A foremost goal toward sustainable energy is decentralizing its production and management. To achieve this, actors in peripheral contexts must be capacitated with novel competencies. Energy, however, remains a highly centralized field particularly in training its workforce. We explore in this paper tensions in producing a specialized track on…

Some of the first competencies for higher education professionals were published in the 1937 "Student Personnel Point of View" by the American Council on Education. These have evolved and expanded over time, and professional associations have defined knowledge, skills, and dispositions for the field in general and specific functional…

Paraeducators are often tasked with supporting students with complex communication needs (CCN) without being well prepared to promote their communication. Previous studies have focused on training paraeducators to promote communication during non-instructional contexts for limited or unspecified communication types. We extend the literature by…

Background and Objectives: Narrative discourse is a useful means to organize ideas and create shared understandings. Clinically, performing discourse analysis on disordered spoken language could facilitate researchers and clinicians not only to evaluate one's language abilities but also to foreshadow his/her communication in real-life situations.…

Background: In everyday communication, word retrieval is semantically driven. A similar processing mechanism can be assumed for category fluency tasks. In contrast, in phonemic fluency tasks or rhyme production, the retrieval process must be based on the word form. In phonemic fluency, executive and language functions have been discussed as…

Although the impact of remote education during the pandemic on executive functions and mathematical skills has been extensively studied, few studies have examined its effect on pre-school education. Our study aimed to compare the executive and mathematical performance of preschoolers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 122…

This study assessed the relationship between preschoolers' directly and indirectly assessed emotion word comprehension. Forty-nine two-to-five-year-old Norwegian children were assessed in a tablet-based 4-alternative forced choice (AFC) task on their comprehension of six basic and six complex emotions using facial expression photographs. Parents…

This study investigates the ability of future primary school teachers to design experiments when confronted with everyday life problems, particularly those involving complex phenomena or counterintuitive outcomes. Data were collected using a content analysis approach from the written assignments submitted during a Science Education university…

This study investigated the emotions and perception of effort triggered by various basketball-oriented games: psychomotor game with and without competition, and opposition game with competition. Gender' effect on games with competition was analysed. Sixty-five players (13.52 ± 1.43 years old) from formative teams in Spain participated. The…

This study aimed to investigate prospective middle school mathematics teachers' noticing of students' algebraic thinking based on students' correct and incorrect solutions within the context of pattern generalization. Designed as a qualitative case study, three noticing prompts were asked of thirty-two prospective middle school mathematics…

Developing students' mathematical creativity constitutes a key objective in curricula worldwide. Although teachers recognize their key role in fostering mathematical creativity, research indicates a discrepancy between their beliefs and classroom practices--the "creativity gap". Professional development programs have enhanced teachers'…

The aim of this article is to buid a Guide to the Analysis of Probability Textbook Lessons for secondary education (students aged 12-14), using the framework of Didactic Suitability. The facets, components and indicators of the didactic suitability construct are applied to categorize and organize didactic-mathematical knowledge on teaching and…

In this case study, two teacher educators at Minority Serving Institutions explore how artifacts can foster deep, original thinking in a classroom. We share how we modeled the use of artifacts to design an interdisciplinary social studies lesson with teacher candidates (TCs). Making connections to "realia," such as maps, brochures, and…

This study used a mixed-methods approach to explore the impact of a fraction intervention on 46 sixth-grade students, including 13 with learning disabilities. Twenty-four students were enrolled in the classroom that received intervention, the remaining students participated in standard instruction. The intervention focused on sorting visual…

Background/purpose: Indonesian for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) strategically strengthens Indonesian insight and knowledge for international students. This research aims to describe the strategy and results of the Indonesian cultural immersion implemented in BIPA learning to improve speaking skills. Project-based learning and cultural integration…