This scoping review synthesized evidence on research ethics capacity development in Anglophone West Africa, aimed at evaluating approaches, achievements, and challenges, offering recommendations for future research ethics training in the sub-region. The "Population-Concept-Context" Framework guided eligibility criteria with searches…

The Equity Lab's Seeding Disruption Fellowship is a cohort-based program designed for senior leaders in the District of Columbia who work in PK-12 education and related fields. The Fellowship aims to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to build diverse, cross-sector coalitions committed to disrupting the inequitable systems…

The impact of many interventions weakens during the scaling up process and low fidelity of implementation (i.e. delivering an intervention but not as it was intended) may explain why. In this paper we introduce, discuss, and exemplify the use of a framework for developing fidelity tools that aim to measure and promote fidelity of implementation.…

There is robust evidence for a causal association between spatial thinking and mathematics achievement. However, most research has been lab-based, with spatial training delivered by researchers. We present a teacher delivered, whole-class 6-week spatial training study that involved professional development for practitioners coupled with…

Feedback drives creativity, yet how individuals benefit from it remains unclear. This study explored the cognitive and neural mechanisms through which interpersonal feedback promotes creativity. The fNIRS measured interpersonal neural synchronization (INS) during feedback, focusing on the prefrontal cortex and the right temporoparietal area.…

Practicum students' anxiety as they envision seeing "real" clients can impede their self-efficacy and in-session functioning. To explore how anticipatory stress and coping theory might help better support them, we used CQR-M to code students' (n = 42) immediate thoughts and reactions to three challenging client situations before and…

This article describes the Student Teaching Fellowship Program (STFP), offered by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, as an opportunity for graduate students (and postdoctoral researchers) to gain meaningful training in teaching as they undertake undergraduate curriculum development and pedagogical research. Under the…

Numerous studies have demonstrated that the retrieval of information through testing can enhance long term memory. Data has been less clear concerning the utility of concept mapping as an alternative retrieval practice technique. The study described here extended that research by matching the time for different study conditions, by utilizing…

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…

We implemented tact matrix training to teach tacts of spatial locations to four children (male, 4-7 years of age) on the autism spectrum in China. The experimental design involved a multiple-probe design across participants with pre- and postinstruction probes on untaught tacts and listener responses. Learning outcomes included taught tacts of…

Reflective learning is considered crucial for advancing learning strategies, improving professional practice, and engaging in lifelong learning. For this reason, developing reflective learning has been imperative for the education of professionals across disciplines. Despite its potential, however, there is a lack of conceptual clarity and models…

Parent education interventions for children with autism have grown steadily over the past few decades. As such, it is essential to define, capture, and map the characteristics of parent education-focused interventions, particularly for parents of adolescents with autism. We conducted a scoping review of parent education interventions for parents…

This study explores how a personalized physical activity program can enhance adolescents' motor and cognitive functions. The program, based on the Sincrony methodology and embodied cognition theory, aims to counteract negative effects of excessive digital device use. Conducted in Italy with 64 girls aged 11-13, participants were randomly divided…

Students are not clients, job seekers, or consumers. Their purpose is the pursuit of knowledge. So why do universities largely restrict inquiry to professors and graduate students? In "What Could a University Be?" Robert Gibbs imagines a university focused on engaging students in research at all levels and across all faculties, including…

Academic research teams are often homogenous units that include few undergraduate students. We argue that this is in part due to the perception that it is difficult to mentor students who are different from the principal investigator. The Stewardship Model of Mentoring offers a framework that highlights the complementary goals of mentorship and…