Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth, innovation, and societal change. Yet, encouraging entrepreneurial engagement among undergraduates is challenging. Despite numerous initiatives, few students translate their education into ventures, revealing shortcomings in traditional teaching. Moreover, a focus on disciplinary specialization…

Laboratory learning has been the focus of significant creativity for educators. Engaging students in "real world" contexts or using their knowledge in laboratory exercises in a meaningful way requires that students are engaged in the practice of science. The role of decision-making around this practice of science, say for the analysis of…

This study examined the types of representations that primary school children create in solving different types of problems, the relationship between these types of representations, and the accuracy rates in solving the problems. The study was conducted with 80 students attending primary school's 2nd and 3rd grades. An achievement test prepared by…

Solving contextual math problems has been a central activity in mathematics education for decades, as they are believed to meet the requirements of being meaningful to students due to their contextual relevance and enable them to engage in deep learning characterized by the use of higher-order skills. Deep learning is activated when students are…

The transformation of educational systems requires pedagogical approaches that move beyond the conventional format of learning by transmission of content. It is pressing to address the challenges deriving from the changing landscape of the workplace. Diverse, hybrid, technologically enhanced, focused on 21st century skills, and an advocate of…

In the 21st century, the concept of digital literacy (DL) has become an essential skill set that empowers educators to harness the full potential of technology in the classroom as a crucial element for teaching 21st-century skills (T21C). This study aims to explore pre-service teachers' level of DL and their capabilities of T21C, and whether their…

The ability to effectively use digital technology and problem-solve are critical skills for maintaining democratic health, particularly as civil society and the modern digital landscape continuously evolve. However, information on whether individuals have the critical problem-solving skills to use digital technology and confidently affect change…

In this study, we explored elementary school teachers' experiences working on open-ended mathematics tasks during a 10-day professional development (PD) workshop. Teachers engaged with the tasks daily in a session call Morning Math (MM). Thirty-two elementary teachers from three school districts in the USA participated in a 2-year professional…

Learners' use of digital simulations is an important dimension of scientific modeling. Prior studies show teachers may misconstrue the epistemic affordances of simulation, valuing simulations for their ease of use to portray information (Bo et al. "Journal of Science Education and Technology," 27, 550-565, 2018) and for their aesthetic…

Problems encountered in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) contexts cannot be adequately described or solved with the knowledge of a single discipline. Instead, a high level of inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge and methods is required to overcome them. These help to pose problems about the complex challenges and solve…

Prior research has shown that Productive Failure (PF), where learners attempt (and fail) to solve a problem prior to receiving instruction, is more effective for conceptual knowledge acquisition than receiving instruction first (Direct Instruction; DI). Higher diversity in generated solution attempts seemed positively associated with conceptual…

Purpose: This study investigates socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL) in workplace team interactions to understand how professionals manage their learning processes during team meetings. It aims to identify what types of SSRL phases appear in workplace team interactions and which SSRL phases and team-regulation behaviors are associated…

For many, video games represent a popular form of entertainment. However, numerous research studies confirm that playing video games is a complex process with a significant educational component in addition to entertainment. Several researchers, including Papert and other authorities, have argued that we can learn a great deal about the learning…

Researchers have demonstrated that dialogue-based intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) can be effective in assisting students in learning. However, little research has attempted to explore the necessity of equipping dialogue-based ITS with one of the most important capabilities of human tutors, that is, maintaining polite interactions with students,…

The decomposition of numbers when solving subtraction tasks is regarded as more powerful than counting-based strategies. Still, many students fail to solve subtraction tasks despite using decomposition. To shed light upon this issue, we take a variation theoretical perspective (Marton, 2015) seeing learning as a function of discerning critical…