This paper applies Lauren Bialystok's conception of authenticity to place-based education, specifically to analyze the idea of an authentic sense of place. The author summarizes Bialystok's authenticity and then provides an overview of place and authentic sense of place as proposed by Edward Relph. Then, combining these, place-based education…

Private universities are increasingly shaping the global higher education landscape, with distance education playing a key role in their expansion. While research has explored institutional and policy factors influencing private higher education, the role of student satisfaction within this framework remains underexamined. This study addresses…

Raman spectroscopy, a powerful vibrational spectroscopic technique widely used in chemistry, materials science, and environmental analysis, provides critical molecular insights through spectral fingerprints. However, undergraduate students often lack proficiency in optimizing experimental parameters, interpreting vibrational modes, and applying…

Early years education begins with the rejection of the notion that children are deficient adults. But it has culminated in a deep and abiding concern for learning difficulties, particularly in the field of reading. The purpose of this paper is to reconcile the seeming contradiction between the former view, which appears to eschew the concept of…

Cognitive load theory describes the mechanisms for the transfer of information from human working memory to long-term memory. This theory posits that increasing the number of interactive elements, such as interconnections, may increase cognitive load. This study investigates the impact of interconnections in concept maps on cognitive load,…

This research explores how nature-based loose part play helps unfold young children's learning connected with the natural world in the Kindergarten Program. It uses action research to investigate nature-based loose parts play in connection with the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum to provide unique insights into identifying and addressing action…

The lack of consensus about gender-inclusive language (GIL) in German poses growing challenges for English-speaking German as a foreign language (L2 German) students and instructors. Whereas students often struggle to convey the same gender sensitivity that is generally available in English into their second language (L2), instructors are equally…

In this study, we examined the longitudinal reciprocal relationships among mastery goals, autonomous motivation, and motivation instability. In the hierarchical model of motivation, mastery goal for overall course subject learning has been positioned at the contextual level, while autonomous motivation and motivation instability during a specific…

Nathalie Sinclair's MERGA 2024 keynote challenged us to communicate video data in ways that provide the reader with a more holistic and embodied experience of the data. In this methodological position paper, we take up this challenge. Through video analysis of a pre-school child and her mother engaging about counting in threes (prompted by the…

Bioinformatics and computational biology have become indispensable in modern biological research, yet introductory resources remain scarce. "FILTERED," an innovative online educational tool that introduces high school students to fundamental bioinformatics concepts through engaging puzzle-based gameplay, was developed to address this…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in education, but mostly to support individual teaching and learning. However, there are good reasons to think that thinking together and solving problems together, Collective Intelligence (CI), is also a valuable outcome of education. Accordingly, our main research question is: How can AI be…

In 2023, researchers explored the relationship between Design Principles for K-12 Online Learning (Crichton & Childs, 2022) and quality standards for K-12 online learning, publishing a report on the intersection between design principles and standards (LaBonte et al., 2023). Design principles refer to the fundamental concepts and guidelines…

Project-based academic report writing (PBARW), one form of integrated writing, is widely used in Asia. We tested the hypothesis that L2 English learners have to achieve a threshold level of reading comprehension for PBARW strategies to have noticeable effects on writing performance. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in the…

As institutions of higher education further develop their learning analytics efforts, academic library practitioners are called upon to participate in these efforts and have opportunities to shape their campus strategies. Nonetheless, library practitioners may not be prepared with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to engage with campus…

Research on extensive reading (ER) has quite consistently highlighted its impact on second/foreign language learning. However, it remains unclear what the exact components of ER are that make it profitable. In practice, there appears to be variation in the application of key elements of ER, and programs vary in the kinds of additions they make to…