Studies on enjoyment of school recess rarely differentiate between gender or the indoor and outdoor settings (and especially not the eating portion of recess or lunch), so the aim of this study was to qualitatively increase understanding about what students specifically like and dislike about recess relative to gender and outside, inside, and…

This study was conducted with a total of 1496 students in 8 secondary schools in Istanbul and examines the personal, motivational, volitional, and contextual factors that influence homework procrastination behavior. Hierarchical linear analysis was used to analyze student-level and class-level data. Results indicated that conscientiousness was the…

Positive emotions and effective classroom management are indispensable components of successful teaching. However, the role of teachers' mindsets about their teaching abilities in their emotions and classroom management has remained understudied. This study investigated whether and how language teachers' beliefs about the stability and…

Students in higher education increasingly integrate emerging technologies to enrich their learning experiences. Universal tools such as virtual classrooms, multimedia presentations, and learning management systems are now widely employed in teaching and learning activities. However, Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are not yet commonly used…

Since the 2020/21 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has collected and analyzed early literacy screening assessment data from schools and districts that participated in targeted state grants. In 2023/24, the 1st year that screening was required for all kindergarten through grade 3 (K-3) students…

Past research has focused primarily on the cross-cultural adaptation of expatriates upon arrival in the host country, but few studies have explored the prior cross-cultural contact and adjustment experiences of international students. This study examined the impact of prior cross-cultural exposure on the cross-cultural adaptation of Asian and…

Rural schools have fewer resources to support student health and social-emotional wellbeing; they have also been underrepresented in education research and policy. Geographic variation influenced schools' experiences of the pandemic, highlighting a myriad of ways in which it may have exacerbated pre-existing inequities based on rurality. This…

Emotional reactivity and emotion regulation play key roles in adolescent mental health. Positive parenting behavior has been shown to facilitate positive adolescent emotional development; however, relationships between parenting and adolescent neural emotion reactivity have not been thoroughly examined. The present study employed whole-brain…

Concerns over how missed instructional time may impact academic achievement can prevent students from enrolling in elementary band or orchestra, but there is little research examining relationships between academic achievement and pull-out instrumental music courses. This brief presents a descriptive analysis of the short- and long-term academic…

Inequity in degree attainment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields has been studied for decades, yet groups that have been excluded across STEM disciplines, such as women, first-generation college students, and members of certain racial and ethnic groups, have continued to earn a disproportionately lower percentage of…

This study examines factors influencing international students' help-seeking behaviour in Canada using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework. Semi-structured interviews with 19 international students from diverse backgrounds were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that students exhibited selective, cautious approaches…

Background: We summarize utilization patterns for mental health services in school-based health centers. Methods: Administrative data on school-based health center visits in New Haven, Connecticut were examined for the 2007-2009 school years. Relative frequencies of mental health visits by age were calculated as a percentage of all visits and were…

Lifespan research has long been interested in how contexts shape individual development. Using the separation and later reunification of Germany as a kind of natural experiment we examine whether and how living and dying in the former East or West German context has differentially shaped late-life development of well-being. We apply multi-level…

Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. Since its onset in 1975, MTF has been funded continuously by the National Institute on Drug Abuse -- one of the National Institutes of Health -- under a series of peer-reviewed, competitive research grants. The 2020 survey, reported…

This Summary highlights the findings from the First Look full report. The findings in this report provide the first national estimates of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on postsecondary students. Researchers have previously collected and reported data at institution, state, and international levels (Aristovnik et al. 2020; Aucejo et al. 2020;…