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Does Gender Composition in a Field of Study Matter? Gender Disparities in College Students’ Academic Self-Concepts
Gendered field-of-study choice is a lively topic of discussion. The explanation usually given for the fact that women are still an exception in...
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University students’ concepts of nation in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau: Patriotism or nationalism?
This study investigated the concepts of nation among university students in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The findings revealed a lack of...
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Supporting Students’ Use of Ecological Concepts in Field-Based Modeling of Ecological Phenomena
Scientific knowledge is a primary resource that scientists use to shape their activities to make sense of natural phenomena. Support for students’...
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That’s not me: (Dis)concordance between pSTEM nerd-genius stereotypes and self-concepts predicts high school students’ pSTEM identity
Nerd-genius stereotypes about people in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (pSTEM) are barriers to getting many...
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Teacher expertise for fostering at-risk students’ understanding of basic concepts: conceptual model and evidence for growth
Various intervention programs for fostering at-risk students’ understanding of basic concepts (such as place value understanding or meanings of...
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The Use of the Constructivist Teaching Sequence (CTS) to Facilitate Changes in the Visual Representations of Fifth-Grade Elementary School Students: A Case Study on Teaching Heat Convection Concepts
Most primary school students, although they grasp the scientific concepts of heat convection at the macroscopic level, commonly fail to visualize...
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Assessing students’ understanding of time concepts in Years 3 and 4: insights from the development and use of a one-to-one task-based interview
Time is an important but complex area of learning for students in the primary years. This study sought to develop a tool which would provide a clear...
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An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Joint Effects of Social, Dimensional, and Temporal Comparisons on Students’ Academic Self-Concepts
Previous research has shown that three comparison types are involved in the formation of students’ academic self-concepts: social comparisons (where...
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Assessing outdoor and environmental education threshold concepts in Australian universities
Communicating tertiary graduate skills and knowledge to employers is a contemporary issue in Australian outdoor education. Threshold concepts have...
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Understanding concepts of generalism and specialism amongst medical students at a research-intensive London medical school
BackgroundMany prominent UK medical organisations have identified a need for more generalist clinicians to address the complex requirements of an...
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Educational Concepts and Methodologies in the AI Era: Challenges and Responses
The emergence of general artificial intelligence (AI) model technology, notably ChatGPT, has substantially transformed contemporary approaches to...
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The effect of professional portfolio learning on nursing students’ professional self-concepts in geriatric adult internship: a- quasi-experimental study
BackgroundProfessional self-concept is one of the important outcomes of nursing professionalism. There is a lack of adequately planned curriculum may...
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Using Storytelling to Develop Fraction Concepts with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
This paper reports an intervention study in the teaching of fraction concepts at a village school in Hong Kong. The classes consisted of 60 Grade...
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Use of simulation scenarios and vote cards in teaching critical appraisal concepts in evidence-based medicine
BackgroundThe most effective method of teaching critical appraisal concepts remains unclear. We used simulation scenarios in a Risk-of-Bias (RoB) 2.0...
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Divisive Concepts in Classrooms: A Call to Inquiry
In this article, I will begin by describing recent divisive concepts legislation, which bans teaching about aspects of racism, sexism, and equity,...
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Teaching foundational language equity concepts in the pre-clinical curriculum
BackgroundDespite the prevalence of non-English languages in the US population, existing medical training to teach communication with linguistically...
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Threshold Concepts in Preclinical Medical Education: Students’ Perceptions
Threshold concepts are those ideas that learners often find difficult, but must understand in order to master a discipline. Nearly all research into...
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Supporting Young Learners in Learning Geometric Area Concepts Through Static Versus Dynamic Representation and Imagination Strategies
This study was conducted to optimize the designs of learning guides embedded in a computer-based simulation environment. The research was based on...
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Observing Mathematical Properties in the Virtual World: An Exploratory Study of Online Independent Learning of Locus Concepts
In the post-pandemic world, metaverse technology has become a popular approach to facilitating students’ online learning experiences. Drawing on...
