Prior research highlights the role of number manipulation activities in fostering the early mathematical development of children. This study (N = 1,491) explored the effect of a bear-themed intervention on enhancing arithmetic abilities in kindergarten students. Utilizing a pre- and post-test design, the study compared the advancements of children…

Sichuan embroidery, as one of China's traditional intangible cultural heritages, is renowned worldwide for its exquisite craftsmanship, profound cultural connotations, and unique artistic value. However, in the face of the impacts of modernization and globalization, the inheritance and development of Sichuan embroidery are facing numerous…

Despite the growing prevalence of mindfulness in schools, the empirical landscape describing best practices for implementation is incomplete. The purpose of this project was to develop a framework that explicated the steps and considerations for implementing mindfulness at the whole-school level, rather than just considering individual classroom…

Research on study habits among college students demonstrates a difference between what students should do and what they actually do. We sought to understand students' break-taking habits and perceptions within the context of study behaviors. One hundred and sixteen undergraduate students responded to a survey of their study break-taking behaviors,…

This article shares activities that engage students in quality peer dialogue to build up and break down networks, revealing underlying structure and equivalence. These investigations offer students three kinds of mathematical arguments: (1) proofs of impossibility; (2) proofs by induction; and (3) proofs by exhaustion. The authors describe a…

The Maker Movement has emerged as a significant cultural phenomenon in the twenty-first century. Stemming from the Maker Movement, the STEM design challenge aims to foster children's utilization of interdisciplinary knowledge and creative skills to address real-world problems. This study devised the Story-based STEM Design Challenge (SSDC) by…

This study explored a conceptual model of competency tasks using the Competency-Based Education (CBE) Scale, grounded in the OECD's competency framework, which includes knowledge, skills, values and attitudes. The survey incorporates six OECD-defined skill types essential for human learning: cognitive, metacognitive, physical, practical, emotional…

This study examined undergraduate Adapted Physical Activity/Education course descriptions for content, disability frameworks, and course benefits. A total of 599 course descriptions from 590 universities in the United States were evaluated using content analysis. Notably, disability-related content, such as definitions, was most frequently…

Most jazz music contains some form of improvisation. Therefore, teaching improvisation, or spontaneous musical composition within a given context, remains an important task in music education. Discovering the neural processes involved in jazz improvisation might aid music educators who teach jazz improvisation and give researchers greater insight…

Students' sense of belonging in the mathematics classroom can be supported and increased by building mathematics tasks that connect to and incorporate aspects of students' identities and sense of selves (e.g., their names, images, and ages). This article shares one commonly used mathematics task and highlights how it can be used to create…

Toddlers often use humour to engage their peers in acts of playful interactions as they build a sense of togetherness through a 'mutual we'. In this paper, we discuss the findings of a study where the aim was to examine the embodied strategies toddlers use to engage their peers in interactions that are playful and full of humour. The study is an…

This article's author describes an upper-level economics course that introduces students to experimental economics. The course, built around a term-long project requiring students to develop experiments in small groups, has two main objectives: (1) solidify students' learning of key economic concepts, and (2) introduce students to experimental…

Music is a daily influence in our lives. One aspect of music is being used in a physical activity (PA) setting. One specific area where music is being used is in K-12 physical education (PE) classes. Previous research has been conducted in elementary and junior high school PE. For this study, the effect on high school PE students' PA was…

Critical thinking is one of the 4C skills needed in 21st century education. This is the reason for the need to conduct a review to find an effort to improve critical thinking skills, especially in education. A relevant strategy in this effort is integrating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into the learning process. A…

Interest in collaborative concept mapping studies has grown steadily over the years. However, insufficient studies compare collaborative concept mapping with other similarly robust collaborative activities. Another limitation is that existing collaborative concept mapping studies seldom elaborate on the extent of participants' interactions with…