The increasing rate of permanent school closures in U.S. public school districts presents unprecedented challenges for administrators and communities alike. This study develops an early-warning indicator model to predict mass closure events -- defined as a district closing at least 10% of its schools -- five years in advance. Leveraging…

"Motor fluency" refers to the ease with which an action can be performed and several studies have shown how it can modulate various cognitive processes, such as memory and decision making. To investigate these implications of motor fluency, typing-based paradigms have been proven to be useful. In this literature, based on pioneering…

Today's empowered and hyper(dis)connected generation expects from higher education institutions (HEIs) communication strategies that align with their interests, making communication strategies crucial for their ongoing experience at the University. Once students are recruited, the factors they consider important when choosing a university may…

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of mind and intelligence games on critical thinking tendencies and decision-making skills of third grade primary school students. In this study, pretest-posttest control group model, one of the quasi-experimental designs within the scope of quantitative research methods, was used. The research was…

Teacher retention in England continues to be in a state of decline, with early career teachers (ECTs) most at risk of leaving the profession. High attrition rates create an unstable and unsustainable workforce, which negatively affects the educational development of young people. The purpose of this paper was to explore the career-related push and…

Purpose: School leaders are critical to organizational change and school improvement, particularly through their role in facilitating teacher development. Yet the literature is thin regarding the extent to which various sources of evidence influence school leaders' decisions and regarding conditions that may shape differences in school leader…

This case study centers on the issues associated with defining and coding multiple variables from a large set of special education due process hearing officer decision documents as part of an investigation into predictors of due process hearing timeliness. Legal studies of court or hearing officer decisions generally require document content…

Hiring entry-level employees has become more challenging in recent years. This is particularly true for sport organizations, who often struggle to compete with other industries offering more-flexible and better-paying work opportunities. Thus, it is imperative at this time to better understand the hiring practices of sport organizations and to…

The majority rule is a core decision-making principle in groups and democracies, where the preference of over half the members determines the collective outcome. This study investigated whether children aged 3-5 (N = 156, approximately 50% girls and boys, from predominantly White families) apply the majority rule in a group of peers with differing…

Collaborative learning in tertiary education faces challenges such as limited teacher intervention and effective student pairing. This study addresses these issues by proposing a data-driven peer recommendation approach enhanced with learner profile visualisation. The system dynamically matches students based on evolving learning profiles, using…

The Internet has become the main information source of graduates, trainees and young professionals, who use online information to base their professional decisions and actions. However, trainees often perform poorly when it comes to correctly evaluating the credibility of online media and critically dealing with online information, which can…

This foundational resource provides a comprehensive exploration of ethical challenges in academic advising, collating with decision-making frameworks informed by best practice and theory. The daily decisions of academic advisors are rooted in ethical issues that impact students, faculty, other advisors, and the greater institution at large.…

There has been a steady growth in the use of online instruction in higher education. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased both the need for and the use of this technology when schools were shut down, further establishing online learning as a viable educational platform for higher education. Many online higher education courses rely heavily on…

Information units (IUs) have been proposed as a way of grading students' notes. However, little work has been done to validate and check the reliability of such an approach. This study explores how teacher-researchers (TRs) use information units (IUs) to rate content items in students' listening notes using a rubric. Data were collected from six…

Purpose: This study introduces the personal health threshold model, a new conceptual framework that explains how individuals categorize health behaviors. The model aims to elucidate the psychological mechanisms underlying selective adherence to health behaviors and inform more effective health education approaches. Design/methodology/approach: The…