as a data collection tool in the…

Context: Transition to practice for newly credentialed athletic trainers (ATs) has been described through the perspective of educators, supervisors of graduate assistant ATs, students, and recent graduates; however, the opinion of supervisors of full-time ATs has not been thoroughly investigated. Objective: (1) Describe supervisor perceptions of…

Purpose: This study aimed to elicit the course-related expectations of students studying in different faculties at Ankara University who took an elective music course. More specifically, the students' reasons for enrolling in the music course, their expectations about the objectives, the teaching processes and evaluation process of this course,…

The aim of this study is to analyze whether the national athletes' perceptions of hopelessness and their self-esteem levels differ in terms of different variables (age, marital status, and income status, place of residence, educational status, and active national career). The study group of the research consists of 200 active male national rowing…

Higher education institutions have a critical role to play in preparing students to meet the demands of an increasingly technological world. Drawing on a survey of 762 undergraduate students in two universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this paper examines the actual experiences of digital technology of students during their academic…