This study investigates the nature, effectiveness and implications of fee-based private tutoring among primary school students (age 11-12) in rural Kazakhstan, an underexamined context in shadow education research. Grounded in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory and the 'new sociology of childhood', the study employs a mixed-methods approach,…

Background: Socio-emotional well-being promotion for children is a significant part of education in lower primary schools. It plays a crucial role in ensuring health outcomes in children, along with preparing them to be socially and ecologically responsible individuals in the future. This study explored primary schools' efforts to incorporate…

High-dosage tutoring has long been the focus of educators and researchers as a potential tool to improve education. The COVID-19 pandemic has further strengthened the support for high-dosage tutoring to accelerate student learning as students have experienced a decline in achievement, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds. Recent work…

The study aimed to examine the effect of supportive language training activities on language skills and reading levels of bilingual children attending state primary schools in Turkey. Ten primary school children aged 6 to 9 years were selected on a voluntary basis by the Migration Services Centre of Keçiören Municipality in Ankara. Supportive…

This paper describes a yearlong collaboration between a literacy professor, pre-service teachers enrolled in an undergraduate Children's Literature course, and community partners in a neighboring K-12 school. The partners collaborated to implement a motivational reading program for elementary students based on the Texas Bluebonnet Award booklist.…

Background and Purpose: Whether racial and ethnic disparities in disability identification currently occur across elementary school is unclear. Available studies mostly have used cross-sectional designs or were unable to contrast observationally similar students in longitudinal analyses accounting for clinical need (e.g., Glasofer & Dingley,…

This case study explored the potential effects of integrating an e-book app on the reading motivation and comprehension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) children with low reading proficiency. Over a period of four months, two fourth-grade students participated in the intervention, using the Epic! app for e-book reading twice a week. Data…

This study explores how bodily actions of iterating, sharing and grouping can contribute to the understanding of multiplication and division, going beyond their conventional framing as intuitive arithmetic models. Drawing on objectification theory, we reconceptualize these operations as historically and culturally situated relationships between…

The purpose of "Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms" is to build a critical mass of educators who know how to employ the principles of critical pedagogy in elementary classrooms. This includes attention to the various knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of critical pedagogues in…

This research attempts to explore the challenges of teaching English listening skills at primary-level schools in Bangladesh. A mixed method was applied to conduct the research. The quantitative data was collected by a survey questionnaire from 30 primary-level English teachers. The qualitative data was collected by interviewing 5 primary level…

Despite significant progress in improving primary enrollment and attainment for girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in recent years, gender disparities in education persist and hinder opportunities for girls. Educational attainment for girls has plateaued in numerous countries, with only a few making significant strides in narrowing…

The research aimed to achieve the following objectives: 1)Assess the effectiveness of cooperative learning management utilizing the STAD technique and KWDL technique among PrathomSuksa 6 students in solving decimal problems, with a target of achieving a 75/75 criterion, 2) Enhance the problem-solving abilities of grade 6 students in mathematics by…

In the present study, we aimed to disentangle the impact of bilingualism and socioeconomic status (SES) on literacy in language-minority bilingual children (LMBC) and monolinguals exposed to French. We also wanted to explore the role of these two factors on cognitive and language skills, i.e., verbal knowledge (VK), morphosyntactic comprehension…

This study examined whether the assessment of executive function (EF) added a unique contribution to second language (L2) reading comprehension in children in French immersion. Participants were 8- to 9-year old children who completed a collection of measures assessing French reading (i.e., word reading, decoding, and reading comprehension ) and…

The aim of the present study was to assess the energy-, environmental-, and climate change literacy among primary and middle school students in selected cities of Ethiopia. This survey study was conducted in primary and middle schools found in six cities and involved a total of 1589 students. The finding indicate that the participants of the study…