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BackgroundAlthough the benefits of physical exercise for students’ physical and mental health have been widely recognized, studies that systematically investigate the overall effects of physical exercise on students’ academic burnout and academic achievement remain insufficient. Most existing research focuses on a single dimension, lacking systematic integration and quantitative synthesis.Objecti…

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New programs in the state work to teach high school and college students about Gullah foodways through hands-on projects When students from Charleston county school of the arts in South Carolina entered a research institute on the African diaspora, staff greeted them with “welcome home”. The field trip at the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture w…

This study investigated the impact of learner engagement on teachers’ curriculum delivery in a rural secondary school in Limpopo Province, South Africa. A qualitative case study design was employed, guided by self-determination theory and social constructivism. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with five teachers and open-ended questionnaires administered to ten learners. The…

BackgroundComputational thinking is a key higher-order cognitive skill in adolescence, extending beyond computer science to mathematical problem solving and complex reasoning. Although mathematical metacognition has been associated with computational thinking, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. Grounded in Flavell’s metacognitive theory and Wing’s framework, this study ex…

This study investigates the psychological mechanisms underlying engagement in AI-mediated EFL writing from a social cognitive theory perspective. Specifically, it examines how growth mindset, ideal L2 self, and enjoyment relate to engagement. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was employed. In the quantitative phase, survey data were collected from 519 university EFL learners from eth…

Analytical Insights: Overcoming Knowledge Retention Challenges in CS50 Learners 1. Knowledge Acquisition: The Foundation of Learning The journey of a CS50 learner begins with engaging course materials, aiming to internalize programming concepts. However, the Prior Knowledge constraint significantly impacts this stage. Learners without prior programming experience face a steeper learning curve, as…

In a new study, an Iowa State researcher upends the idea that AI simplifies writing, showing instead that it raises the cognitive stakes for students. The study identifies three key thresholds that reveal why using AI well takes more judgment, experimentation and agency than many students expect.

Six-year-olds will need all their social skills to make a successful transition to peer interaction in full-time school, but their unique past may get in the way.

Students in a class taught by Emily Torres have significant trauma, mental health challenges, or both.

Kids who can hold it together until the final bell may be primed for more academic success in life The post Bad Third-Grade Behavior Could be a Preview of Educational Failure appeared first on Nautilus .

Younger students show signs of learning recovery, while teens are left behind. How can we fix that?

IntroductionEnvironmental contexts, particularly the home literacy environment (HLE), play a significant role in shaping children’s early literacy development. Despite this, there are no validated tools available in Malayalam, the primary language spoken in Kerala, India, for assessing key environmental factors. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and validate the Home Literacy Questionnaire (…

Fostering students’ innovative capacities in mathematics is increasingly recognized as both a psychological and educational priority, yet little is known about how mathematics teachers’ innovative pedagogical knowledge and the classroom climate are jointly associated with students’ innovative attitudes, particularly in gender-segregated systems. Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), thi…

IntroductionMassive open online course (MOOC) reviews capture learners' emotional evaluations of course quality and perceived vocational value. Existing multilingual aspect-based sentiment analysis (ABSA) methods typically predict generic opinion structures but rarely account for context-conditioned differences in evaluative expression or link reviews to explicit skill perceptions.MethodsWe propo…

When students are taught how to ethically integrate artificial intelligence into academic writing, they use text generators sparingly. A recent study shows undergraduates prefer using chatbots for brainstorming and revision rather than generating whole essays from scratch.

Teacher feedback has been argued to enhance students’ learning. Recent studies, however, have shown mixed findings. Some studies reported positive, others negligible, and still others a negative impact of teachers’ feedback on students’ learning achievement. To clarify these ambiguities, research is needed to understand the motivational mechanisms through which teacher feedback shapes students’ l…

IntroductionThe growing demand for personalized digital learning has increased interest in adaptive e-learning environments that tailor instructional experiences to individual learners. Despite these developments, many online learning implementations still rely on standardized instructional designs that limit meaningful personalization and learner engagement. This study investigates the effective…

Before the chaos of a new school year begins, instructional coaches have a unique opportunity to define priorities, protect coaching time, and build the foundation for meaningful instructional impact.

IntroductionMathematics self-efficacy and mathematics self-concept are well-established predictors of student engagement and performance. However, their relative contributions, alongside mathematics anxiety, are rarely examined within a single model. This study investigates how generalized mathematics self-efficacy, mathematics self-concept, and mathematics anxiety are associated with multiple di…