This study examines the relationship between cognitive processes and job performance in teachers at the Cruz del Norte Educational Unit, focusing on attention, planning, organization, anxiety, and job stress. A mixed-method design was applied, combining quantitative and qualitative techniques such as psychometric tests, Pearson correlation, multiple regression analysis, Student’s t-test, the Delphi method, and the Ishikawa diagram. The results show that executive functions, particularly planning and organization, have a significant positive impact on job performance. Teachers with higher levels of these skills demonstrate better performance, with strong correlations (r = 0.72, p = 0.001; r = 0.65, p = 0.003). In contrast, anxiety and stress act as limiting factors. Multiple regression analysis indicates that anxiety (β = -0.4946, p < 0.0001) and stress (β = -0.3721, p < 0.001) negatively predict job performance. Additionally, job indiscipline—reflected in absenteeism and lateness—shows a strong negative correlation with performance (r = -0.74, p < 0.000). These findings highlight the importance of time management and organizational commitment, as well as the need to implement training and psychological support strategies to improve teacher performance and educational quality.
این مطالعه به بررسی رابطه بین فرایندهای شناختی و عملکرد شغلی در معلمان واحد آموزشی Cruz del Norte میپردازد و بر توجه، برنامهریزی، سازماندهی، اضطراب و استرس شغلی تمرکز دارد. از طرح پژوهشی ترکیبی استفاده شده است که تکنیکهای کمی و کیفی مانند آزمونهای روانسنجی، همبستگی پیرسون، تحلیل رگرسیون چندگانه، آزمون t استیودنت، روش دلفی و نمودار ایشیکاوا را ترکیب میکند. نتایج نشان میدهد که کارکردهای اجرایی، بهویژه برنامهریزی و سازماندهی، تأثیر مثبت معناداری بر عملکرد شغلی دارند. معلمانی که سطوح بالاتری از این مهارتها را دارا هستند، عملکرد بهتری از خود نشان میدهند و همبستگیهای قوی (r = ۰.۷۲, p = ۰.۰۰۱؛ r = ۰.۶۵, p = ۰.۰۰۳) مشاهده شده است. در مقابل، اضطراب و استرس بهعنوان عوامل محدودکننده عمل میکنند. تحلیل رگرسیون چندگانه نشان میدهد که اضطراب (β = -۰.۴۹۴۶, p < ۰.۰۰۰۱) و استرس (β = -۰.۳۷۲۱, p < ۰.۰۰۱) پیشبینیکننده منفی عملکرد شغلی هستند. همچنین، بیانضباطی شغلی—که در غیبت و تأخیر منعکس میشود—همبستگی منفی قوی با عملکرد دارد (r = -۰.۷۴, p < ۰.۰۰۰). این یافتهها اهمیت مدیریت زمان و تعهد سازمانی و همچنین ضرورت اجرای راهبردهای آموزشی و حمایت روانشناختی برای بهبود عملکرد معلمان و کیفیت آموزشی را برجسته میکند.
This study examines the relationship between cognitive processes and job performance in teachers at the Cruz del Norte Educational Unit, focusing on attention, planning, organization, anxiety, and job stress. A mixed-method design was applied, combining quantitative and qualitative techniques such as psychometric tests, Pearson correlation, multiple regression analysis, Student’s t-test, the Delphi method, and the Ishikawa diagram. The results show that executive functions, particularly planning and organization, have a significant positive impact on job performance. Teachers with higher levels of these skills demonstrate better performance, with strong correlations (r = 0.72, p = 0.001; r = 0.65, p = 0.003). In contrast, anxiety and stress act as limiting factors. Multiple regression analysis indicates that anxiety (β = -0.4946, p < 0.0001) and stress (β = -0.3721, p < 0.001) negatively predict job performance. Additionally, job indiscipline—reflected in absenteeism and lateness—shows a strong negative correlation with performance (r = -0.74, p < 0.000). These findings highlight the importance of time management and organizational commitment, as well as the need to implement training and psychological support strategies to improve teacher performance and educational quality.
این مطالعه به بررسی رابطه بین فرایندهای شناختی و عملکرد شغلی در معلمان واحد آموزشی Cruz del Norte میپردازد و بر توجه، برنامهریزی، سازماندهی، اضطراب و استرس شغلی تمرکز دارد. از طرح پژوهشی ترکیبی استفاده شده است که تکنیکهای کمی و کیفی مانند آزمونهای روانسنجی، همبستگی پیرسون، تحلیل رگرسیون چندگانه، آزمون t استیودنت، روش دلفی و نمودار ایشیکاوا را ترکیب میکند. نتایج نشان میدهد که کارکردهای اجرایی، بهویژه برنامهریزی و سازماندهی، تأثیر مثبت معناداری بر عملکرد شغلی دارند. معلمانی که سطوح بالاتری از این مهارتها را دارا هستند، عملکرد بهتری از خود نشان میدهند و همبستگیهای قوی (r = ۰.۷۲, p = ۰.۰۰۱؛ r = ۰.۶۵, p = ۰.۰۰۳) مشاهده شده است. در مقابل، اضطراب و استرس بهعنوان عوامل محدودکننده عمل میکنند. تحلیل رگرسیون چندگانه نشان میدهد که اضطراب (β = -۰.۴۹۴۶, p < ۰.۰۰۰۱) و استرس (β = -۰.۳۷۲۱, p < ۰.۰۰۱) پیشبینیکننده منفی عملکرد شغلی هستند. همچنین، بیانضباطی شغلی—که در غیبت و تأخیر منعکس میشود—همبستگی منفی قوی با عملکرد دارد (r = -۰.۷۴, p < ۰.۰۰۰). این یافتهها اهمیت مدیریت زمان و تعهد سازمانی و همچنین ضرورت اجرای راهبردهای آموزشی و حمایت روانشناختی برای بهبود عملکرد معلمان و کیفیت آموزشی را برجسته میکند.
Video and digital games have been the focus of sustained public and scientific debate since their commercial emergence in the late 1970s, particularly regarding their effects on children and adolescents. Early public and scientific discourse frequently portrayed gaming as a source of physical injury, addiction, aggression, social isolation, academic problems, and moral decline. However, subsequent empirical research has produced a substantially more differentiated picture of both the benefits and risks of gaming. This review examines the historical foundations of controversies surrounding video and digital games and synthesizes contemporary evidence concerning their cognitive, emotional, social, therapeutic, and physical effects. . Research indicates that moderate, purposeful gaming may improve visuospatial abilities, attentional control, problem-solving, mood regulation, social connection, and selected educational outcomes. Gaming-based interventions have also demonstrated therapeutic potential, particularly for depressive symptoms and attention-related difficulties among young people. At the same time, important risks remain, especially when gaming becomes excessive, compulsive, or disruptive to everyday functioning. These include repetitive-strain injuries, sleep disruption, problematic gaming, and adverse mental-health and academic outcomes. Evidence concerning violent games and serious real-world aggression remains more contested, with recent research emphasizing relatively small effects and the importance of individual and contextual factors. Overall, the evidence suggests that the developmental consequences of gaming for children and adolescents depend less on gaming itself than on the duration, content, context, and pattern of engagement.
بازیهای ویدیویی و دیجیتال از زمان ظهور تجاری خود در اواخر دهه ۱۹۷۰، همواره موضوع بحثهای عمومی و علمی مداوم بودهاند، بهویژه در خصوص تأثیرات آنها بر کودکان و نوجوانان. گفتمانهای عمومی و علمی اولیه اغلب بازی کردن را منبع آسیبهای جسمی، اعتیاد، پرخاشگری، انزوای اجتماعی، مشکلات تحصیلی و افول اخلاقی معرفی میکردند. با این حال، پژوهشهای تجربی بعدی تصویری بهمراتب متمایزتر از فواید و خطرات بازی کردن ارائه دادهاند. این مرور به بررسی مبانی تاریخی مناقشات پیرامون بازیهای ویدیویی و دیجیتال میپردازد و شواهد معاصر مربوط به اثرات شناختی، هیجانی، اجتماعی، درمانی و جسمی آنها را جمعبندی میکند. پژوهشها نشان میدهند که بازی کردن متوسط و هدفمند میتواند تواناییهای دیداری-فضایی، کنترل توجه، حل مسئله، تنظیم خلق، ارتباط اجتماعی و برخی پیامدهای آموزشی را بهبود بخشد. مداخلات مبتنی بر بازی نیز پتانسیل درمانی خود را نشان دادهاند، بهویژه برای علائم افسردگی و مشکلات مرتبط با توجه در میان جوانان. در عین حال، خطرات مهمی نیز وجود دارد، بهویژه زمانی که بازی کردن بیش از حد، اجباری یا مختلکننده عملکرد روزمره شود. این خطرات شامل آسیبهای تکراری، اختلال خواب، بازی کردن مسئلهساز و پیامدهای نامطلوب سلامت روان و تحصیلی است. شواهد مربوط به بازیهای خشونتآمیز و پرخاشگری جدی در دنیای واقعی همچنان مورد مناقشه است و پژوهشهای اخیر بر اثرات نسبتاً کوچک و اهمیت عوامل فردی و زمینهای تأکید دارند. در مجموع، شواهد نشان میدهند که پیامدهای رشدی بازی کردن برای کودکان و نوجوانان کمتر به خود بازی وابسته است و بیشتر به مدت، محتوا، زمینه و الگوی مشارکت بستگی دارد.
Video and digital games have been the focus of sustained public and scientific debate since their commercial emergence in the late 1970s, particularly regarding their effects on children and adolescents. Early public and scientific discourse frequently portrayed gaming as a source of physical injury, addiction, aggression, social isolation, academic problems, and moral decline. However, subsequent empirical research has produced a substantially more differentiated picture of both the benefits and risks of gaming. This review examines the historical foundations of controversies surrounding video and digital games and synthesizes contemporary evidence concerning their cognitive, emotional, social, therapeutic, and physical effects. . Research indicates that moderate, purposeful gaming may improve visuospatial abilities, attentional control, problem-solving, mood regulation, social connection, and selected educational outcomes. Gaming-based interventions have also demonstrated therapeutic potential, particularly for depressive symptoms and attention-related difficulties among young people. At the same time, important risks remain, especially when gaming becomes excessive, compulsive, or disruptive to everyday functioning. These include repetitive-strain injuries, sleep disruption, problematic gaming, and adverse mental-health and academic outcomes. Evidence concerning violent games and serious real-world aggression remains more contested, with recent research emphasizing relatively small effects and the importance of individual and contextual factors. Overall, the evidence suggests that the developmental consequences of gaming for children and adolescents depend less on gaming itself than on the duration, content, context, and pattern of engagement.
بازیهای ویدیویی و دیجیتال از زمان ظهور تجاری خود در اواخر دهه ۱۹۷۰، همواره موضوع بحثهای عمومی و علمی مداوم بودهاند، بهویژه در خصوص تأثیرات آنها بر کودکان و نوجوانان. گفتمانهای عمومی و علمی اولیه اغلب بازی کردن را منبع آسیبهای جسمی، اعتیاد، پرخاشگری، انزوای اجتماعی، مشکلات تحصیلی و افول اخلاقی معرفی میکردند. با این حال، پژوهشهای تجربی بعدی تصویری بهمراتب متمایزتر از فواید و خطرات بازی کردن ارائه دادهاند. این مرور به بررسی مبانی تاریخی مناقشات پیرامون بازیهای ویدیویی و دیجیتال میپردازد و شواهد معاصر مربوط به اثرات شناختی، هیجانی، اجتماعی، درمانی و جسمی آنها را جمعبندی میکند. پژوهشها نشان میدهند که بازی کردن متوسط و هدفمند میتواند تواناییهای دیداری-فضایی، کنترل توجه، حل مسئله، تنظیم خلق، ارتباط اجتماعی و برخی پیامدهای آموزشی را بهبود بخشد. مداخلات مبتنی بر بازی نیز پتانسیل درمانی خود را نشان دادهاند، بهویژه برای علائم افسردگی و مشکلات مرتبط با توجه در میان جوانان. در عین حال، خطرات مهمی نیز وجود دارد، بهویژه زمانی که بازی کردن بیش از حد، اجباری یا مختلکننده عملکرد روزمره شود. این خطرات شامل آسیبهای تکراری، اختلال خواب، بازی کردن مسئلهساز و پیامدهای نامطلوب سلامت روان و تحصیلی است. شواهد مربوط به بازیهای خشونتآمیز و پرخاشگری جدی در دنیای واقعی همچنان مورد مناقشه است و پژوهشهای اخیر بر اثرات نسبتاً کوچک و اهمیت عوامل فردی و زمینهای تأکید دارند. در مجموع، شواهد نشان میدهند که پیامدهای رشدی بازی کردن برای کودکان و نوجوانان کمتر به خود بازی وابسته است و بیشتر به مدت، محتوا، زمینه و الگوی مشارکت بستگی دارد.
Holistic student development has become a fundamental indicator of educational quality in early childhood education because it encompasses children's cognitive, socio-emotional, physical, moral, and spiritual development. Despite increasing attention being given to holistic education in Malaysia, empirical evidence explaining how instructional leadership, educator commitment, and educator motivation contribute to holistic student development within KEMAS preschools remains limited. This study therefore examined the levels, relationships, and predictive influence of instructional leadership, educator commitment, and educator motivation on holistic student development among KEMAS preschool educators in the Northern Zone of Malaysia. A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was employed involving 313 educators selected from a population of approximately 1,700 educators across Kedah, Perak, and Pulau Pinang. Data were collected using structured questionnaires adapted from established instruments and analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation, and Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression using SPSS. The findings indicated that instructional leadership, educator commitment, educator motivation, and holistic student development were all perceived at high levels. Significant positive relationships were identified between all independent variables and holistic student development. Stepwise regression analysis further revealed that extrinsic motivation emerged as the strongest predictor, followed by intrinsic motivation, providing incentives to students, and defining school mission and goals. Collectively, these predictors explained 42.1% of the variance in holistic student development. The findings provide empirical evidence supporting leadership enhancement, educator motivation, and evidence-based policymaking to strengthen preschool educational quality within KEMAS.
Slovak Republic has accumulated significant experience in integrating digital technologies into the professional development of educators, and a systematic analysis of this experience could serve as a resource for modernising the Ukrainian system of postgraduate education. The aim of this article is to provide a theoretical analysis, systematisation and classification of digital technologies for professional development of educators in Slovakia and to justify a model for professional development of educators using digital technologies. General scientific methods such as analysis, classification and systematisation of the results of scientific publications, as well as content analysis of strategic and regulatory documents of the EU and the SR, were employed. The article highlights the results of national and international projects implemented at Comenius University in Bratislava, which are aimed at supporting the professional development of teachers in digital environment. Strategic and regulatory documents, project materials, methodological resources and practices developed within the framework of national and international initiatives have been analysed, with particular attention paid to the DiTEdu project and the digital professional development of educators. Based on the systematisation and comparative analysis of the identified practices, an original structural-functional model of professional development for educators using digital technologies has been developed, and a classification of the main types of digital tools used in the Slovak context has been proposed. The findings have made it possible to identify the key organisational, pedagogical and technological conditions for effective digital professional development, in particular personalised learning, blended formats, professional networking, learning using artificial intelligence, the development of digital competence and ongoing methodological support. Recommendations are proposed at the national, institutional and individual levels for Ukrainian postgraduate education regarding the implementation of the Slovak experience in the using of digital technologies in the professional development of educators.
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI), such as ChatGPT, has brought significant changes to higher education, including Arabic language learning for non-native speakers (Arabic as a Foreign Language). Writing skills (Maharah al-Kitabah) are considered a relatively complex productive skill. Learners are required not only to master word formation (Sarf) and Arabic grammar (Nahwu), but also to organize ideas coherently and logically. This article employs a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach based on the PRISMA 2020 standards to map the use of ChatGPT in Arabic writing, examine the reliability of AI in Arabic grammar, and identify research gaps that remain underexplored. The review findings indicate that ChatGPT can serve as a useful writing partner (human-AI co-writer), particularly for generating ideas, enriching vocabulary, and correcting basic grammatical errors. However, AI still frequently produces errors or “hallucinations” when dealing with morphologically complex words, variations in Arabic dialects, and unvocalized texts. As a result, AI-generated writing may appear linguistically polished on the surface while containing grammatical inaccuracies. Furthermore, excessive reliance on AI may pose risks to academic integrity, while AI detection tools themselves often produce inaccurate results when identifying Arabic-language texts (false positives). This review also finds that existing research remains overly focused on English, tends to examine only the final writing outcomes without investigating students’ cognitive processes, and has paid limited attention to AI models specifically developed for the Arab region, such as ALLaM and Jais. Therefore, the approach to AI-assisted learning needs to shift from merely using AI toward purposeful and reflective utilization through frameworks such as the Spiral Learning Model and Genre-Based Pedagogy, so that AI functions as a scaffold without diminishing students’ autonomy and critical thinking.
The integration of technology into elementary education has enabled teachers to design more engaging and interactive learning media. This study developed Canva-assisted interactive animated video media for teaching the water cycle in elementary integrated science and evaluated its validity and practicality. A Research and Development (R&D) approach was employed, utilizing the ADDIE model, which consists of five stages: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Data collection involved expert validation questionnaires, student response questionnaires, and teacher response questionnaires. The media was assessed by two media experts and three subject-matter experts. Results showed that the interactive animated video media achieved validity scores of 95% from media experts and 94% from subject-matter experts, both categorized as very valid. During implementation, 30 fifth-grade students and one classroom teacher participated. Practicality evaluation indicated positive responses, with student and teacher response scores of 87% and 97%, respectively, both classified as very practical. These findings indicate that the developed media is user-friendly for both teachers and students, enhances students’ attention, enthusiasm, and active participation in classroom learning, and supports visualization of the abstract concept of the water cycle. Thus, Canva-assisted interactive animated video media constitutes a valid and practical learning resource for elementary integrated science instruction.
Although Kurikulum Merdeka promotes flexible, student-centered learning, the implementation of Natural and Social Sciences (IPAS) instruction in elementary schools continues to face various challenges. This study aimed to describe the challenges in implementing IPAS instruction under Kurikulum Merdeka in Grade V at SD Negeri 005 Desa Baru, Kampar Regency. The study employed a descriptive qualitative approach involving two fifth-grade teachers and six purposively selected students. Three students had IPAS scores above 75, and three had scores below 75. Data were collected through nonparticipant observation, structured interviews, and documentation and analyzed through data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Data trustworthiness was assessed through triangulation of sources and data collection techniques. The findings identified three domains of challenges related to students, teachers, and learning assessment. Student-related challenges were the most prominent, including differences in understanding, declining attention after approximately 15–20 minutes of lecturing, interest that depended on the type of activity, uneven participation, dependence on external motivation, inconsistent task management, and varying levels of learning readiness. Teacher-related challenges included the breadth of integrated science and social studies content and classroom management during group activities. Assessment involved oral quizzes and student worksheets, supplemented by remedial instruction and enrichment. Achievement scores ranged from 60 to 96, with a mastery threshold of 75. These findings underscore the need for differentiated instruction, concrete and contextually relevant instructional media, clearly assigned group roles, time management, and the use of assessment results to improve instruction. This study provides a contextual account of challenges in IPAS instruction and the need to adapt fifth-grade teaching practices. Its restriction to one school and a focused observation period highlights the need for further research covering more lessons and IPAS topics.
Foundational literacy is central to participation and subsequent learning, yet the instructional routes through which beginning readers encounter print are not equally accessible to all learners. In Tanzania, renewed attention to systematic phonics and early-grade reading has increased the relevance of decodable texts: texts designed to give learners opportunities to apply previously taught grapheme–phoneme correspondences. Their instructional value, however, cannot be assessed only in terms of the linguistic structure of the text. Classroom activities, teacher directions, response requirements, assessment procedures, and available formats can either widen or restrict access. This scoping review maps literature and policy- and curriculum-related evidence concerning decodable or phonics-oriented early reading in Tanzanian primary education and examines the extent to which the evidence engages with accessibility, learner variability, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The review follows PRISMA-ScR and considers literature published between 2014 and 2026. The synthesis indicates a plausible pedagogical alignment between controlled text and the development of decoding, while also revealing a major gap in directly tested evidence on inclusive adaptations of decodable materials in Tanzania. Across the mapped literature, accessibility is more often treated as an implementation concern than as a design principle embedded in reading materials from the outset. The review therefore advances the concept of inclusive decodable-text pedagogy, in which systematic phonics is retained while unnecessary sensory, motor, speech, and communication barriers are reduced through multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement. Implications are developed for curriculum design, teacher education, classroom practice, formative assessment, and future research. The central conclusion is that decodability and accessibility should be treated as complementary properties: a text may be linguistically decodable yet still be instructionally inaccessible if participation depends on a single route that is unrelated to the intended literacy skill.
Research into collocation learning in second and foreign language environments has gained significant scholarly attention. Yet, cross-linguistic influence (CLI) on the use of collocations has received little attention from researchers, especially in the Tunisian context. Therefore, this study investigates how L1 Arabic influences the production of English lexical collocations among 50 third-year Tunisian EFL undergraduates at the Higher Institute of Human Sciences of Medenine. It also examines the relationship between learners’ vocabulary level and collocational errors. Data was gathered using a Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT), a collocation test, and semi-structured interviews. The results showed that the participants’ L1 Arabic exerted a negative influence on their use of collocations, leading them to produce erroneous collocations. Moreover, the inferential statistics yielded no significant relationship between learners’ vocabulary levels and collocational errors. By demonstrating that larger vocabulary size is not sufficient for mastering multi-word expressions in this specific learner profile, these results refine existing CLI models by emphasizing the dominant role of L1 transfer over lexical knowledge in collocation production. The findings suggest that EFL pedagogy in the Tunisian system must shift from isolated word learning to explicit, collocation-focused instruction.
The present study investigated the predictive role of trait mindfulness in relation to depression, anxiety, and stress among Pakistani young adults. The following hypotheses were formulated: H1: Trait mindfulness will significantly and negatively predict depression among Pakistani young adults. H2: Trait mindfulness will significantly and negatively predict anxiety among Pakistani young adults. H3: Trait mindfulness will significantly and negatively predict stress among Pakistani young adults. A sample of 405 participants (189 males, 216 females; aged 18–30 years, M = 22.39, SD = 2.823) completed an online survey including the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). Reliability and normality assessments confirmed the adequacy of the measures. Linear regression analyses revealed that trait mindfulness significantly and negatively predicted depression (R² = .237, p < .001), anxiety (R² = .210, p < .001), and stress (R² = .201, p < .001). These findings were consistent with the hypotheses formulated and the theoretical perspectives. The study adds value to global evidence in relation to the Pakistani context, highlighting trait mindfulness as a preventive factor against negative emotions and emphasizing the need for culturally adapted mindfulness-based interventions to enhance psychological resilience among young adults.
The rapid digitalisation and technological advancements associated with Industry 4.0 are transforming work environments, job demands, and employee expectations across sectors. While these changes create new opportunities for flexibility, innovation, and productivity, they also introduce increased pressures that can affect workers’ psychological well-being in different ways. Emerging literature highlights mental health and well-being as critical concerns in the digital era, yet limited attention has been given to how these changes are experienced differently by men and women. This conceptual paper aims to examine gender differences in psychological well-being within the context of Industry 4.0, with a focus on work demands, work–life balance, and organisational support. Through a critical review of existing empirical and theoretical studies, a conceptual framework is proposed, drawing on the Job Demands–Resources (JD–R) theory and supported by Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being model. This framework provides an understanding of how demands and resources associated with Industry 4.0 shape the well-being of men and women in both similar and different ways. The study offers insights for policymakers, organisations, and researchers in developing more inclusive and gender-sensitive strategies to support employee well-being in technology-driven workplaces and contributes to discussions on sustainable work and mental health in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Background: Father involvement is an important aspect of the caregiving environment that is associated with children’s social-emotional development. Such involvement includes interaction, support, attention, and participation in children’s activities. This study aimed to analyze the association between nine dimensions of father involvement and emotional and behavioral difficulties among children aged 5-9 years. Methods: This study used a quantitative research method with a cross-sectional design. Participants were 130 mothers who had children aged 5-9 years in Jonggol Village. Father involvement was measured using the Inventory of Father Involvement (IFI), consisting of nine dimensions, while children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties were assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) through the Total Difficulties score. Associations were analyzed using the Spearman Rank correlation test with a significance level of 5%. Results: Three of the nine IFI dimensions showed significant negative associations with SDQ Total Difficulties: Time and Talking (rs = −0.181; p = 0.040), Reading and Homework (rs = −0.227; p = 0.009), and Attention (rs = −0.178; p = 0.043). The other six dimensions were not significantly associated with SDQ Total Difficulties (p > 0.05). Findings are exploratory (p-values unadjusted). Conclusion: Specific aspects of father involvement, particularly time and communication, participation in reading and homework, and attention, were associated with lower emotional and behavioral difficulties among children. These findings highlight the importance of examining father involvement not only as an overall construct but also according to its specific dimensions
Creativity is widely considered to be a core competency for learners and graduates in rapidly changing environments; personality research has identified two dispositions as relevant to creativity repeatedly: openness to experience (OE) and tolerance of ambiguity (TOA). This narrative review examined how OE, TOA and creativity are related (with particular attention to university undergraduates). The review clarifies the three constructs and their measures, summarizes evidence for OE–creativity, TOA–creativity and OE–TOA associations, compares theoretical accounts linking them together and proposes an integrative model in which TOA may explain how openness translates into creative thinking and achievement. Evidence for an OE–creativity link is substantial and comparatively consistent. Evidence for a TOA–creativity link is positive but less strong, relies heavily on self-report, and is concentrated in a small number of research groups. Formal tests of TOA as a mediator were not found. The review closes with methodological recommendations and a research agenda for undergraduate samples, including cross-cultural and longitudinal designs, and with implications for educators who wish to foster creativity as a student strength.
This study aims to examine the impact of parental involvement and socioeconomic status (SES) on academic achievement at public senior high schools in Tangerang Municipality. The study used a cross-sectional survey design. The study population consisted of students from public senior high schools in Tangerang Municipality. We applied Weighted Regression analysis utilizing a sample size of 893 participants. We used a validated questionnaire that was distributed via WhatsApp groups. The findings showed that parents with high SES tended to be more involved in their children's learning; however, high parental SES did not guarantee high academic achievement for their children. The mean difference tests revealed that academic achievement did not differ significantly by parental involvement, whereas it did differ significantly by parental SES. Researchers also found that parents’ involvement in education significantly boosted students' academic achievement. In contrast, parents' SES did not have a significant impact. Intensive discussions, good communication, full attention, giving gifts, and providing learning facilities are effective parental involvement actions that encourage increases in children's academic achievement. Parental involvement matters more than parental SES in improving students’ academic achievement. Therefore, maintaining strong relationships between schools and parents is essential to support students’ educational outcomes. Local governments need to strengthen regulations governing parents' roles at home and at school. Keywords: academic achievement, parental involvement, SES.
Student diversity poses a continuing challenge in higher education, particularly when common learning objectives must be maintained while providing flexibility in learning resources, activities, interaction, support, and assessment. This study examined students’ perceptions and acceptance of digitally supported differentiated learning in Information Technology Education. A quantitative cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted with 35 students at Universitas Lampung, Indonesia, after the learning experience. Data were collected using a 31-item questionnaire rated on a four-point Likert scale, with reported high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.985), and were analyzed using means, standard deviations, and normalized mean scores. Students rated the five implementation dimensions favorably (M = 3.28, 81.88%). Digital pedagogical design received the highest rating (M = 3.34, 83.45%), whereas product and assessment differentiation received the lowest (M = 3.18, 79.57%). Technology-supported collaboration was the highest-rated individual item (M = 3.49, 87.14%), whereas choices in presentation formats and the timeliness of digital feedback received lower ratings. The secondary acceptance summary was similarly favorable (M = 3.31, 82.74%), with increased learning motivation receiving the highest rating. These findings identify digital support and collaboration as perceived strengths of the learning design, while flexibility in student products and the timeliness of feedback warrant further attention. Given the single-cohort, post-only design and absence of objective learning-outcome measures, the findings should be interpreted as context-specific evidence of students’ perceptions of implementation rather than evidence of causal effects on learning.
The rapid integration of digital technologies into teaching, learning, and assessment has created new avenues through which technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) may occur in school settings. Existing scholarship has examined TFGBV mainly through the lenses of cyberbullying, digital safety, and student well-being. At the same time, emerging work has also begun to conceptualise digital assessment systems as sites of structural and institutional gendered risk. Building on this systems-level perspective, this conceptual paper shifts attention to the pedagogical and interactional layer of digital assessment, examining how teachers' assessment design and oversight decisions may shape the conditions under which TFGBV becomes more or less likely. Developed through a critical interdisciplinary literature review, the paper draws on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, digital citizenship frameworks, and classroom assessment scholarship to examine how learning management systems, peer assessment tools, collaborative online assignments, and social media-integrated assessment activities may create conditions conducive to gendered harassment, image-based abuse, and exclusionary behaviour among learners of all genders. The paper proposes the Assessment-Mediated Digital Ethics (AMDE) framework, a theoretically grounded but not yet empirically validated model integrating gender-responsive assessment design, embedded digital behavioural expectations, and structured teacher oversight. AMDE is presented as a complementary pedagogical extension of existing justice-oriented approaches to digital assessment and TFGBV, rather than as a claim of first conceptualisation. The framework provides a basis for future empirical research examining teacher-mediated assessment practices and their relationship to digital safety, ethical participation, and TFGBV risk across diverse educational contexts. Responsibility for TFGBV prevention is understood as shared among teachers, learners, schools, families, technology providers, and policymakers.
While existing literature recognises mentorship as an important strategy for leadership development, there is limited empirical understanding of how women experience and negotiate mentorship as they advance into school leadership in the South African context. Despite policy efforts to promote gender equity, women remain underrepresented in school leadership, and the role of mentorship in addressing this disparity remains insufficiently understood. This study explores mentorship as a relational mechanism through which women negotiate access, leadership identity, and social capital in their advancement into school leadership. An interpretive qualitative design, underpinned by a narrative phenomenological approach and informed by Social Capital Theory, was used to explore the experiences of six purposively selected women leaders from township schools in a single district in KwaZulu-Natal. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews and were analysed thematically. Participants reported that supportive mentoring relationships provided them with confidence, professional visibility, networking opportunities, leadership guidance, and encouragement to pursue leadership positions. Participants with limited access to mentorship described feelings of isolation, reduced access to leadership guidance, and fewer opportunities for professional development. They also reported seeking mentorship through external professional networks and women-centered spaces when support within their immediate school environments was limited. Some participants described mentoring relationships characterised by unequal power dynamics, limited trust, or inappropriate behaviour. Based on these accounts, the researchers interpret mentorship as an uneven, relational, and context-dependent mechanism through which women negotiate access to professional resources, leadership identity, and social capital. The findings suggest that mentorship can facilitate women's leadership development when relationships are supportive and trusting, but may also constrain agency when mentoring relationships reproduce hierarchical and gendered power relations. The study, therefore, extends understanding of mentorship by shifting attention from the mere availability of mentors to the relational, institutional, and power conditions that shape how mentorship is experienced and mobilised. Although limited by its small, context-specific sample, the study provides contextually grounded insights into mentorship and women's advancement into school leadership. It highlights the need for structured, responsive, and gender-sensitive mentoring opportunities.
Teacher assessment literacy has received increasing attention, yet evidence remains fragmented across studies. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized 18 studies comprising 21 independent samples using the ALI, CALI, and TALQ instruments. The pooled mean score was 16.48 (95% CI [14.86, 18.10]) on a 35-point scale, indicating low assessment literacy, with substantial between-study heterogeneity (I² = 99.21%). Publication year, geographical region, instrument type, teacher status, teaching level, and subject specialization were not significant moderators. This review provides the first quantitative benchmark of teacher assessment literacy across the ALI, CALI, and TALQ instruments and highlights the need to strengthen assessment literacy through pre-service education, continuous professional development, and context-responsive educational policies.
The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the methodological toolkit for research on language education in the Baltic States under conditions of digitalization. The expediency of using a multi-level structure of scientific inquiry, which includes theoretical-methodological, system-analytical, and generalizing-prognostic levels, is substantiated. It is proven that such a research logic ensures the integrity of the scientific strategy, consistency in studying the problem, and reliability of the obtained results. The content of the theoretical-methodological level is revealed, which involves understanding the essence of language education digitalization, forming the source base, clarifying the conceptual and terminological framework, and defining the conceptual foundations of the study. The significance of general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization, and interpretation, as well as specific scientific methods of theoretical generalization, historical-structural, comparative-historical, and terminological analysis, is determined. The system-analytical level aimed at an in-depth study of the source base, systematization of factual material, development of the periodization of language education digitalization, and comparative analysis of educational practices in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia is characterized. The role of the problem-search method, theoretical modeling, retrospective analysis, comparative approach, and periodization method is identified. It has been found that the generalizing-prognostic level ensures the integration of research results, the identification of leading trends in the digital transformation of language education, the formulation of practical recommendations for higher education institutions in Ukraine, and the forecasting of prospects for the field's further development. Particular attention is paid to the possibilities for adapting the Baltic States' construction experience to the Ukrainian educational space. It is concluded that the application of an integrated system of methods and scientific approaches creates a proper basis for studying digitalization of language education, makes it possible to identify patterns of its development, and determine effective directions for modernizing language training in higher education.
There is growing research interest in how adult education can better respond to an increasingly diverse student population as part of realising inclusive education. However, less attention has been given to practice oriented perspectives that examine how inclusion is enacted as a dynamic, situated process in everyday teaching. This study examines how teachers navigate the challenges involved in shaping inclusive adult education in Swedish municipal adult education (SMAE), drawing on the theory of practice architectures. Qualitative survey data were collected from teachers in eight SMAE institutions. The findings show that teachers encounter challenges embedded in cultural-discursive, material-economic, and social-political arrangements within a marketised system. These arrangements both enable and constrain their efforts to realise inclusive education. Teachers respond by adopting different strategies, ranging from disengagement and workaround solutions to market responsive and professionally accountable approaches, illustrating the uneven conditions shaping inclusive practice.
While research into inclusivity and dyslexia, a neurodevelopmental condition affecting language learning, has gained greater attention, multilevel stakeholders’ perspectives across both public schools and teacher education programs remain underexplored. Addressing this gap, this study adapts the broader UNESCO Policy Review Framework as a lens for investigating dyslexia-friendly inclusive practices among ELT stakeholders, including in-service teachers, school administrators, teacher educators, and university administrators in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. Utilizing a mixed-methods research design, this study gathered data through questionnaires, classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews. Subsequently, data were analyzed via descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results revealed limited awareness of dyslexia and inclusive education, alongside misconceptions and reliance on special schools. Although inclusive practices were evident (mainly differentiated instruction), specific support for students with dyslexia remained unaddressed. Despite inclusion being viewed positively and mandated within the education system, its implementation remained weak. The study offers implications for systemic reform, suggesting that ELT stakeholders enhance their inclusive practices through training and developing inclusive institutional management. Additionally, teacher education institutions should pursue curricular adjustments to incorporate dyslexia-friendly inclusive practices.
Digital transformation is reshaping school management and creating new demands for leadership competencies, decision-making, and resource allocation. This study examines the development of management competencies among general secondary school principals in Uzbekistan and proposes an organizational and economic mechanism to support their professional growth. Drawing on scientific literature, functional analysis, and process modelling, the research identifies key factors influencing effective school leadership in a digital environment. The proposed mechanism integrates competency assessment, targeted professional development, collaborative implementation, and systematic evaluation of managerial performance. Particular attention is given to evidence-based decision-making, efficient resource management, and staff coordination. The findings provide a conceptual foundation for strengthening school governance and improving organizational practices while highlighting the need for further empirical validation.
Online learning can improve access to educational materials, but it may also create additional demands for school-aged learners who experience learning disabilities. This study examined perceived academic, emotional, behavioural, and adaptation-related outcomes of online classes among students in Grades 1-10 with learning difficulties, drawing on student, parent, and teacher reports. The dissertation describes a quantitative, cross-sectional survey involving 95 participants and the use of the Learning Disabilities Checklist (LDC), Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Online Learning Readiness Scale (OLRS), and a researcher-developed questionnaire. Reported findings indicate difficulties with attention, comprehension, task completion, and motivation in online settings, alongside lower perceived academic performance than in traditional classrooms. Parent and teacher reports were associated with students? reported learning difficulties. A significant association was reported between student and teacher reports, χ2(1, N = 95) = 20.5, p < .001, φ = .465; a similar association was reported for student and parent reports, χ2(1, N = 95) = 21.0, p < .001, φ = .471. Student and parent reports of emotional wellbeing were also positively correlated, ρ = .674, p < .001. The findings suggest that online learning requires structured routines, accessible teaching materials, trained educators, and coordinated family-school support to better accommodate learners with learning disabilities. Results should be interpreted cautiously because detailed descriptive scores and an effect estimate for the academic comparison were not reported consistently in the dissertation.
The article examines the concept of democratic behavior skills as an integral system of personal qualities that help individuals socialize, build partnerships within society, communicate without aggression, pressure, or humiliation, resolve conflicts constructively, establish peaceful relationships, and take responsibility for their decisions. Attention is drawn to the relevance of this issue, as under the current conditions of democratic transformations in Ukrainian society, globalization processes, and information challenges, focusing on the education of young people is a strategic task of the state. Ukrainian society needs citizens who embrace democratic values, are active and responsible, respect the rule of law, think critically, hold strong civic positions, and are culturally educated. It is specified that democratic behavior skills are a component of the model of civic competencies that should be developed from primary school age. By making use of the sensitive developmental periods of younger schoolchildren, educators can lay the foundations of communication and behavioral culture, and related qualities. The educational potential of the integrated course «IEW» is analyzed, with particular emphasis on its social content strand. From Grades 1 to 4, the curriculum includes topics aimed at developing the child’s personality as an active member of society, capable of responsible behavior, partnership and cooperation, respect, tolerance, and empathy. It is emphasized that primary school students do not merely become familiar with concepts such as «citizen», «state», «rights», «responsibilities», and «accountability». Through learner-centered, activity-based approaches, they gain experience in democratic interaction across various activities. Discussions of problematic situations and collective decision-making contribute to the development of democratic behavior skills. It is emphasized that the use of practice-oriented methodologies in teaching the integrated course “I Explore the World” contributes to the development of primary education students’ conscious understanding of social processes and their ability to critically analyze information, which is particularly important for fostering democratic behavior skills. The practical significance of the study lies in the potential to apply the proposed methodological approaches to the educational activities of general secondary and higher education institutions.
Researchers have explained the emigration of Nigerian teachers, popularly termed japa, mainly through low remuneration and insecurity, while giving less attention to access to professional development and career progression. This study examined the professional development and career opportunities available to Nigerian nursery and primary school teachers in Nigeria and abroad, and how these are linked to the decision to migrate. A mixed-methods design was adopted. The study analysed the quantitative responses from 384 teachers in Nigeria and 20 teachers in the diaspora using means, standard deviations, and percentages. The study also thematically analysed semi-structured interviews with eight teachers (four in Nigeria and four in the United Kingdom and Canada). Teachers in Nigeria reported some exposure to professional development, but only 44% agreed that it was sufficient and 39% that it was affordable, although they indicated that most came from private schools and external organisations rather than from government. Teachers abroad reported greater access to professional development, often free and mandatory, and 80% agreed that they did not feel limited in their career advancement. However, only 40% agreed that they had experienced better career growth, and the interviews showed that visa conditions and the absence of Qualified Teacher Status confined some teachers to support roles. Professional development and certifications also functioned as a pathway to migration: the interview revealed that two of the teachers in Nigeria were preparing to leave through courses and certification, and three of the four teachers abroad had migrated in order to study. The findings suggest that limited professional development operates as a push factor and that certifications provide the route out. It was recommended that affordable and sustainable professional development should be provided for teachers in Nigeria.
Traditional statistical models face the challenges of insufficient modeling capabilities and difficulty in interpreting complex, nonlinear, and high-dimensional data. Therefore, this paper combines fuzzy logic and deep learning methods to construct a framework model for identifying key factors for high-quality employment for college students. The model in this paper uses multi-channel encoding technology. We use the attention mechanism to fuse the features obtained from multi-channel encoding and input the self-organizing fuzzy inference structure for regression and classification analysis. The system can transform numerical prediction results into a semantic rule-driven decision-making process, which can significantly improve the model’s modeling capabilities and interpretability for uncertainty. Our experiments were conducted on 5,623 graduates. Experimental results on the data show that our model achieved an average mean square error of 0.831, a coefficient of determination of 0.892, and a classification accuracy of 0.865, which are significantly higher than traditional statistical and machine learning models. The corresponding experiments demonstrate the key role of cross-modal fusion and fuzzy reasoning modules in improving the results. Feature importance analysis shows that factors such as internship duration, GPA, and research participation have a key impact on high-quality employment, which is consistent with expert consensus.
Curriculum reform depends on how school leaders support its everyday implementation. This study examined the relationship between curriculum leadership practices and perceived curriculum implementation effectiveness among public school heads in Albay, Ligao City, and Iriga City, Philippines. Guided by Hallinger and Murphy’s instructional leadership model, a cross-sectional descriptive-correlational design was used. Fifty school heads voluntarily completed a questionnaire containing 60 items across six subscales. Analyses included descriptive statistics, internal consistency estimates, Pearson correlation, and simultaneous multiple regression, supplemented by rank-based correlation, robust standard errors, and influential-case checks. Respondents reported very high leadership practices (M = 4.702, SD = 0.375) and implementation effectiveness (M = 4.678, SD = 0.359). However, 71.2% of item responses received the highest rating, indicating a ceiling effect. Overall leadership and implementation scores were strongly associated (r = .804, p < .001). The regression model explained 66.8% of the observed variance. Positive learning climate was the only dimension with a significant unique association (B = 0.535, β = .595, p = .002), a finding retained in sensitivity analyses. Mission definition and instructional management did not contribute significant additional variance after their overlap with learning climate was considered. Findings suggest that collaboration, recognition, inclusion, and professional learning deserve attention in curriculum support. Nevertheless, the voluntary sample, common source of measurement, unverified content validity, and overlapping predictors limit interpretation. The results describe perceptions rather than independently demonstrated effectiveness and cannot establish causation. Larger studies using validated instruments, teacher reports, observations, and documentary evidence are needed to test these relationships.
Information technology (IT) professionals in India work under tight deadlines, long hours, job insecurity and rapid technological change, and Indian studies report substantial levels of stress, depressive symptoms and burnout in this group. How employees cope may help explain why some function well under these conditions while others do not. This narrative review synthesises research on coping strategies and psychological well-being among Indian IT professionals, drawing also on studies of other Indian occupational groups and international technology workers, with particular attention to gender. The evidence shows that approach-oriented strategies such as planning, active coping, positive reframing, acceptance and seeking support are generally associated with better well-being, whereas denial, behavioural disengagement, substance use and self-blame are associated with poorer well-being. Gender findings are inconsistent: some studies report higher stress or burnout among women, while others find no gender difference in depression, anxiety or well-being. Most studies are cross-sectional, use differing measures and were conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The review identifies the need for strategy-level analysis of coping, gender-balanced samples, research in under-studied IT hubs such as Gurgaon, and longitudinal designs.
The article analyses the cognitive and pragmatic functions of anthropomorphic metaphor in contemporary English-language discourse relating to project management and innovative information technologies. Particular attention is devoted to the conceptual mechanisms through which human characteristics, physiological states, cognitive processes and social relationships are projected onto abstract technological phenomena and corporate management practices. The study investigates the role of anthropomorphic metaphor in the formation of specialised terminology, the conceptualisation of complex digital processes and the facilitation of professional communication within multicultural corporate environments. Drawing upon the cognitive theory of metaphor, the research employs corpus-based analysis using Corpus Query Language (CQL) to identify, extract and classify metaphorical expressions occurring in technical documentation and professional project management communications. The analysis examines representative terminological units, including parent/child process, orphan file, zombie process, dead code, AI hallucinations, handshake, project health check and post-mortem, with particular emphasis on their underlying source domains and communicative implications. The findings reveal systematic patterns of metaphorical conceptualisation across two principal areas: innovative IT technologies and corporate project management. Technological processes are frequently represented through metaphors associated with human mortality, vitality and cognitive activity, whereas managerial practices draw extensively upon models of physical health, social interaction and interpersonal relationships. Three principal pragmatic functions of anthropomorphic metaphors are identified: cognitive-heuristic, communicativemanagerial and emotional-psychological. These functions contribute to the interpretation of complex technical phenomena, the establishment of shared professional terminology and the conceptual framing of organisational processes. The research further identifies the relevance of anthropomorphic terminology to intercultural professional communication, particularly in environments where English functions as a lingua franca. It is established that understanding the conceptual foundations of such expressions represents an important component of specialised linguistic competence among future engineers and IT professionals. The findings provide a theoretical and methodological basis for incorporating anthropomorphic terminology into English for Specific Purposes (ESP) instruction at technical universities, thereby supporting the development of professional communicative competence and intercultural adaptability in international technological and corporate contexts. Keywords: anthropomorphic metaphor, cognitive linguistics, IT discourse, project management, English for Specific Purposes.
Present study is directed to analizing general and interpersonal awareness among students of humanities, natural sciences and technical types of education (the sample consisted of 391 students aged 18-26 years, 83 % were female). The hypothesis of a higher level of mindfulness among students of the humanities was tested. It was revealed that all students, regardless of the field of education, received values of the degree of dispositional and interpersonal mindfulness within the average values. Statistically significant lower status of the components of mindfulness Observativon and Attention to self and others were revealed in students of the technical profile. The results obtained open up horizons for further research on the development of mindfulness within the framework of educational practices.
The article examines the potential of mindfulness exercises for promoting students’ well-being and improving the effectiveness of English language teaching in higher education institutions of Ukraine. The relevance of the study is due to the increasing levels of stress, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and reduced motivation among students, particularly in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine, which highlights the need for educational approaches that support both academic achievement and psychological well-being. The paper reviews contemporary theoretical and empirical research on mindfulness, outlines its core principles, and analyses their application to the foreign language classroom. Particular attention is paid to the contribution of mindfulness to reducing foreign language anxiety, strengthening emotional regulation, increasing resilience, motivation, self-efficacy, concentration, memory, communication skills, and speaking performance. The article also discusses the pedagogical principles underlying effective mindfulness instruction, including intention, attention, attitude, inquiry-based learning, and the creation of a supportive and non-judgemental learning environment. Furthermore, the principles of non-judgement, acceptance, beginner’s mind, patience, non-striving, trust, letting go, and compassion are interpreted in relation to English language learning. Based on the analysed literature, the paper proposes a set of practical mindfulness activities that can be integrated into English language lessons, including mindful breathing, listening, writing, conversations, body scanning, movement, grounding, visualisation, art practices, and savouring. These activities may be used as lesson warm-ups, fillers, transitions, or independent learning tasks to foster students’ emotional well-being while simultaneously developing their communicative competence. It is concluded that mindfulness represents a valuable pedagogical approach capable of creating psychologically safe and engaging learning environments that support both language acquisition and personal development.
Learning motivation plays an important role in supporting children's academic success; however, children in orphanages often face limited individual guidance and attention that can lower their learning enthusiasm. Based on observations and interviews, it was found that the learning motivation of elementary school children at Orphanage GA was relatively low, characterized by lack of enthusiasm, quick boredom, and low self-confidence. This community service activity aims to improve children's learning motivation through interactive and enjoyable educational strategies. The method used involved administering pre-tests and post-tests using a learning motivation instrument consisting of 24 statement items, covering eight indicators of learning motivation, each comprising three statement items. The instrument was measured using a four-point Likert scale with four response alternatives, namely Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD), administered to 13 children aged 7-13 years, consisting of 11 boys and 2 girls. The intervention program included coloring activities, personal activity schedule creation, future goals presentations, picture-guessing games, English vocabulary learning using flashcards, an effective learning strategy seminar, and educational word scramble and word search games. The Paired Samples Test results showed that the average learning motivation score increased from 77.00 to 78.69, although the increase was not statistically significant (p = 0.651 > 0.05). Nevertheless, the children demonstrated greater enthusiasm and engagement during the activities. This program can serve as a potential initial step in fostering elementary school children's learning motivation in an orphanage setting and as a consideration for developing more effective and sustainable learning support programs. ABSTRAK Motivasi belajar memiliki peran penting dalam mendukung keberhasilan akademik anak, namun anak-anak di panti asuhan sering menghadapi keterbatasan pendampingan dan perhatian individu yang dapat menurunkan semangat belajar mereka. Berdasarkan observasi dan wawancara, ditemukan bahwa motivasi belajar anak-anak SD di Panti Asuhan GA masih tergolong rendah, ditandai dengan kurangnya antusiasme, mudah bosan, dan rendahnya rasa percaya diri. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan motivasi belajar anak melalui strategi edukatif yang interaktif dan menyenangkan. Metode yang digunakan meliputi pemberian pre-test dan post-test menggunakan instrumen motivasi belajar yang terdiri atas 24 butir pernyataan, mencakup delapan indikator motivasi belajar yang masing-masing terdiri atas tiga butir pernyataan. Instrumen tersebut diukur menggunakan skala Likert empat poin dengan empat alternatif jawaban, yaitu Sangat Setuju (SS), Setuju (S), Tidak Setuju (TS), dan Sangat Tidak Setuju (STS), yang diberikan kepada 13 anak usia 7-13 tahun, terdiri atas 11 anak laki-laki dan 2 anak perempuan. Program intervensi meliputi kegiatan mewarnai, penyusunan personal activity schedule, presentasi cita-cita, permainan tebak gambar, pembelajaran kosakata bahasa Inggris menggunakan flashcard, seminar strategi belajar efektif, serta permainan edukatif word scramble dan word search. Hasil analisis menggunakan Paired Samples Test menunjukkan rata-rata skor motivasi belajar meningkat dari 77,00 menjadi 78,69, meskipun peningkatan tersebut belum signifikan secara statistik (p = 0,651 > 0,05). Walaupun demikian, anak-anak menunjukkan antusiasme dan keterlibatan yang lebih baik selama kegiatan berlangsung. Program ini dapat menjadi langkah awal yang potensial dalam menumbuhkan motivasi belajar anak di lingkungan panti asuhan serta menjadi bahan pertimbangan untuk pengembangan program pendampingan belajar yang lebih efektif dan berkelanjutan.
Abstract. The article presents an analysis of the issue of low free-throw conversion rates in basketball, particularly among young players competing in Super League teams during their debut season. Purpose. The aim of the study is to analyze the efficiency of free-throw execution during competitive play among young Super League basketball players throughout the season. Material and Methods. Methods and materials: analysis of specialized scientific and methodological literature, analysis of competitive performance, and mathematical statistical methods. Results. An analysis of scientific and methodological literature confirmed that, despite modern approaches and training methods for basketball players, the issue of free-throw execution persists and requires ongoing attention from basketball specialists as well as researchers in biomechanics and sports psychology. Differences were identified in free-throw efficiency during competitive play between the experimental and control groups, both in terms of group averages and specific playing positions (guards, forwards, and centers). Unlike previous studies, our research focused on identifying the dynamics of free-throw efficiency throughout the season and the need to develop a methodology for improving the execution of this shot by young Super League basketball players; unlike their more experienced counterparts, these players are characterized by inconsistency and are more susceptible to psychological pressure from opposing fans. Conclusions. The research revealed differences in free-throw efficiency during competitive play between basketball players in the experimental group and those in the control group, both in terms of group averages and by playing position (guards, forwards, and centers).
School – Based violence has been recognized as a major educational challenge (UNESCO, 2019). In Uganda, and particularly in urban centers such as Mbale City, reports of student misconduct, peer influence, and group-related conflicts are becoming more common. These challenges not only affect academic performance but also threaten the safety and well-being of learners. Therefore, this study examined the causes, effects, and prevention strategies of school-based violence and gang activity in Mbale City. This study adopted a mixed-approach design, combining literature review with contextual observations in the community whereby Secondary data was obtained from text-books, reports, academic publications and newspapers. Studies indicated that violence in schools negatively affects learners’ academic performance, psychological well-being, and social development (UNESCO, 2019; UNICEF, 2018). Locally, informal observations and reported cases in Mbale City suggested increasing incidents of bullying, student grouping, fighting among students, Intimidation and harassment, Group-based conflicts and indiscipline. The study identified key contributing factors such as peer pressure, family background, Weak school discipline systems (Gottfredson, 2001), Exposure to violence in media and community influence, Overcrowding in some schools and school environment. This further highlighted that effective prevention requires a combination of school-based interventions, parental involvement, and policy support. In Mbale City, these activities remain significant challenges in education and these issues are increasingly visible which require urgent attention according to media reports (Daily monitor 2026, April 17). The study concludes that a coordinated approach is essential in promoting safe and supportive learning environments by combining global research with local understanding to strengthen discipline systems and supervision, Guidance and counseling services in schools, student behavior monitoring by parents and Government’s support to policies that promote school safety.
In volleyball, as in other sports, special attention should be paid to the individual characteristics of the athlete. However, this is often neglected. Most problems arise when the selection criteria for a role are not a player’s personal qualities, but rather their technical and tactical skills (tallness, a strong dominant arm, etc.). Here, it’s not just the player’s skills that matter, but also how they present themselves as a person. Many personal qualities are determined by a person’s genetic code, which cannot be changed. The nervous system, temperament, and character play a crucial role in success in volleyball. Athletes’ activities during volleyball are subject to many specific characteristics inherent to the game. The fast pace, the variety and unexpectedness of game situations, the interaction with teammates, the intermittent pace, and other characteristics place mental demands on volleyball players that are markedly different from those placed on, for example, a gymnast during gymnastics exercises. A volleyball player must be able to quickly and accurately navigate changing conditions, instantly switch from one situation to another, and be prepared for any actions by teammates and opponents. The time constraints of fast-paced play place high demands on reaction time and decision-making. Two main types of neuropsychological resilience can be distinguished: players with an unstable nervous system and those with an inert nervous system. In the former case, a player may involuntarily change their mental state before an important game, sometimes becoming calm, sometimes excited. It is important to properly prepare such volleyball players. High-intensity and prolonged training before the game will help them focus and distract themselves from external stress. An athlete with this type of nervous system should focus on the technique and precision of the elements they perform. In the case of an inert nervous system, training should be focused on mental work. Before the game, a volleyball player should begin psychological preparation, which will consist of positive and negative mental stimulation based on the athlete’s personal experience. When working during training or warm-ups, it’s important to emphasize the athlete’s potential dangers.
Sports betting has expanded across sub-Saharan Africa, increasingly intersecting with young people’s aspirations, technological accessibility, and economic insecurity. Although awareness of gambling-related risks may influence young people’s decisions, recognising such risks does not necessarily lead to cessation of betting. This study explored how young bettors understood betting risks in Shibai Street, Buhongwa Ward, Mwanza, Tanzania. A qualitative cross-sectional study employing ethnographic methods was conducted between July and August 2025. Data were collected from 18 purposively selected active bettors aged 18-29 years through in-depth semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation, and informal conversations. Interviews were conducted in Kiswahili, audio-recorded, transcribed into English, and analysed thematically following Braun and Clarke’s approach. The findings were interpreted using Verstehen, strain, and rational choice perspectives. Participants identified financial loss, difficulty stopping, stress and mental distress, relationship conflict, theft, reduced attention to work or learning, reduced work-seeking, dishonesty, deepening poverty, and loss of personal possessions as important betting-related risks. However, awareness of these risks did not consistently result in withdrawal from betting. Some participants continued because betting provided hope, expectations of quick financial gains, peer influence, and a perceived opportunity to escape poverty. The study concludes that understanding betting risks among youth requires attention to the meanings attached to betting and the economic and social circumstances within which participation occurs. Risk education should therefore be complemented by livelihood opportunities, community support, counselling, and appropriate harm-prevention measures.
The WHO Adolescent Well-being Framework identifies agency and resilience as a central domain of adolescent well-being, yet its expression from a health promotion perspective remains insufficiently understood. Although previous research has often focused on specific behaviours or isolated factors, less attention has been given to how interconnected personal and relational resources coexist as patterns reflecting the WHO domain of agency and resilience. This study explored such patterns among young Swedish persons aged 15–18 years and examined gender differences across these patterns. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 419 students in Swedish upper secondary schools. Agency and resilience were operationalised through measures of salutogenic health, positive youth development (PYD), playfulness, goal orientation, and physical activity. A person-oriented cluster analysis was used to identify patterns of interconnected resources, and gender differences between patterns. Three distinct resource patterns were identified: a low-resource group (26%), a high-resource group (28%), and an asymmetric-resource group (47%), characterised by relatively favourable intrapersonal resources alongside lower relational PYD resources. Girls were significantly overrepresented in both the low-resource and asymmetric-resource groups. Together, these findings suggest that young persons with seemingly favourable individual resources may nevertheless exhibit underlying vulnerabilities when resources are considered as interconnected patterns rather than isolated characteristics. This perspective contributes to the empirical understanding of the WHO domain of agency and resilience and may inform person-centred, relational approaches to promoting young persons’ well-being.
Vocabulary support in early secondary education needs to reflect differences in learners’ reading readiness and opportunities to use words meaningfully. This study examined reported reading profiles and vocabulary ratings from six public secondary schools in Pio Duran, Albay, Philippines, to inform the development of supplementary vocabulary material. A descriptive analysis was conducted using school assessment summaries, teacher informed vocabulary ratings, and curricular appraisal frequencies documented in the thesis. Reading categories were treated as indicators of reading performance rather than direct measures of vocabulary mastery. School summaries generally showed fewer learners in the frustration category at posttest and more learners in instructional or independent categories. Vocabulary ratings increased across the six schools, from baseline values of 1.67–3.12 to posttest values of 2.06–3.90. However, identical scores across generalization, application, breadth, and precision prevented separate interpretation of these dimensions. Recomputed appraisal means were 4.93 for content quality, 4.94 for format, and 4.92 for presentation and organization on the reported five point scale. Accuracy ratings also identified minor errors requiring editorial attention. The supplementary material was organized around progressively demanding vocabulary tasks, contextual use, and differentiated support. Findings provide a local basis for refining instructional resources, but they do not establish intervention effectiveness. Inconsistent participant totals, incomplete documentation of assessment procedures, and discrepancies in validation records limit interpretation. Verification of the original records and a subsequent classroom evaluation are needed before stronger claims can be made. The study supports alignment between learner evidence, material design, and the scope of conclusions drawn from school assessments.
This community service activity reports the implementation of a token economy technique to support attention during English-language learning at LKP Endemic, Warungjayeng, Nganjuk. The activity used a classroom-action-oriented plan–act–observe–reflect framework involving 12 learners. Attention was operationalized through 20 observable indicators grouped into seven dimensions: attention orientation, sustained attention, task engagement, response to instruction, active participation, distraction control, and self-regulation. The intervention combined immediate token delivery, behavior-specific verbal praise, token recording, exchange opportunities, and gradual fading. Descriptive results showed a group mean of 43.92/80 at pre-intervention, 56.08/80 in Cycle I, and 67.75/80 in Cycle II. The absolute increase from baseline to Cycle II was 23.83 points, corresponding to a relative increase of approximately 54.26% from baseline. The largest descriptive improvements were observed in response to instruction, active participation, distraction control, and self-regulation. Cycle I reflection identified the need for more consistent timing of token delivery, more explicit behavior-specific praise, and reduced dependence on external rewards; these changes informed Cycle II through selective token delivery and gradual fading. Because the activity involved a small group without a comparison condition, the findings should be interpreted as descriptive evidence of local implementation rather than as a causal estimate of effectiveness. The findings provide a practical framework for integrating behavioral reinforcement with English-learning activities in a non-formal learning setting.
Background: Examinations can trigger stress related to performance expectations, uncertainty, and the consequences of receiving a particular grade. Stress may be especially salient for students seeking the highest grade and for students who need a minimum passing grade to complete a course. Objective: To outline a comparative investigation of pre-examination stress among students at Gori State University and European University, with particular attention to students aiming for an A (91–100 points) and students for whom an E-range result (51–60 points) may be sufficient to complete the subject. Methods: The proposed cross-sectional study includes 50 students, 25 from each university. A brief questionnaire should record perceived stress before the examination, grade-related expectations, perceived consequences of the result, and basic demographic/academic variables. Results: The numerical example in this draft is illustrative only and does not represent verified participant data. It demonstrates a reporting structure in which stress scores are compared by university and by grade-related concern. Conclusion: Grade-related expectations and fear of failing may represent different pathways to examination stress. Actual conclusions require analysis of the completed dataset.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation in education has encouraged changes in school management, requiring school principals to demonstrate adaptive and visionary leadership and to facilitate organizational change. Transformational leadership is a relevant approach because it emphasizes the ability of leaders to build a vision, provide motivation, encourage innovation, and empower teachers in responding to change. This study aimed to analyze teachers’ perceptions of the principal’s transformational leadership in the digital era at SMAN 9 Mataram based on the dimensions of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration. The study employed a quantitative approach with a descriptive survey design. The study population and sample consisted of 57 teachers selected using total sampling (census sampling), in which all active teachers were included as respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that teachers’ perceptions of the principal’s transformational leadership were in the positive category. The principal was perceived as demonstrating exemplary leadership, fostering motivation, supporting innovation, and paying attention to teachers’ professional development. These findings indicate that transformational leadership is reflected in various leadership practices that support an adaptive school environment in response to educational change and digital transformation. ABSTRAK Transformasi digital dalam pendidikan telah mendorong perubahan dalam pola pengelolaan sekolah sehingga kepala sekolah dituntut memiliki kepemimpinan yang adaptif, visioner, dan mampu menggerakkan perubahan organisasi. Kepemimpinan transformasional menjadi pendekatan yang relevan karena menekankan kemampuan pemimpin dalam membangun visi, memberikan motivasi, mendorong inovasi, serta memberdayakan guru dalam menghadapi perubahan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis persepsi guru terhadap kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah pada era digital di SMAN 9 Mataram berdasarkan dimensi idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, dan individualized consideration. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain survei deskriptif. Populasi sekaligus sampel penelitian berjumlah 57 guru yang dipilih menggunakan teknik sampling jenuh (sensus), sehingga seluruh guru aktif dijadikan responden. Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa persepsi guru terhadap kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah berada pada kategori positif. Kepala sekolah dinilai mampu memberikan keteladanan, membangun motivasi, mendukung inovasi, serta memperhatikan pengembangan kompetensi guru. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasional tercermin dalam berbagai praktik kepemimpinan yang mendukung terciptanya lingkungan sekolah yang adaptif terhadap perubahan dan transformasi digital pendidikan.
Qur’an memorization programs in Madrasah Tsanawiyah require alignment between memorization achievement, recitation accuracy, long-term retention, and learning support. An emphasis on the quantity of memorized material alone provides an incomplete account of program quality and sustainability. This study examines strategies for implementing Qur’an memorization programs by exploring the relationships among learning approaches, evaluation, and supporting factors. It adopts a qualitative approach using a narrative literature review design. Sources comprise scholarly articles on Qur’an memorization, educational management, memory, assessment, and learning motivation. Materials were collected through document review and examined using narrative analysis to interpret arguments, compare findings within their contexts, and explain relationships across concepts. The review indicates that tahfidz instruction should connect recitation guidance, the acquisition of new memorization, retrieval practice, and the continuous review of previously memorized material. Assessment can inform instructional adjustments when it addresses recitation accuracy, fluency, retention, and individual progress. Teacher competence, psychological support, family involvement, and institutional scheduling provide complementary support for implementing these adjustments. Taken together, the literature suggests that program strategies should connect students’ learning needs, instructional practices, assessment information, and follow-up actions. This interpretation offers a basis for reviewing tahfidz practices in Madrasah Tsanawiyah, while its application requires attention to students’ characteristics and institutional resources. The conclusions represent a synthesis of the reviewed literature rather than evidence of the effectiveness of a tested program model. [Program tahfidz Al-Qur’an di Madrasah Tsanawiyah memerlukan keselarasan antara capaian hafalan, ketepatan bacaan, retensi jangka panjang, dan dukungan belajar. Penekanan pada jumlah materi yang dihafal saja belum memberikan gambaran utuh tentang mutu dan keberlanjutan program. Penelitian ini mengkaji strategi pelaksanaan program tahfidz dengan menelaah hubungan antara pendekatan pembelajaran, evaluasi, dan faktor pendukung. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan desain kajian literatur naratif. Sumber mencakup artikel ilmiah tentang tahfidz, pengelolaan pendidikan, memori, penilaian, dan motivasi belajar. Bahan dikumpulkan melalui studi dokumen dan dikaji menggunakan analisis naratif untuk menafsirkan argumentasi, membandingkan temuan sesuai konteksnya, serta menjelaskan hubungan antarkonsep. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran tahfidz perlu menghubungkan bimbingan bacaan, penambahan hafalan, latihan mengambil kembali informasi, dan pengulangan berkelanjutan atas materi yang telah dihafal. Penilaian dapat menjadi dasar penyesuaian pembelajaran ketika memperhatikan ketepatan bacaan, kelancaran, retensi, dan kemajuan individual. Kompetensi guru, dukungan psikologis, keterlibatan keluarga, dan pengaturan jadwal kelembagaan saling melengkapi dalam mendukung penyesuaian tersebut. Secara keseluruhan, literatur mengisyaratkan bahwa strategi program perlu menghubungkan kebutuhan belajar siswa, praktik pembelajaran, informasi penilaian, dan tindakan tindak lanjut. Interpretasi ini memberikan dasar untuk meninjau praktik tahfidz di Madrasah Tsanawiyah, sementara penerapannya memerlukan perhatian terhadap karakteristik siswa dan sumber daya lembaga. Simpulan merupakan sintesis literatur yang dikaji, bukan bukti efektivitas model program yang telah diuji]
Debates over the use of four-level scales in standards-based grading and reporting, particularly the meaning and necessity of the highest level, persist in K–12 education. This conceptual, practice-informed article examines whether “the 4,” commonly labeled advanced mastery, exceeds, or extending, is theoretically sound and instructionally useful within standards-aligned grading systems. Illustrative classroom scenarios demonstrate that students may produce exceptional work without exceeding the requirements of the standard being assessed. The article considers arguments for and against a top level that requires students to exceed the standard, and it distinguishes valuable qualities such as creativity, sophistication, and superior performance from evidence of standards attainment. Particular attention is given to the misapplication of Webb’s depth of knowledge framework as a proxy for mastery levels, clarifying the difference between cognitive complexity and quality of performance. The article recommends precise performance descriptors, moderation and calibration of student work, narrative feedback, student conferencing, and other approaches for recognizing excellence without distorting proficiency scales. It concludes that schools should initially use a three-level system focused on developing a shared understanding of proficiency. Additional levels may be considered later, following reflection, calibration, and analysis of implementation evidence.
International branch campuses (IBCs) deliver foreign science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) qualifications inside host economies, yet how graduates’ reported educational experiences relate to their professional outcomes has received little attention in the Gulf. This study examined employability, work readiness and job alignment among Qatari nationals who completed a bachelor's degree at one of two United States IBCs in Qatar. A cross-sectional survey of 75 employed graduates, recruited purposively through professional networks and snowball referrals, was analysed using Fisher exact tests with exact odds ratios and effect sizes, together with parsimonious binary, ordinal and Firth penalised logistic regression with Wald intervals for coefficients and bootstrap percentile intervals for average predicted probabilities; responses to one open-ended question were categorised descriptively. Most graduates worked in roles related to their major (86.7%) and entered employment immediately after graduation (61.3%). Labour-market preparedness was associated with very high perceived employability (odds ratio 4.9, 95% CI 1.6–14.7) and with a very smooth transition to work (Firth odds ratio 13.9, 95% CI 3.5–54.8), and professional ability development was also associated with very high employability (odds ratio 6.5, 95% CI 1.9–22.4). Job alignment corresponded with smoother transitions, though imprecisely (odds ratio 8.6, 95% CI 1.0–73.0). Women were less likely than men to report being very well prepared (adjusted odds ratio 0.11, 95% CI 0.03–0.45); other gender comparisons were inconclusive. Graduates most often requested internships and practical exposure and locally grounded labour-market knowledge. The findings suggest that monitoring preparedness and occupational alignment alongside employment rates offers a more informative account of the professional experiences reported by graduates of international STEM programmes delivered locally.
In recent years, retro-style outfits have continued to gain popularity on social media platforms. Clothing styles marked by earlier eras, such as Y2K millennium style, vintage outfits, and retro sportswear, have become widely popular among young people. This phenomenon raises a question worth exploring: why have young people developed such strong interest in “old clothes”? What role does social media play in the transformation of nostalgic emotions into consumption behavior? Taking 2018 to 2026 as the time window, this paper systematically reviews the literature on youth nostalgic consumption in social media environments and discusses it from three dimensions: conceptual definition, activation mechanism, and identity. The review preliminarily reveals the role of social media in the dissemination and diffusion of nostalgic content and also confirms that nostalgic consumption is an important path through which young people respond to identity anxiety and seek group belonging. However, existing studies still have three limitations. First, they lack a systematic explanation of how platform mechanisms promote the transformation of nostalgic emotions into consumption behavior. Second, they pay insufficient attention to how young people continuously construct identity through symbolic practices, community interaction, and consumption choices on social media. Third, the special mechanism of “non-experiential nostalgia” in the digital age has not been fully discussed. Future research may focus on constructing theoretical models that take social media as an intermediary variable and connect the logical path from emotion to behavior and then to identity.
Abstract We investigated public beliefs about the extent to which mental disorders are perceived to be part of the true self, that is, the set of traits and behaviors that compose one’s core character. We conducted three quantitative vignette-based studies (total n = 601) in UK general public samples, considering seven disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anorexia nervosa, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)). For each disorder, participants rated how much the disorder reflects the vignette character’s true self, along with perceived causes of the disorders (studies 1 and 2), perceived severity, age of onset, duration, probability of recovery (study 2), and stigmatization (study 3). Disorders differed sharply in the extent to which they were judged to be part of the true self: ADHD, ASD, and OCD received higher true self ratings than major depressive disorder, anorexia nervosa, and schizophrenia, with bipolar disorder intermediate. A disorder was rated more ‘true self’ when it was: perceived as more “biologically” caused; less “psychologically” caused; less severe; and recovery was perceived as less likely. Although the extent of stigmatization also varied across disorders, true self ratings did not predict stigmatization. Our results show that the public thinks about different mental disorders in quite different ways, suggesting that different disorders should not be lumped together when considering attitudes and their consequences.
Human well-being has received increasing attention as an indicator of individual and social health and as a consideration in public policy. Gender differences in subjective well-being (SWB), a widely accepted indicator of human well-being, have long been documented. However, explanations of these gender differences remain varied and inconclusive. This study utilizes Gallup World Poll data comprising 1,911,212 observations from 2009 to 2022. Employing advanced machine-learning techniques within an Exogenous Switching Treatment Effect Model (ESTEM) framework, we decompose the gender gap in SWB into differences in characteristics and differences in regime-specific returns. Conditional on observed characteristics and under a common predictive regime, the model predicts higher SWB for men. In contrast, the regime-specific returns component is associated with lower predicted well-being under the male regime. This component also increases over time, widening the estimated gender gap in SWB, while its magnitude varies across countries. The results suggest the potential relevance of institutional flexibility and reduced gender-role pressures for addressing gender disparities in human well-being.
Stress is a major contributor to physical and mental health disorders, underscoring the need for reliable and interpretable detection systems. We present an interpretable multimodal deep learning framework that integrates electrocardiogram (ECG), electrodermal activity (EDA), and respiration signals using modality-specific neural architectures complemented by feature-based classical models. To ensure robustness and generalizability, the framework was evaluated under both subject-independent and subject-dependent protocols. Results show that multimodal fusion consistently outperformed single modalities, achieving 94.8% accuracy, 93.9% F1-score, and 0.97 AUC under subject-independent validation, compared with 86–91% accuracy for individual signals. In subject-dependent experiments, performance reached 97.2% accuracy and 96.8% F1-score. Comparative analysis with recent state-of-the-art methods demonstrated the competitiveness of our approach, while ablation studies confirmed the contribution of each modality and fusion strategy. Statistical significance testing with ( p < 0.05) further validated the reliability of these gains. Importantly, interpretability analyses using Grad-CAM and attention visualization provided physiological insights, revealing that the model emphasizes clinically meaningful regions such as ECG R-peaks and phasic EDA fluctuations. By uniting high performance, robustness, and interpretability, this work advances stress detection research and offers a physiologically grounded framework for continuous mental health monitoring.
Abstract Importance Bullying is increasingly understood as a social process in which peers influence whether it persists. Anti-bullying policies and programs often encourage bystanders to intervene directly, yet direct defending can carry social costs for defenders, and evidence that it reduces later victimization is mixed. Some interventions already target the peer rewards that sustain bullying, but participant-role classifications tend to absorb deliberate non-reinforcement into outsider behavior or passive bystanding. Objective This paper argues that withdrawing social reinforcement, the deliberate withholding of social rewards that peers confer on bullying, such as attention, approval, amplification, or audience participation, should be conceptualized as a distinct bystander response. Methods This conceptual analysis draws on the social-ecological framework, participant role theory, social cognitive theory, and evidence that the outsider category is internally heterogeneous. Results Withdrawing social reinforcement is functionally positive when it reflects a refusal to endorse bullying and reduces the social rewards available to the student who bullies. It differs from uninvolved passivity in intent and social function, and from indirect defending in primary target, because these responses act on different points in the social process of bullying. When enacted collectively, it may also signal reduced peer endorsement of bullying and shift perceived peer norms. Conclusions Helpful bystander responding should not be defined only by direct intervention. Bystanders can also target the social rewards that sustain bullying, and responses grouped as passive bystanding differ in whether they sustain or withhold those rewards. Future research should test whether withdrawing social reinforcement can be reliably distinguished from uninvolved passivity and indirect defending, and whether it reduces reinforcement for students who bully. Implications for Practice Withdrawing social reinforcement requires less public confrontation than direct defending, offering students who cannot or will not confront the student who bullies another way to respond. Schools can teach this method as an explicit option alongside upstanding.
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is associated with elevated rates of anxiety and depression, as well as reduced quality of life, yet the mechanisms linking motor difficulties to these outcomes remain incompletely specified. This article presents and critically evaluates the Integrated Stress-Adaptation Framework for DCD (ISAF-DCD), which synthesizes empirical findings on DCD with established stress theories, including the Environmental Stress Hypothesis, the transactional model of stress, and the Conservation of Resources model. Although the framework is presented with reference to comorbid neurodevelopmental conditions broadly, its evidential basis and worked examples concentrate specifically on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD); generalization to other neurodevelopmental conditions is plausible but has not been evaluated here. ISAF-DCD proposes that motor coordination difficulties influence mental, cognitive, and physical health through interacting environmental demands, primary and secondary stressors, appraisal and response processes, and personal and social factors. The framework is bidirectional and developmentally sensitive, allowing outcomes to feed back into subsequent stress and adaptation processes across the lifespan. I examine the model’s conceptual coherence, empirical support, and potential clinical utility, arguing that ISAF-DCD offers a theoretically grounded heuristic for organizing a fragmented literature while remaining provisional. Its proposed contributions include clarifying the multiple roles of resilience and social support, refining the classification of environmental demands, incorporating neurodevelopmental comorbidity as a cross-cutting factor, and representing reciprocal relationships between stress and motor functioning. To improve falsifiability, I specify the temporal and functional roles of key dual-role constructs and derive five core, empirically distinguishable propositions that differentiate ISAF-DCD from an expanded Environmental Stress Hypothesis. Direct empirical support for some components, particularly the proposed corticolimbic mechanisms, remains limited. ISAF-DCD should therefore be treated as a hypothesis-generating framework, focused primarily on ADHD and ASD as comorbid conditions and on mental health as its central but not exclusive outcome domain, that requires rigorous longitudinal and intervention-based evaluation.
Background Perceived social support is an important psychosocial resource for competitive athletes, while perceived stress is closely associated with athlete burnout. Drawing on conservation of resources theory and the cognitive-transactional model of stress, this study examines the relationships among perceived social support, perceived stress, and athlete burnout. Objectives This study aims to investigate the associations among perceived social support, perceived stress, and athlete burnout in competitive athletes, with particular attention to the statistical mediating role of perceived stress. Results Using cluster sampling, questionnaire data were collected from 252 competitive athletes across various sports, including track and field, swimming, and football. The results showed that perceived social support was negatively correlated with perceived stress ( r = -0.478, p < 0.01) and athlete burnout ( r = -0.282, p < 0.01), whereas perceived stress was positively correlated with athlete burnout ( r = 0.421, p < 0.01). Mediation analysis revealed a significant indirect association between perceived social support and athlete burnout through perceived stress ( B = -0.161, 95% CI [-0.240, -0.093]). The direct association was not statistically significant after accounting for perceived stress ( B = -0.095, p = 0.109). Conclusion Perceived social support is associated with lower levels of athlete burnout, both through its overall negative association with burnout and through a significant statistical indirect pathway involving perceived stress. These findings highlight the importance of strengthening athletes’ social support systems and addressing perceived stress in competitive sports settings. Given the cross-sectional design, the findings should be interpreted as associations rather than evidence of causal mediation.
Nature-based extreme sports are often framed through sensation seeking, thrill, and voluntary exposure to risk, yet this framing can obscure the meanings participants attach to prolonged engagement with demanding natural environments. This study explored how experienced South African participants interpreted the relationship between nature-based extreme sport participation and eco-sensitivity. In this article, eco-sensitivity refers to participants' reported environmental attention, affective connection with nature, recognition of ecological dependence, concern about degradation, and efforts to reduce personal impact. A qualitative design using interpretative phenomenological analysis was applied to semi-structured interviews conducted between 29 April and 4 July 2019 with 10 experienced participants, five men and five women, who represented 11 nature-based extreme sport activities and reported two to 22 years of experience. Four interconnected themes were identified: risk as a managed component of participation; connection rather than conquest; sensory sensitivity and experiences consistent with mindfulness and flow; and eco-sensitivity and self-reported pro-environmental orientation. Participants described risk as something to calculate and manage through competence, preparation, and situational judgement. They also described respect for natural forces, heightened bodily and environmental attention, and a stronger sense of ecological dependence. Reported pro-environmental practices were self-reported and were not independently observed. The findings provide an interpretive account of how participants made sense of environmental meanings within prolonged outdoor sport involvement. They do not establish a causal developmental mechanism. The results suggest propositions for athlete education, outdoor recreation management, environmental learning, and future longitudinal research. Keywords: eco-sensitivity; extreme sport; interpretative phenomenological analysis; nature connectedness; pro-environmental behaviour; risk management.
Reading is one of the main ways through which middle school students learn English, and the quality of their reading depends largely on the level of thinking involved in the learning process. In actual teaching, however, many reading tasks remain at a low cognitive level, and students encounter difficulty when questions require inference, evaluation, or creation. SOLO taxonomy, which describes the structural complexity of observable learning outcomes, provides a basis for planning and assessing reading tasks across cognitive levels. Drawing on representative studies from China and abroad, this paper reviews research on the application of SOLO taxonomy in English reading teaching in middle schools. It traces the origin and development of the taxonomy, analyzes its compatibility with reading teaching, and examines two lines of applied research, namely SOLO-based reading teaching design and SOLO-based reading teaching assessment. The review indicates that design research has consolidated a working model of tiered objectives, ascending tasks, and question chains, while assessment research has produced level descriptions, evaluation scales, and process-oriented frameworks. And the two lines converge on aligning objectives, activities, and assessment within one level system. The field nevertheless remains constrained by predominantly case-based methods, scarce controlled or longitudinal evidence, and uneven attention between junior and senior high schools. The review concludes that SOLO taxonomy provides an operational definition of thinking depth in reading and supports the integration of teaching, learning, and assessment, but that future work requires more rigorous empirical designs, validated instruments, and broader coverage of learners and reading contexts.
This study examined the associations of self-regulation, self-esteem, and digital literacy with students' perceived learning achievement at Ariya Metta Vocational High School, Tangerang. The quantitative ex post facto study included 154 students drawn from a population of 250 through proportional stratified random sampling. Online questionnaire responses were analysed using multiple linear regression in SPSS version 27. Self-regulation (B = 1.349; β = 0.494; t = 6.739; p < .001) and self-esteem (B = 0.624; β = 0.345; t = 4.113; p < .001) were positively associated with perceived achievement after adjustment for the other predictors. Digital literacy showed no significant unique association (B = 0.040; β = 0.019; t = 0.248; p = .804). The model accounted for 63.0% of the observed variation (R² = .630; adjusted R² = .622). Although digital literacy was significant in a simple regression, the association did not persist in the full model, indicating overlapping explanatory information among predictors. The findings support attention to learning management and students' evaluations of themselves while encouraging academically purposeful uses of digital resources. Because achievement was self-reported and the design was observational, the results do not establish causality.
Background: Preservice teachers may solve equality tasks correctly while still explaining them procedurally, suggesting that correct performance does not necessarily reflect a relational understanding of the equal sign. When planning lessons, they must translate their mathematical understanding into instructional decisions, making lesson redesign a useful context for examining developing pedagogical reasoning. Aim: This study explored what critique-mediated lesson redesign revealed about preservice mathematics teachers’ emerging pedagogical reasoning when planning Grade 7 lessons on the equal sign. Setting: The study took place in a mathematics methodology course at a South African university. Methods: A qualitative multiple-case artefact-analysis design was used. Three group lesson redesigns were compared using lesson plans, written rationales and lecturer critique. The Knowledge Structures of Teaching in Emerging Practice (K-STEP) framework was used to interpret how the groups’ reasoning developed during redesign. Results: Redesign prompted greater attention to relational meanings of the equal sign, conceptual sequencing and learner understanding, although procedural routines and limited responses to anticipated learner thinking persisted. Conclusion: Critique-mediated lesson redesign made visible the uneven nature of developing pedagogical reasoning. The groups began to move towards more relational and learner-responsive lesson designs, although this development remained incomplete. Contribution: The study shows how lesson redesign can be used not only to improve planning but also to explore how preservice teachers interpret, revise and justify instructional decisions.
Purpose: Although leadership behaviors have been widely examined in relation to teacher outcomes, limited empirical research has explored how different leadership dimensions influence teachers’ morale within highly centralized educational systems such as Thailand’s primary education sector. Existing studies have often emphasized administrative control and procedural compliance, while comparatively less attention has been given to the role of relationship-oriented leadership behaviors in sustaining teachers’ morale within centralized administrative contexts. This study therefore examines the relationship between leadership behaviors within educational administration and teachers’ morale in Thai primary schools in central Thailand. Research design, data and methodology: This study employed a quantitative research design using a survey approach. Data were collected from 417 teachers and educational personnel working in primary schools across central Thailand through anonymous self-administered questionnaires. Leadership behaviors were categorized into task-oriented and relationship-oriented dimensions, while teachers’ morale was examined through Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were employed to examine the relationships between leadership behaviors and teachers’ morale. Results: The findings revealed that both task-oriented and relationship-oriented leadership behaviors were positively associated with teachers’ morale. Relationship-oriented leadership behaviors, particularly motivation and participation, demonstrated stronger predictive influence on teachers’ morale than task-oriented dimensions such as planning and supervision. The regression model explained a substantial proportion of variance in teachers’ morale, indicating that interpersonal and participatory leadership practices play an important role within centralized educational environments. Conclusions: The study contributes empirical evidence to educational administration research by demonstrating that leadership effectiveness within centralized educational systems may involve not only administrative coordination and policy implementation but also relationship-oriented leadership practices that support teachers’ professional well-being. The findings further suggest that balancing organizational structure with human-centered leadership may help sustain teachers’ morale within Thai primary schools.
The color collocation of the design scheme should meet multiple constraints such as functional semantics, visual harmony, accessibility and style consistency at the same time. The existing rule template, image extraction and condition generation methods have structural contradictions between constraint controllability and combination diversity, and the color relationship is always outside the generation process, only for post-output screening. In this paper, the problem is formulated as a sequential decision problem of discrete color combinations under multiple constraints, and the relation-aware diffusion generation framework ColorRel-Diff is proposed. The discrete color token sequence is used as the generation unit, and the mask discrete diffusion is used to make each denoising step explicitly masked discrete diffusion. The color relationship coding module is constructed, and the harmony and contrast relationships are encoded as the edge features of the relationship graph and aggregated into the relationship perception embedding through the graph attention. A constraining-guided denoising mechanism is designed to guide the sampling trajectory by the gradient of relational consistency score, and the feasibility mask is used to impose inviolable token-level restrictions on the hard constraints, and the grading softening strategy is used to deal with constraint conflicts. A three-layer inspection system of distribution level, constraint level and design availability level is constructed, and experiments and ablation are carried out on the basis of increasing constraint strictness. The results show that the proposed method occupies a Pareto-dominant position in the diversity-harmony plane, and the satisfaction rate of accessibility hard constraints remains above 95% under pressure, which is significantly better than the baseline without explicit modeling constraints. The ablation confirms that relational coding and constraint guidance dominate the gains of harmony and constraint compliance respectively.
Introduction Information and communication technologies, including wearable sensors, offer accessible and ecological ways to support psychological processes underpinning technical practice in sport, such as the regulation of attention, arousal and mental load. The aim of this exploratory study is to examine whether heart rate (HR) and physical activity (PA), recorded with a chest-worn wearable, can serve as a potential, indirect correlate of the mental load experienced during golf putting training. Two research questions were of interest: (i) Do pre-shot HR and PA differ between made and missed putts? (ii) Do pre-shot HR and PA differ following a made compared with a missed putt? Methods Seven youth golfing athletes (13–16 years old; handicap (hcp) index < 12) performed a putting training exercise in which the goal was to score five consecutive putts from 3-metre distance to the hole. HR and PA were recorded continuously and matched with putting performance using video footage. Pre-shot HR and PA were taken as the mean over the 5 s before ball contact. Because the putts are nested within sessions and athletes, the analyses combine within-athlete non-parametric tests, corrected for multiple comparisons and reported with effect sizes, with linear mixed-effects models treating athlete and session as random effects. Results Pre-shot HR and PA do not differ significantly between made and missed putts (mixed-model estimate for HR: +0.09 bpm, 95% CI [−0.46, 0.64]; p = 0.76). However, pre-shot HR is higher following a made putt and lower following a missed one (+5.08 bpm, 95% CI [4.54, 5.62]; p < 0.001), an association that persists after adjusting for the pre-shot HR of the preceding putt. PA shows the opposite trend. Discussion Because no subjective ratings of mental load, arousal or affect were collected, mental load remains one plausible interpretation of this pattern rather than an established one. Pending validation against such measures, the approach could offer coaches and athletes an exploratory starting point for conversations about how training situations are experienced, and illustrates how continuous monitoring of HR may provide a potential indirect correlate of mental load in youth golfers.
Sleep quality is fundamental to college students’ physical and psychological health and academic functioning. Amid increasing digitalization and stress, sleep problems remain prevalent among college students. Previous research has shown that physical activity, cognitive processing styles, and behavioral regulation patterns are associated with sleep outcomes, but these variables have often been examined separately, with limited attention to their integrated association structure. Based on cross-sectional survey data, this study used latent-variable structural equation modeling to examine the sequential indirect association pattern among physical activity, negative attentional bias, bedtime procrastination, and sleep quality. Using cluster sampling, data were collected from 921 college students from four universities in East China (439 males, 482 females; M_age = 20.34, SD = 1.59). Measures included the Physical Activity Rating Scale (PARS-3), Negative Attentional Bias Scale, Bedtime Procrastination Scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Structural equation modeling and bootstrap methods examined indirect associations. Results indicated that physical activity was significantly associated with lower PSQI scores, indicating better sleep quality (B_total = −0.072, β _total = −0.440, p < 0.001). Negative attentional bias and bedtime procrastination both showed significant partial indirect associations. The simple indirect associations through negative attentional bias and bedtime procrastination accounted for 20.8 and 15.3% of the total association, respectively. The sequential indirect association “physical activity → negative attentional bias → bedtime procrastination → sleep quality” was also significant, although its proportion was relatively small (4.2%). Overall, the total indirect association accounted for 40.3% of the total association. Multi-group structural analysis indicated that the association structure was broadly comparable across gender groups, although associations involving bedtime procrastination appeared stronger among female students. By integrating cognitive processing and behavioral regulation perspectives, this study provides a more integrative view of the association between physical activity and sleep quality. The findings suggest that college students’ sleep problems may be embedded within a broader system of health behaviors and psychological processes. Given the cross-sectional design, future longitudinal or experimental studies should examine the dynamic associations among these variables.
Bullying victimization is an important public health concern that has been linked to adverse psychological outcomes among adolescents. The study used mental health well-being data collected in the most recent Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey (2019–2020) (BAHWS). A total of 9,116 adolescents aged 15–19 years with complete depression data were included in the analysis. A three-level linear mixed-effects model was employed to account for the hierarchical structure of the survey, with adolescents nested within primary sampling units and districts. Additional analyses examined gender and marital status interactions, subgroup differences, and the cumulative association between multiple forms of bullying and depressive symptoms using a composite bullying measure. The findings revealed that verbal bullying (β = 1.39, p < 0.001) and cyberbullying (β = 1.15, p = 0.012) were independently associated with higher depressive symptom scores. The association between physical bullying and depressive symptoms differed significantly by gender, whereas interactions of gender with verbal and cyberbullying were not statistically significant. Exploratory subgroup analyses showed variation in the magnitude of estimated associations across ever-married females, unmarried females, and unmarried males. A graded association was observed for cumulative bullying exposure: compared with adolescents reporting no bullying exposure, those exposed to on (β = 1.25), two (β = 2.61), and three (β = 4.99) bullying types had progressively higher depressive symptom scores (all p < 0.001). Adolescent Age, Current school or college attendance and higher household wealth were associated with lower depressive symptom scores. Bullying victimization, particularly verbal bullying, cyberbullying, and exposure to multiple forms of bullying, was associated with higher depressive symptoms among Bangladeshi adolescents. These findings highlight the need for comprehensive bullying prevention strategies and accessible psychosocial support services, with particular attention to adolescents experiencing multiple forms of bullying and other vulnerable groups.
Family members who provide daily care for people with chronic mental illness often carry substantial emotional, social and financial strain. This study examined caregiver burden, anxiety and depression among primary caregivers of patients with chronic mental illness, and tested whether burden was related to anxiety and depression and whether these outcomes differed by age, gender and relationship to the patient. A cross-sectional correlational design was used with a purposive sample of primary caregivers recruited through psychiatric outpatient and community rehabilitation settings in Bengaluru (planned n = 100; 105 complete records analysed). Burden was assessed with the 22-item Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), and anxiety and depression with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Because scores departed from normality, Spearman correlations, permutation-based Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests and Holm-adjusted Dunn comparisons were used. The mean ZBI score was 32.37 (SD = 15.96); 77.1% of caregivers scored in at least the mild-to-moderate burden band, 59.0% had HADS anxiety scores of 8 or higher and 60.0% had HADS depression scores of 8 or higher. Burden correlated strongly with anxiety (rs = .810) and depression (rs = .816), Holm-adjusted ps < .001. Relationship to the patient was significantly associated with burden, anxiety and depression (adjusted ps < .001), with parent caregivers scoring highest, whereas age and gender differences did not survive correction for multiple testing. Findings are provisional because of an unresolved sample-size discrepancy and the cross-sectional, self-report, non-probability design. The results support routine screening of caregivers? psychological health, with particular attention to parent caregivers, alongside caregiver-focused psychoeducation and counselling.
In modern scholarly perspectives on grieving, being saddened has been associated with bodily experience. Numbness, shaking, a heavy heart, and other physical symptoms are caused by the intense pain of loss. Most Western philosophies have increasingly focused on psychological models based on the idea of how the self adjusts to the devastating experience of losing a loved one, and this has received a lot of attention. To connect death, embodiment, self-identification, and psychological well-being, this conceptual article develops a mourning process from an Indigenous psychological perspective. This article proposes a psychological paradigm grounded in Indigenous contemplative knowledge through an interpretive analysis of the teachings of the Ashtavakra Gita. Rather than treating the Ashtavakra Gita solely as a philosophical or spiritual text, this article interprets it as an Indigenous psychological knowledge system offering culturally grounded insights into selfhood, attachment, suffering, and psychological well-being. The proposed Ashtavakra Witnessing Consciousness Model conceptualises grief as a five-stage, non-linear process involving embodied grief, existential crisis, meaning reframing, mortality acceptance, and witnessing consciousness, culminating in psychological well-being. This model shows how a traumatic incident can be transformed into a meaningful experience and a path to psychological well-being. Advaita Vedanta’s foundational text, the Ashtavakra Gita, presents a nondual viewpoint in which suffering arises from attachment to the body, ego, and interpersonal attachments. It distinguishes between witnessing consciousness and the short-lived embodied self. This psychological Model of Witnessing Consciousness offers an alternative understanding of control, attachment, suffering, and embodied grief, grounded in the Ashtavakra Gita. It highlights the psychological implications of developing the art of witnessing consciousness. This indigenous model of traditional knowledge has implications for existential, contemplative, and meaning-centred mourning therapies and adds a cross-cultural, psychological and philosophically informed perspective to bereavement research. The article explains how the five stages were derived from the text, illustrates the model with a composite case vignette, outlines clinical cautions against encouraging detachment prematurely, and sets out the model’s limitations and directions for empirical validation.
Student engagement and participation are essential for interactive elementary science and social studies (IPAS) learning. Limited involvement in questioning, expressing opinions, and teamwork may hinder meaningful learning. This study examined changes in engagement and participation during the implementation of the Teams Games Tournament (TGT) model at SDN Karawang Wetan III. Classroom action research involved 30 students across a pre-cycle and two intervention cycles. Classroom observations assessed seven engagement and seven participation indicators. Descriptive analysis showed improvements in both outcomes. Engagement increased in attention, enthusiasm, active involvement, peer interaction, persistence, and responsibility. Participation improved in questioning, answering, expressing opinions, discussion, cooperation, tournament involvement, and task completion. Reported percentages represent mean indicator-level observation scores rather than proportions of students meeting specific criteria. The findings suggest that structured teamwork, academic games, and individual accountability can provide practical opportunities for collaborative IPAS learning. Teachers should establish clear team roles and encourage individual contributions and questioning. Because the study involved one school and two cycles without a control group, the findings are context-specific and do not establish causality. Future research should examine multiple schools, longer implementation, sustained improvements, and relationships with IPAS achievement.
This study investigates how a novice EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher enacts professional identity within the context of reading instruction. While prior research has established the dynamic and multifaceted nature of teacher identity, limited attention has been given to how professional identity is constructed and enacted through subject-specific pedagogical practices, particularly in reading instruction. This qualitative case study draws on interview and classroom observation data to explore how a novice EFL teacher enacts professional identities in reading instruction. The findings suggest that the teacher’s professional identity is not a fixed set of roles but is expressed through situated teaching practices and professional reflections. Specifically, three interrelated identity positions were identified—facilitator of meaning-making, cultural and textual guide, and reflective learner. These positions were reflected in instructional practices such as scaffolding, interpretive questioning, and the provision of cultural and textual background knowledge, as well as in the teacher’s willingness to learn from students and engage in professional development. Furthermore, the findings highlight the relationship between the teacher’s professional identity, individual agency, and the working conditions of her teaching context. By situating teacher identity within the practices of reading instruction, this study extends existing research by foregrounding the practice-based and context-sensitive nature of novice teacher identity. An Activity Theory perspective further informs the interpretation of how professional identity relates to pedagogical practices, instructional tools, and contextual conditions.
Digital media has evolved from passive screen viewing into an algorithmically curated ecosystem of social platforms, short form video, games, generative artificial intelligence (AI), conversational agents, connected toys and educational technologies. These systems can support learning, creativity, communication, disability access and healthcare; however, engagement optimized design, commercial surveillance and synthetic content create risks that are not adequately captured by screen-time measures alone. This narrative review examines the effects of contemporary digital ecosystems on child and adolescent health and outlines implications for pediatric practice. PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar and guidance from the World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, UNESCO and the American Academy of Pediatrics were reviewed, with emphasis on evidence published from 2019 to June 2026. Associations have been reported between problematic digital media use and sleep disruption, reduced physical activity, visual and musculoskeletal symptoms, obesity related behaviours, anxiety, depressive symptoms, cyberbullying, disordered eating and impaired attention. Causal interpretation remains difficult because effects are heterogeneous, often small, bidirectional and strongly modified by age, content, context, displacement, family relationships and pre-existing vulnerability. AI adds distinct concerns: persuasive personalization, inaccurate health information, anthropomorphic dependency, deepfakes, sexual exploitation, biased outputs, privacy loss and erosion of learning through uncritical outsourcing. Benefits are also substantial when technologies are developmentally appropriate, evidence-based, inclusive and used with adult support. Pediatric counselling should shift from counting hours alone toward assessing the child's digital ecosystem, sleep, function, content, compulsivity, safety and relationships. Effective protection requires shared family practices, school digital literacy, safety by design, age-appropriate assurance, transparent algorithms, data minimization and independent research. The goal is not a screen free childhood but a child centred digital environment that supports health, agency and development.
Quranic memorization learning in early childhood often faces challenges such as short attention spans and boredom caused by monotonous repetition methods, leading to mood fluctuations and low memory retention. Recognizing the importance of laying a solid memorization foundation early on, an instructional strategy that bridges recitation accuracy with children's psychological traits is urgently required. This study aims to analyze teachers’ strategies for integrating the talaqqi/musyāfahah method with a joyful learning approach to improve Qur’an memorization skills among children aged 5–6 years at TKIT Ar-Risalah Samarinda. This descriptive qualitative study employs a teacher-researcher design, in which the researcher independently serves as the sole teacher as well as the primary data collector. The research subjects consisted of 1 main teacher and 16 Class B3 students. Data were collected through direct observation, self-reflection journals, audio-visual recordings, and documentation of mutaba'ah book recapitulations. Data analysis was conducted interactively (reduction, presentation, and conclusion drawing), and its validity was tested through triangulation of techniques and sources. The results showed that memorization planning was arranged gradually (1–2 verses per day) based on differentiation. The learning implementation combined auditory modeling (talaqqi) with game-based learning, kinetic ice-breaking, and positive reinforcement. This integrative strategy was proven to have a significant influence on three indicators: (1) improving the accuracy of makhraj pronunciation and basic tajwid in real-time; (2) fostering children’s confidence and independence in reciting their memorization; and (3) strengthening memorization retention through multisensory engagement without triggering cognitive fatigue. Obstacles in the form of short attention spans and fluctuating moods were successfully eliminated through break time and interactive games. This study concludes that accuracy in Qur’an memorization rules among pre-literacy children is best achieved when aligned with children’s positive emotional regulation needs. ABSTRAK Pembelajaran hafalan Al-Qur'an pada anak usia dini sering kali menghadapi kendala seperti rentang perhatian yang singkat dan kejenuhan akibat metode pengulangan yang monoton, yang memicu fluktuasi mood serta rendahnya retensi ingatan anak. Mengingat pentingnya penanaman fondasi hafalan sejak dini, diperlukan strategi pembelajaran yang mampu menjembatani presisi kaidah bacaan dengan karakteristik psikologis anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis strategi guru dalam mengintegrasikan metode talaqqi/musyāfahah dengan pendekatan pembelajaran yang menyenangkan (joyful learning) guna meningkatkan kemampuan hafalan Al-Qur’an anak usia 5–6 tahun di TKIT Ar-Risalah Samarinda. Penelitian kualitatif deskriptif ini menggunakan desain teacher researcher, di mana peneliti bertindak mandiri sebagai pengajar tunggal sekaligus pengumpul data utama. Subjek penelitian meliputi 1 orang guru utama dan 16 peserta didik Kelas B3. Data dikumpulkan melalui observasi langsung, jurnal refleksi diri, rekaman audio-visual, dan dokumentasi rekapitulasi buku mutaba'ah. Analisis data dilakukan secara interaktif (reduksi, penyajian, dan penarikan kesimpulan) serta diuji keabsahannya melalui triangulasi teknik dan sumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perencanaan hafalan disusun secara bertahap (1–2 ayat per hari) berbasis diferensiasi. Pelaksanaan pembelajaran memadukan pemodelan auditori (talaqqi) dengan game-based learning, ice breaking kinetik, dan positive reinforcement. Strategi integratif ini terbukti memberikan pengaruh signifikan terhadap tiga indikator: (1) meningkatkan akurasi pelafalan makhraj dan tajwid dasar secara real-time; (2) menumbuhkan keberanian serta kemandirian anak dalam menyetorkan hafalan; dan (3) memperkuat retensi daya rekat hafalan melalui keterlibatan multisensorik tanpa memicu kelelahan kognitif. Hambatan berupa rentang perhatian yang singkat dan mood fluktuatif berhasil dieliminasi melalui pemberian jeda (break time) dan permainan interaktif. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa ketepatan kaidah hafalan Al-Qur’an pada anak usia pra-literasi dapat dicapai secara optimal apabila diselaraskan dengan kebutuhan regulasi emosi positif anak.
The article examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the development of mathematical abilities and geometric concepts in preschool children. The object of the research is the process of developing mathematical abilities and geometric concepts in older preschool children. The aim of the article is to identify the pedagogical potential of ICT and evaluate its effectiveness in developing these abilities. The research methods include the analysis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observation, game-based learning, pedagogical experimentation, and comparative analysis of the results. Multimedia presentations, interactive games, and electronic educational resources were used during the experimental activities. The methodologies of ICT-mediated learning and game-based learning were applied. The research outcomes indicate that the purposeful use of ICT contributes to the development of children's abilities to recognize, name, compare, and classify geometric shapes. It also promotes children's cognitive engagement, logical and spatial thinking, attention, and memory. The experimental results further revealed increased children's engagement and learning motivation. The conclusion of the study is that the pedagogically justified integration of information and communication technologies into game-based learning is an effective means of developing mathematical abilities and geometric concepts in preschool children, facilitating a more visual, interactive, and child-centered learning process.
The article discusses the specifics of social-pedagogical work with students majoring in “Social Pedagogy,” focusing on interacting with learners who require special educational conditions due to visual impairments. It presents the educational and social needs of the learners, the pivotal role of the social pedagogue, and the blended teaching methodology developed for this topic. Special attention is paid to the interconnected organization of lectures and practical sessions, the execution of case studies, and the core role of establishing trust and mutual understanding with the learner—all of which foster students’ professional competencies and inclusive mindset. The objective of the article is to present the methodical implementation experience of teaching the topic “Specifics of working with learners with special educational needs conditioned by visual impairments,” highlighting the complementary role of lectures and practical seminars in the professional development of future social pedagogues. During the lectures and practical seminars, a comprehensive range of methods and tools are utilized: slide presentations, lecture-discussions, Q&A sessions, “one-minute reflection,” brainstorming, video screenings, graphic charts, case studies, individual and group work, role-plays, educational games, discussions, and the “invisible trust” method. The application of these methods stimulates students' active engagement, enhances initiative, fosters positive interpersonal relationships, and develops essential social skills. Main Conclusion. The methodical framework proposed in this article can serve as a practical guide for higher education instructors. Such in-depth preparation for working with learners with visual impairments ensures that future educators enter the school system not as passive observers of the inclusion process, but as active, competent creators of a high-quality, accessible, and safe learning environment.
Mental health conditions have become one of the most urgent public health challenges worldwide, affecting nearly one billion people and creating substantial social and economic burdens. Despite increasing demand for psychological services, barriers such as financial costs, shortages of mental health professionals, geographical inequalities, and social stigma prevent many individuals from receiving timely support. This paper examines the biological, psychological, and environmental factors contributing to mental disorders and evaluates the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) conversational models in mental health support. It argues that AI cannot replace licensed clinicians but can serve as a complementary tool by improving accessibility, providing continuous communication, offering privacy, and delivering personalized psychoeducation. Particular attention is given to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), where AI's predictable communication style may support communication practice and reduce social pressure. The paper also discusses AI-assisted interventions based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and examines ethical challenges, including privacy, algorithmic bias, and clinical responsibility. Overall, responsible cooperation between AI technologies and healthcare professionals may improve the accessibility and effectiveness of future mental healthcare.
Background This pilot study with class-level random assignment examined preliminary evidence on the associations between a structured physical game intervention and memory and attention in children aged 5–6 years. Methods A 12-week physical game program based on cognitive load theory was designed and implemented, consisting of three 60-minute training sessions per week. The program included various game activities designed to promote memory and attention development supplemented by smart interactive motion data collection devices. A pilot study with class-level random assignment was conducted among 59 children aged 5–6 years. Two intact kindergarten classes were included, with one class assigned to the experimental group ( n = 30) and the other to the control group ( n = 29). The experimental group received the structured physical play intervention, whereas the control group participated in routine kindergarten physical activities. The class, rather than the individual child, was the unit of randomization. Before and after the intervention, children's memory and attention levels were assessed using the Wechsler Memory Scale (measuring picture memory, visual reproduction, visual recognition, digit span forward, and digit span backward) and the Schulte Grid test. Results A 2 × 2 repeated-measures ANOVA showed significant Group×Time interactions for total short-term memory ( F (1,57) = 14.33, p < .001, η p 2 = .20), total immediate memory ( F (1,57) = 7.84, p = .007, η p 2 = .12), picture memory ( F (1,57) = 6.10, p = .017, η p 2 = .10), visual reproduction ( F (1,57) = 18.40, p < .001, η p 2 = .24), and digit span forward ( F (1,57) = 5.26, p = .026, η p 2 = .08). A significant Group×Time interaction was also observed for attention performance ( F (1,57) = 8.17, p = .006, η p 2 = .13). These findings indicated greater pre–post changes in the experimental condition than in the control condition for the outcomes examined. Conclusion These findings provide preliminary evidence that a structured physical game intervention was associated with improvements in memory-related task performance and task-related attentional processing in children aged 5–6 years.
Abstract Amid growing calls for Australian universities to engage meaningfully with Indigenous knowledges, this article examines how Indigenous-led, place-based inquiry can reorient academic practice toward culturally regenerative possibilities. Drawing on a Cooperative Inquiry conducted with Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar, we follow six Noongar-led experiences involving Country, language, ceremony, deep time, embodiment and more-than-human relations. Through cycles of experiential, presentational and reflective practice, these engagements restructured attention, temporality and conduct, foregrounding relational ethics of permission, reciprocity and refusal. Multimodal forms including movement, image and creative response were treated as epistemic practices, enabling us to register affective and relational reorientations that are not readily accessible through propositional forms alone. Our analysis traces how these reorientations unsettled extractive research habits and repositioned knowledge-making as embodied, participatory and accountable to Country. We argue that culturally regenerative university practice does not emerge through policy statements, curricular add-ons or inclusion alone, but through lived, relational engagements that reconfigure how knowledge is generated, held and shared. The study contributes empirical insight into how such reconfigurations unfold in practice and highlights the institutional conditions required to sustain accountable relationships with place.
چکیده: در میان درخواستهای فزاینده برای مشارکت معنادار دانشگاههای استرالیا با دانشهای بومی، این مقاله بررسی میکند که چگونه پژوهش مبتنی بر مکان و هدایتشده توسط بومیان میتواند عمل دانشگاهی را به سوی امکانات فرهنگی باززاینده جهتدهی کند. با بهرهگیری از یک پژوهش همکارانه (Cooperative Inquiry) که با Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar انجام شد، شش تجربه هدایتشده توسط Noongar شامل ارتباط با سرزمین (Country)، زبان، آیین، زمان عمیق، تجسم و روابط فراتر از انسان دنبال میشود. از طریق چرخههای تجربهمحور، ارائهای و بازتابی، این مشارکتها توجه، زمانمندی و رفتار را بازساختند و اخلاق رابطهای اجازه، دوسویگی و امتناع را در کانون قرار دادند. اشکال چندرسانهای از جمله حرکت، تصویر و پاسخ خلاقانه به عنوان شیوههای معرفتی تلقی شدند و این امکان را فراهم کردند تا جهتگیریهای عاطفی و رابطهای را که به آسانی از طریق اشکال گزارهای قابل دسترسی نیستند، ثبت کنیم. تحلیل ما نشان میدهد که این جهتگیریها عادات پژوهشی استخراجگرایانه را به چالش کشیده و تولید دانش را به عنوان امری مجسم، مشارکتی و پاسخگو نسبت به سرزمین بازتعریف کردند. استدلال میشود که عمل دانشگاهی باززاینده فرهنگی نه از طریق بیانیههای سیاستی، افزودههای برنامه درسی یا صرفاً شمول، بلکه از طریق مشارکتهای زیسته و رابطهای که نحوه تولید، نگهداری و به اشتراکگذاری دانش را بازپیکربندی میکند، پدید میآید. این مطالعه بینش تجربی درباره چگونگی وقوع این بازپیکربندیها در عمل ارائه میدهد و شرایط نهادی لازم برای حفظ روابط پاسخگو با مکان را برجسته میسازد.
This study aims to find out the Character Education Values in the Kaba of Sutan Nasarudin at the Siti Nursiah Studio in Nagari Koto Tuo, Harau District, Lima Puluh Kota Regency. This is a qualitative descriptive study. The research data consists of dialogues and narratives containing character education values in the kaba of Sutan Nasarudin. The data sources are the manuscript of Kaba Sutan Nasarudin and interviews with the administrators of the Siti Nursiah Studio. Data collection was carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation, while data analysis techniques included data collection, data identification, data reduction, and drawing conclusions. Research shows that in Kaba Sutan Nasarudin there are five character education values, namely: (1) faith and piety reflected through praying, surrendering to Allah Swt., and practising religious teachings; (2) honesty shown through openness and telling the truth; (3) intelligence seen in the character's ability to make decisions and understand situations faced; (4) resilience evident through the spirit of venturing out, courage in facing challenges, and persistence in achieving goals; and (5) care reflected through attention and a sense of responsibility towards family and others. These values show that Kaba Sutan Nasarudin not only serves as entertainment but also as a means of character education and preservation of Minangkabau cultural values.
هدف این پژوهش شناسایی ارزشهای آموزش شخصیت در کبای سلطان نصرالدین در استودیوی Siti Nursiah واقع در ناگری کُتو توئو، بخش هاراو، شهرستان لیما پولو کُتا است. این پژوهش به روش توصیفی-کیفی انجام شده است. دادههای پژوهش شامل دیالوگها و روایتهایی است که حاوی ارزشهای آموزش شخصیت در کبای سلطان نصرالدین میباشند. منابع داده شامل نسخه خطی کبای سلطان نصرالدین و مصاحبه با مدیران استودیوی Siti Nursiah است. گردآوری دادهها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و مستندسازی انجام شده است و تکنیکهای تحلیل داده شامل گردآوری داده، شناسایی داده، کاهش داده و نتیجهگیری میباشد. نتایج پژوهش نشان میدهد که در کبای سلطان نصرالدین پنج ارزش آموزش شخصیت وجود دارد: (1) ایمان و تقوا که از طریق دعا کردن، توکل به خداوند متعال و عمل به آموزههای دینی منعکس میشود؛ (2) صداقت که از طریق شفافیت و بیان حقیقت نشان داده میشود؛ (3) هوش که در توانایی شخصیت برای تصمیمگیری و درک موقعیتهای پیشرو مشاهده میشود؛ (4) تابآوری که از طریق روحیه ماجراجویی، شجاعت در مواجهه با چالشها و پایداری در دستیابی به اهداف نمایان است؛ و (5) مراقبت که از طریق توجه و حس مسئولیت نسبت به خانواده و دیگران منعکس میشود. این ارزشها نشان میدهند که کبای سلطان نصرالدین نه تنها به عنوان سرگرمی بلکه به عنوان ابزاری برای آموزش شخصیت و حفظ ارزشهای فرهنگی میننگکاباو عمل میکند.
This study aims to describe and analyze the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in Dance Art learning for class IX.1 at SMP Islam Terpadu Budi Mulia Padang, focusing on the suitability of planning, implementation, and evaluation with the principles of the Merdeka Curriculum. A qualitative method with a phenomenological approach was used, with the Dance Art teacher of class IX.1 as the primary data source. Data were collected through observation, semi-structured interviews, teaching module document analysis, and documentation, then processed through data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The results show that: (1) lesson planning through the teaching module generally aligns with the principles of the Merdeka Curriculum, although the Creating element of the learning outcomes was not explicitly stated; (2) implementation followed a Project Based Learning (PjBL) model across three meetings, engaging students in observing, discussing, designing, and performing a group creative dance work, although the three-meeting time allocation was not yet sufficient for the ideal PjBL stages, and some male students showed limited confidence; and (3) evaluation was carried out through diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, with 95% of students achieving mastery on the theoretical aspect but only 65% on the practical aspect. The findings indicate that the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in Dance Art learning has generally been consistent with its guiding principles, while time allocation and equitable student participation remain aspects that require further attention.
هدف این پژوهش توصیف و تحلیل اجرای برنامهٔ درسی مردکا در آموزش هنر رقص برای کلاس IX.1 در مدرسهٔ اسلامی تلفیقی بُدی مولیا پادانگ با تمرکز بر میزان انطباق برنامهریزی، اجرا و ارزشیابی با اصول برنامهٔ درسی مردکا است. این پژوهش با روش کیفی و رویکرد پدیدارشناختی انجام شده است و معلم هنر رقص کلاس IX.1 بهعنوان منبع اصلی دادهها انتخاب گردید. دادهها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبههای نیمهساختاریافته، تحلیل اسناد ماژول آموزشی و مستندسازی گردآوری و سپس از طریق گردآوری داده، کاهش داده، نمایش داده و نتیجهگیری پردازش شدند. نتایج نشان میدهد: (۱) برنامهریزی درسی از طریق ماژول آموزشی بهطور کلی با اصول برنامهٔ درسی مردکا همراستا است، هرچند عنصر «خلق» در نتایج یادگیری بهطور صریح بیان نشده بود؛ (۲) اجرا بر اساس مدل یادگیری مبتنی بر پروژه (PjBL) در سه جلسه انجام شد و دانشآموزان در مشاهده، بحث، طراحی و اجرای یک اثر رقص گروهی خلاقانه مشارکت داشتند، هرچند تخصیص زمان سه جلسه برای مراحل ایدهآل PjBL کافی نبود و برخی دانشآموزان پسر اعتمادبهنفس محدودی نشان دادند؛ و (۳) ارزشیابی از طریق ارزیابی تشخیصی، تکوینی و پایانی انجام شد و ۹۵٪ دانشآموزان در بُعد نظری به تسلط رسیدند اما تنها ۶۵٪ در بُعد عملی موفق بودند. یافتهها نشان میدهد که اجرای برنامهٔ درسی مردکا در آموزش هنر رقص بهطور کلی با اصول راهنمای آن منطبق بوده است، در حالی که تخصیص زمان و مشارکت برابر دانشآموزان همچنان نیازمند توجه بیشتر است.
The flipped classroom (FC) model has obtained collective attention in medical education for its potential to enhance student engagement, active learning, and knowledge retention.This study systematically reviews the report on flipped classrooms in medical education using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta- Analyses (PRISMA) framework. Articles were retrieved from reputable databases, including PubMed, Medline, OVID, ACM, ScienceDirect, Taylor & Francis, MDPI, SAGE, SpringerLink, Wiley, IEEE Xplore, and Google Scholar.The 34 studies were identified exploring flipped classroom teaching approaches to enhance medical education. Review focuses on the tools and technologies employed such as video creation, learning management systems, podcasts, online assessments, and collaborative platforms as well as pedagogical strategies implemented across medical courses.This study focused on flipped learning in higher education. Future research should examine its application in other educational settings, including schools, vocational, technical, and professional training. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality warrant investigation for their impact on student engagement and learning outcomes across disciplines. Further studies should also explore the influence of cultural and geographical factors on flipped classroom implementation and effectiveness. Additionally, research is needed to determine how flipped classroom activities can be tailored to specific learning objectives, student needs, and subject areas. Finally, longitudinal studies are recommended to assess the long- term effects of flipped learning on student achievement, retention, and academic success.
مدل کلاس معکوس (FC) به دلیل پتانسیل آن در افزایش مشارکت دانشجویان، یادگیری فعال و حفظ دانش، توجه جمعی را در آموزش پزشکی به خود جلب کرده است. این مطالعه بهصورت نظاممند گزارشهای مربوط به کلاسهای معکوس در آموزش پزشکی را با استفاده از چارچوب آیتمهای ترجیحی برای گزارش مرورهای نظاممند و متاآنالیزها (PRISMA) مرور میکند. مقالات از پایگاههای داده معتبر از جمله PubMed، Medline، OVID، ACM، ScienceDirect، Taylor & Francis، MDPI، SAGE، SpringerLink، Wiley، IEEE Xplore و Google Scholar بازیابی شدند. در مجموع ۳۴ مطالعه شناسایی شد که رویکردهای تدریس کلاس معکوس را برای ارتقای آموزش پزشکی بررسی کردهاند. این مرور بر ابزارها و فناوریهای بهکاررفته مانند تولید ویدئو، سامانههای مدیریت یادگیری، پادکستها، ارزیابیهای آنلاین و پلتفرمهای همکاری و همچنین راهبردهای آموزشی اجراشده در دورههای پزشکی تمرکز دارد. این مطالعه بر یادگیری معکوس در آموزش عالی متمرکز بود. پژوهشهای آتی باید کاربرد آن را در سایر محیطهای آموزشی از جمله مدارس، آموزشهای فنیوحرفهای و تخصصی بررسی کنند. فناوریهای نوظهوری مانند هوش مصنوعی و واقعیت افزوده شایسته بررسی برای تأثیر آنها بر مشارکت دانشجویان و پیامدهای یادگیری در رشتههای مختلف هستند. مطالعات بیشتر همچنین باید تأثیر عوامل فرهنگی و جغرافیایی بر اجرای کلاس معکوس و اثربخشی آن را بررسی کنند. علاوه بر این، پژوهشهایی لازم است تا مشخص شود چگونه فعالیتهای کلاس معکوس میتواند متناسب با اهداف یادگیری خاص، نیازهای دانشجویان و حوزههای موضوعی تنظیم شود. در نهایت، مطالعات طولی برای ارزیابی اثرات بلندمدت یادگیری معکوس بر پیشرفت، ماندگاری و موفقیت تحصیلی دانشجویان توصیه میشود.
College athletes face substantial challenges from the combined demands of academic study and athletic training, placing them at elevated risk for academic burnout (AB). This study examined how perceived social support (PSS) is associated with AB by testing the mediating roles of mental toughness (MT) and athlete burnout (ATHB) and the moderating effect of cognitive reappraisal (CR). Using a cross-sectional design, 1,918 college athletes from over 20 Chinese universities completed standardized questionnaires assessing PSS, MT, ATHB, CR, and AB. Serial and moderated serial mediation were analyzed with the PROCESS macro (Models 6 and 89) while controlling for demographic and sport-related variables. PSS was directly and negatively associated with AB (β = −0.122, p < 0.001), with significant indirect associations separately through MT and ATHB and sequentially through MT and ATHB. CR showed path-specific moderation: at higher levels of CR, the negative PSS–AB association was stronger, but so was the positive ATHB–AB association, whereas the MT–AB association did not differ significantly across CR levels. Thus, CR should not be interpreted as having a uniformly buffering role. These findings may inform future multicomponent support approaches aimed at strengthening PSS and MT and identifying and addressing ATHB, while applying CR-related training cautiously and with attention to the specific pathway involved. The effectiveness and boundary conditions of such approaches require longitudinal or experimental testing.
ورزشکاران دانشگاهی با چالشهای قابل توجهی ناشی از ترکیب الزامات تحصیلی و تمرینات ورزشی مواجه هستند که آنها را در معرض خطر بالای فرسودگی شغلی تحصیلی (AB) قرار میدهد. این مطالعه به بررسی ارتباط حمایت اجتماعی ادراکشده (PSS) با AB از طریق آزمون نقشهای میانجیگری سرسختی روانی (MT) و فرسودگی شغلی ورزشکار (ATHB) و همچنین اثر تعدیلگری بازارزیابی شناختی (CR) پرداخت. با استفاده از طرح مقطعی، ۱۹۱۸ ورزشکار دانشگاهی از بیش از ۲۰ دانشگاه چینی پرسشنامههای استاندارد ارزیابی PSS، MT، ATHB، CR و AB را تکمیل کردند. میانجیگری زنجیرهای و میانجیگری زنجیرهای تعدیلشده با استفاده از ماکروی PROCESS (مدلهای ۶ و ۸۹) و با کنترل متغیرهای جمعیتشناختی و مرتبط با ورزش تحلیل شد. PSS به طور مستقیم و منفی با AB ارتباط داشت (β = −0.122, p < 0.001) و ارتباطات غیرمستقیم معناداری به طور جداگانه از طریق MT و ATHB و به صورت متوالی از طریق MT و ATHB مشاهده شد. CR تعدیلگری خاص مسیر را نشان داد: در سطوح بالاتر CR، ارتباط منفی PSS–AB قویتر بود، اما ارتباط مثبت ATHB–AB نیز قویتر بود، در حالی که ارتباط MT–AB در سطوح مختلف CR تفاوت معناداری نداشت. بنابراین، CR نباید به عنوان یک نقش محافظتی یکنواخت تفسیر شود. این یافتهها میتوانند راهنمای رویکردهای حمایتی چندمولفهای آینده با هدف تقویت PSS و MT و شناسایی و رسیدگی به ATHB باشند، در حالی که آموزشهای مرتبط با CR باید با احتیاط و توجه به مسیر خاص مورد نظر به کار گرفته شود. اثربخشی و شرایط مرزی چنین رویکردهایی نیازمند آزمونهای طولی یا تجربی است.
This special issue brings together six papers exploring how speech prosody intersects with other linguistic, cognitive and social domains, with particular attention to methodological diversity and understudied languages. The collection addresses a range of complementary topics: the role of intonation in resolving lexical ambiguity in Korean; the perceived personality traits of synthetic versus natural voices; prosodic modifications children make in demanding communicative contexts; perceptual cues to lexical pitch accent discrimination in South Kyungsang Korean; rhythmic differences between Hadari and Bedouin Arabic dialects; and durational marking of lexical stress beyond the stressed syllable in Soikkola Ingrian and Ayutla Tlapanec. Collectively, these studies make valuable contributions to the empirical and theoretical foundations of prosody research. By combining diverse methods with a broad linguistic scope, the collection provides a basis for future research on how prosody interacts with other dimensions of language and communication.
این شماره ویژه شامل شش مقاله است که به بررسی چگونگی تلاقی آهنگ گفتار با حوزههای زبانی، شناختی و اجتماعی دیگر میپردازد و توجه ویژهای به تنوع روششناختی و زبانهای کمتر مطالعهشده دارد. این مجموعه به موضوعات مکمل متعددی میپردازد: نقش زیر و بمی صدا در رفع ابهام واژگانی در زبان کرهای؛ ویژگیهای شخصیتی ادراکشده در صداهای مصنوعی در مقایسه با صداهای طبیعی؛ تغییرات آهنگی که کودکان در زمینههای ارتباطی دشوار ایجاد میکنند؛ نشانههای ادراکی برای تمایز لهجه زیر و بمی واژگانی در کرهای جنوب کیونگسانگ؛ تفاوتهای ریتمیک میان گویشهای عربی حضری و بدوی؛ و نشانهگذاری زمانی تأکید واژگانی فراتر از هجاهای تأکیدشده در زبانهای Soikkola Ingrian و Ayutla Tlapanec. این پژوهشها به طور جمعی، سهم ارزشمندی در بنیانهای تجربی و نظری پژوهشهای آهنگ گفتار دارند. با ترکیب روشهای متنوع و دامنه وسیع زبانی، این مجموعه مبنایی برای پژوهشهای آینده درباره چگونگی تعامل آهنگ گفتار با سایر ابعاد زبان و ارتباط فراهم میکند.
Formative assessment is important in inclusive English classrooms because it enables teachers to gather evidence of learning during instruction and respond to diverse learning needs. This study examined how formative assessment was implemented in an inclusive Grade VIII English classroom, with particular attention to the relationship between assessment planning, classroom enactment, evidence of learning, feedback, and instructional adaptation. A qualitative case study design was employed using non-participant classroom observation, a semi-structured interview with the English teacher, and document analysis. Data were analyzed using the interactive model. The findings indicate that formative assessment was embedded throughout instruction through questioning, observation, performance activities, feedback, and reflection. A key pattern was the difference between planned assessment and classroom implementation. Although the written assessment plan was primarily designed for the whole class, the teacher adapted instructions, task support, time allocation, and individual guidance in response to students’ learning evidence. Thus, in this case, the inclusive dimension of formative assessment was more visible in teachers’ real-time responsive decisions than in formal assessment planning. Because the study concerned one teacher and one classroom, the findings are presented as a context-specific account rather than a generalizable claim.
ارزشیابی تکوینی در کلاسهای فراگیر زبان انگلیسی اهمیت دارد، زیرا به معلمان امکان میدهد تا در حین آموزش، شواهد یادگیری را جمعآوری کرده و به نیازهای متنوع یادگیری پاسخ دهند. این پژوهش به بررسی نحوه اجرای ارزشیابی تکوینی در یک کلاس فراگیر زبان انگلیسی پایه هشتم پرداخت و به طور ویژه به رابطه بین برنامهریزی ارزشیابی، اجرای کلاسی، شواهد یادگیری، بازخورد و سازگاری آموزشی توجه داشت. این مطالعه با استفاده از طرح مطالعه موردی کیفی و بهکارگیری مشاهده غیرمشارکتی کلاس، مصاحبه نیمهساختاریافته با معلم زبان انگلیسی و تحلیل اسناد انجام شد. دادهها با استفاده از مدل تعاملی تحلیل شدند. یافتهها نشان داد که ارزشیابی تکوینی از طریق پرسشگری، مشاهده، فعالیتهای عملکردی، بازخورد و تأمل در سراسر آموزش ادغام شده بود. الگوی کلیدی، تفاوت بین ارزشیابی برنامهریزیشده و اجرای کلاسی بود. اگرچه برنامه مکتوب ارزشیابی عمدتاً برای کل کلاس طراحی شده بود، معلم با توجه به شواهد یادگیری دانشآموزان، دستورالعملها، حمایت از تکلیف، تخصیص زمان و راهنمایی فردی را تطبیق میداد. بنابراین، در این مورد، بُعد فراگیر ارزشیابی تکوینی بیشتر در تصمیمات پاسخگو و آنی معلم نسبت به برنامهریزی رسمی ارزشیابی مشهود بود. با توجه به اینکه این مطالعه درباره یک معلم و یک کلاس انجام شده است، یافتهها به عنوان گزارشی زمینهمحور ارائه میشود و نه ادعایی قابل تعمیم.
This article is a direct continuation of a previous paper that presented the growing problem of emotional dysregulation among students in Israel, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war following October 7, 2023. While the previous article described the scope of the problem and the existing knowledge gap, this article proposes a theoretical framework for understanding a mechanism that may help address it: secure attachment between teacher and student. Drawing on Bowlby's (1969, 1980) attachment theory and Ainsworth et al.'s (1978) work, the article examines how teacher-student relationships characterized by warmth, sensitivity, and trust, known as a 'secure base', contribute to emotional regulation, academic achievement, and students' psychological well-being. Special attention is given to the rehabilitative potential of such relationships as a corrective factor for children with insecure attachment histories, and to the role of teachers as protective figures during the ongoing Israeli security crisis. The review highlights consistent findings in the international literature, alongside a substantial research gap in the Israeli context: no systematic study has been conducted in Israel examining the relationship between attachment style (secure vs. insecure) between teacher and student and emotional regulation capacities among elementary school students.
این مقاله ادامه مستقیم مقالهای پیشین است که به مسئله رو به رشد اختلال در تنظیم هیجانی در میان دانشآموزان در اسرائیل میپرداخت؛ مسئلهای که با همهگیری کووید-۱۹ و جنگ جاری پس از ۷ اکتبر ۲۰۲۳ تشدید شده است. در حالی که مقاله قبلی به توصیف ابعاد این مشکل و شکاف دانشی موجود اختصاص یافته بود، مقاله حاضر چارچوبی نظری برای درک سازوکاری که میتواند به حل این مسئله کمک کند، ارائه میدهد: دلبستگی ایمن میان معلم و دانشآموز. با استناد به نظریه دلبستگی Bowlby (۱۹۶۹، ۱۹۸۰) و آثار Ainsworth و همکاران (۱۹۷۸)، این مقاله بررسی میکند که چگونه روابط معلمـدانشآموز مبتنی بر گرمی، حساسیت و اعتماد که به عنوان «پایگاه ایمن» شناخته میشود، به تنظیم هیجانی، موفقیت تحصیلی و بهزیستی روانشناختی دانشآموزان کمک میکند. توجه ویژهای به ظرفیت بازتوانی چنین روابطی به عنوان عاملی اصلاحگر برای کودکانی با پیشینه دلبستگی ناایمن و همچنین نقش معلمان به عنوان چهرههای حمایتی در بحران امنیتی جاری اسرائیل معطوف شده است. این مرور، یافتههای همسو در ادبیات بینالمللی را برجسته میکند و در عین حال به شکاف قابل توجه پژوهشی در زمینه اسرائیل اشاره دارد: تاکنون هیچ مطالعه نظاممندی در اسرائیل درباره رابطه سبک دلبستگی (ایمن در برابر ناایمن) میان معلم و دانشآموز و ظرفیتهای تنظیم هیجانی در میان دانشآموزان دبستانی انجام نشده است.
This conceptual article explores practical ways in which college and university instructors can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to support assessment as learning and develop students’ feedback literacy. Traditional assessment practices often focus on assessment for learning (informing instruction) or of learning (measuring outcomes), while assessment as learning—when students actively monitor and reflect on their own learning—receives less attention. AI can help instructors leverage assessment as a learning tool by generating work samples for student analysis and providing timely, actionable feedback that students can use to revise their work. When combined with instructor modeling, peer dialogue, and scaffolds such as guiding questions or graphic organizers, AI-supported feedback promotes metacognition, self-directed learning, and critical evaluation skills. The article provides practical guidance, including prompts and strategies for using AI to enhance student engagement with feedback, helping instructors create more efficient, effective, and student-centered practices that utilize assessments as learning tools.
این مقاله مفهومی به بررسی راهکارهای عملی میپردازد که اساتید دانشگاهها و مؤسسات آموزش عالی میتوانند از هوش مصنوعی (AI) برای حمایت از ارزشیابی به عنوان یادگیری و توسعه سواد بازخورد دانشجویان بهرهمند شوند. شیوههای سنتی ارزشیابی عمدتاً بر ارزشیابی برای یادگیری (اطلاعرسانی به تدریس) یا ارزشیابی از یادگیری (سنجش پیامدها) تمرکز دارند، در حالی که ارزشیابی به عنوان یادگیری—زمانی که دانشجویان به طور فعال یادگیری خود را پایش و بازتاب میکنند—کمتر مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. هوش مصنوعی میتواند به اساتید کمک کند تا ارزشیابی را به عنوان ابزاری برای یادگیری به کار گیرند؛ از طریق تولید نمونههای کاری برای تحلیل دانشجویان و ارائه بازخورد بهموقع و قابل اقدام که دانشجویان بتوانند برای بازنگری کار خود از آن استفاده کنند. هنگامی که این بازخورد مبتنی بر هوش مصنوعی با الگوسازی استاد، گفتوگوی همتایان و حمایتهایی مانند سؤالات راهنما یا سازماندهندههای تصویری ترکیب شود، موجب ارتقای فراشناخت، یادگیری خودراهبر و مهارتهای ارزیابی انتقادی میشود. این مقاله راهنماییهای عملی، از جمله نمونههای پرسش و راهبردهایی برای استفاده از هوش مصنوعی جهت افزایش مشارکت دانشجویان با بازخورد ارائه میدهد و به اساتید کمک میکند تا شیوههایی کارآمدتر، مؤثرتر و دانشجومحورتر را که از ارزشیابی به عنوان ابزار یادگیری بهره میبرند، ایجاد کنند.
This study aims to describe the learning enthusiasm of fifth-grade elementary school students during lessons that utilize digital media. A descriptive qualitative method was employed to characterize student behavior and responses throughout the learning process. The study was conducted during the 2026/2027 academic year, involving fifth-grade students and their classroom teacher, who were selected purposively based on their engagement with digital media-assisted instruction. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. Observations focused on student behavior during lessons; interviews gathered information regarding the experiences and feedback of both students and the teacher; and documentation served as supporting data. Data analysis was conducted interactively using the Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña model, comprising the stages of data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. Learning enthusiasm was analyzed based on behavioral and emotional aspects, including attention, active engagement, responsiveness, earnestness, participation, interaction, interest, enjoyment, and positive expressions. The results indicate that the use of digital media—such as videos, images, animations, interactive quizzes, and educational games—can enhance student enthusiasm. This was evidenced by the students' attention, active engagement, willingness to participate, interaction, and positive expressions during lessons. However, enthusiasm could decline if the media was used for too long, became monotonous, or lacked interactivity. Therefore, the use of digital media needs to be aligned with learning objectives, student characteristics, the subject matter, and the duration of use.
هدف این پژوهش توصیف اشتیاق یادگیری دانشآموزان پایه پنجم دبستان در طول دروسی است که از رسانههای دیجیتال بهره میبرند. روش کیفی توصیفی برای تبیین رفتار و واکنشهای دانشآموزان در فرآیند یادگیری به کار گرفته شد. این پژوهش در سال تحصیلی ۲۰۲۶/۲۰۲۷ انجام شد و دانشآموزان پایه پنجم و معلم کلاس آنها که به طور هدفمند بر اساس مشارکت در آموزش با کمک رسانههای دیجیتال انتخاب شدند، در آن شرکت داشتند. دادهها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد گردآوری شد. مشاهدات بر رفتار دانشآموزان در طول درس متمرکز بود؛ مصاحبهها اطلاعاتی درباره تجربهها و بازخوردهای دانشآموزان و معلم جمعآوری کرد؛ و اسناد به عنوان دادههای پشتیبان مورد استفاده قرار گرفت. تحلیل دادهها به صورت تعاملی و با استفاده از مدل Miles، Huberman و Saldaña شامل مراحل تقطیر داده، نمایش داده و نتیجهگیری و تأیید انجام شد. اشتیاق یادگیری بر اساس جنبههای رفتاری و هیجانی از جمله توجه، مشارکت فعال، پاسخدهی، جدیت، همکاری، تعامل، علاقه، لذت و ابراز احساسات مثبت تحلیل شد. نتایج نشان داد که استفاده از رسانههای دیجیتال مانند ویدئوها، تصاویر، انیمیشنها، آزمونهای تعاملی و بازیهای آموزشی میتواند اشتیاق دانشآموزان را افزایش دهد. این امر از طریق توجه، مشارکت فعال، تمایل به همکاری، تعامل و ابراز احساسات مثبت دانشآموزان در طول درسها مشهود بود. با این حال، اشتیاق ممکن است در صورت استفاده طولانیمدت، یکنواختی یا فقدان تعامل در رسانه کاهش یابد. بنابراین، استفاده از رسانههای دیجیتال باید با اهداف یادگیری، ویژگیهای دانشآموزان، محتوای درس و مدت زمان استفاده هماهنگ باشد.
This study aims to analyze the personality competence of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) teachers in fostering students’ noble character at State Junior High School 1 Tebo. The study employed a qualitative descriptive approach. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation involving the principal, PAI teachers, students, and relevant school documents. Data analysis was conducted through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing, while data validity was strengthened through source and technique triangulation. The findings indicate that the moral character of students at State Junior High School 1 Tebo is generally good and reflects religious values and norms. Nevertheless, several students still demonstrate behaviors that require further guidance, such as skipping classes, leaving lessons, speaking impolitely, arriving late, and not participating in school ceremonies. The personality competence of PAI teachers is generally well implemented, as demonstrated by faith and piety, noble character, wisdom, openness, authority, and the ability to provide positive influence and become role models for students. Character development is supported by positive school habits, students’ internal awareness, cooperation among school members, character-oriented curriculum, professional teachers, and adequate facilities. The inhibiting factors include differences in students’ backgrounds, family conditions, limited parental attention, peer and community environments, external information influences, and individual student conditions. The school addresses these challenges through guidance, habituation, supervision, discussion, and religious activities.
این پژوهش با هدف تحلیل شایستگی شخصیتی معلمان آموزش دینی اسلامی (PAI) در پرورش اخلاق کریمه دانشآموزان در دبیرستان دولتی شماره ۱ تبو انجام شده است. این مطالعه با رویکرد توصیفی کیفی صورت گرفته است. دادهها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد، با مشارکت مدیر مدرسه، معلمان PAI، دانشآموزان و اسناد مرتبط مدرسه گردآوری شدهاند. تحلیل دادهها از طریق کاهش داده، ارائه داده و نتیجهگیری انجام شده و روایی دادهها با استفاده از مثلثسازی منبع و روش تقویت گردیده است. یافتهها نشان میدهد که اخلاق دانشآموزان در دبیرستان دولتی شماره ۱ تبو عموماً خوب بوده و بازتابدهنده ارزشها و هنجارهای دینی است. با این حال، برخی دانشآموزان رفتارهایی از خود نشان میدهند که نیازمند راهنمایی بیشتر است، مانند غیبت از کلاس، ترک درس، صحبت بیادبانه، دیر رسیدن و شرکت نکردن در مراسم مدرسه. شایستگی شخصیتی معلمان PAI عموماً به خوبی اجرا میشود و با ایمان و تقوا، اخلاق نیکو، خردمندی، گشودگی، اقتدار و توانایی تأثیرگذاری مثبت و الگو بودن برای دانشآموزان نمود مییابد. پرورش اخلاق با عادات مثبت مدرسه، آگاهی درونی دانشآموزان، همکاری اعضای مدرسه، برنامه درسی مبتنی بر شخصیت، معلمان حرفهای و امکانات کافی حمایت میشود. عوامل بازدارنده شامل تفاوتهای زمینهای دانشآموزان، شرایط خانوادگی، توجه محدود والدین، محیط همسالان و جامعه، تأثیر اطلاعات بیرونی و شرایط فردی دانشآموزان است. مدرسه این چالشها را از طریق راهنمایی، عادتدهی، نظارت، بحث و فعالیتهای دینی مدیریت میکند.
This classroom action research aimed to improve student activeness through the implementation of the Station Learning strategy in class V.C of SDN 238 Palembang. The study used the Kemmis and Mc Taggart action research design, conducted in two cycles involving 28 students as research subjects. Data were collected using an observation sheet covering six indicators of student activeness, namely visual, questioning, opinion-giving, writing/motoric, cooperation, and mental-emotional engagement. The pre-cycle observation showed an average activeness score of 58.48 percent, categorized as Fairly Active. After the implementation of Station Learning in the first cycle, the average increased to 63.69 percent, and in the second cycle it reached 71.58 percent with a classical mastery level of 96.43 percent, meaning that 27 of the 28 students were categorized as Active or Very Active. These findings indicate that Station Learning, which organizes students into visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning stations according to their learning style tendencies, is effective in increasing student engagement across all indicators of activeness. The study concludes that Station Learning is an effective strategy for enhancing elementary students' learning activeness and recommends its continued and consistent use, with particular attention to strengthening the questioning and cooperation indicators.
این پژوهش اقدامپژوهی کلاسی با هدف ارتقاء فعالیت دانشآموزان از طریق اجرای راهبرد یادگیری ایستگاهی در کلاس پنجمجیم دبستان ۲۳۸ پالمبانگ انجام شد. این مطالعه از طرح پژوهش اقدامپژوهی کمیس و مکتاگارت استفاده کرد و در دو چرخه با مشارکت ۲۸ دانشآموز به عنوان آزمودنی انجام گرفت. دادهها با استفاده از برگه مشاهده شامل شش شاخص فعالیت دانشآموزان، یعنی بصری، پرسشگری، اظهار نظر، نوشتاری/حرکتی، همکاری و درگیری ذهنی-هیجانی گردآوری شد. مشاهده پیشچرخه میانگین نمره فعالیت را ۵۸/۴۸ درصد نشان داد که در دسته نسبتاً فعال قرار گرفت. پس از اجرای یادگیری ایستگاهی در چرخه اول، میانگین به ۶۳/۶۹ درصد افزایش یافت و در چرخه دوم به ۷۱/۵۸ درصد با سطح تسلط کلاسیک ۹۶/۴۳ درصد رسید، به این معنا که ۲۷ نفر از ۲۸ دانشآموز در دسته فعال یا بسیار فعال قرار گرفتند. این یافتهها نشان میدهد که یادگیری ایستگاهی، که دانشآموزان را بر اساس گرایشهای سبک یادگیریشان به ایستگاههای بصری، شنیداری و جنبشی سازماندهی میکند، در افزایش مشارکت دانشآموزان در تمامی شاخصهای فعالیت مؤثر است. پژوهش نتیجه میگیرد که یادگیری ایستگاهی راهبردی مؤثر برای ارتقاء فعالیت یادگیری دانشآموزان ابتدایی است و استفاده مستمر و منظم از آن با توجه ویژه به تقویت شاخصهای پرسشگری و همکاری توصیه میشود.
The increasing orientation of educational evaluation toward numerical achievement has the potential to narrow the meaning of education into scores, rankings, and administrative targets. This issue is particularly important in Islamic education because its objectives involve not only knowledge acquisition but also personal development, moral formation, and the application of Islamic values. This study aims to analyze the impact of quantitative evaluation on the objectives of Islamic education and formulate a more holistic orientation of evaluation. The study employs a descriptive qualitative method using a critical pedagogy approach and philosophical analysis. The findings indicate that numerical dominance can shift educational attention from human formation toward measurable outcomes, strengthen individual competition, and neglect moral and spiritual dimensions. Evaluation therefore needs to be reoriented through justice, self-reflection, balance, and moral formation so that assessment serves not only to measure learning but also to educate and improve students.
افزایش گرایش به ارزیابی آموزشی مبتنی بر دستاوردهای عددی، این پتانسیل را دارد که معنای آموزش را به نمرات، رتبهبندیها و اهداف اداری محدود کند. این مسئله بهویژه در آموزش اسلامی اهمیت دارد، زیرا اهداف آن تنها به کسب دانش محدود نمیشود، بلکه شامل رشد فردی، شکلگیری اخلاقی و بهکارگیری ارزشهای اسلامی نیز هست. هدف این پژوهش، تحلیل تأثیر ارزیابی کمی بر اهداف آموزش اسلامی و تدوین رویکردی جامعتر برای ارزیابی است. این مطالعه با استفاده از روش کیفی توصیفی و رویکرد پداگوژی انتقادی و تحلیل فلسفی انجام شده است. یافتهها نشان میدهد که سلطه عددی میتواند توجه آموزشی را از شکلدهی انسان به سوی نتایج قابل اندازهگیری سوق دهد، رقابت فردی را تقویت کند و ابعاد اخلاقی و معنوی را نادیده بگیرد. بنابراین، ارزیابی باید از طریق عدالت، خودبازتابی، تعادل و شکلگیری اخلاقی بازنگری شود تا سنجش نهتنها برای اندازهگیری یادگیری، بلکه برای تربیت و ارتقای دانشآموزان به کار رود.
استراتژیهای معلمان برای افزایش علاقهمندی به یادگیری فقه دانشآموزان از طریق استفاده از رسانههای آموزشی در مدرسه متوسطه معارف نو کالوندینگ، شهرستان ماموجو
This study describes students' learning interest in the subject of Fiqh, the types of media used by teachers in teaching Fiqh, and the strategies used by teachers to increase students' learning interest in Fiqh at Madrasah Aliyah Ma'arif NU Kalonding, Mamuju Regency. This research is a descriptive qualitative study using phenomenological and pedagogical approaches. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The research instruments were an observation guide, an interview guide, and documentation, while the data analysis consisted of data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing or verification. Data validity was ensured through data triangulation. The results show that students' learning interest in Fiqh at Madrasah Aliyah Ma'arif NU Kalonding, Mamuju Regency is still relatively low. The Fiqh teachers attempt to increase it by applying various learning strategies, including the use of visual and audiovisual media such as pictures, PowerPoint presentations, and instructional videos, as well as a variety of learning methods such as group discussions, presentations, and ice breakers during the learning process. The use of varied media and learning strategies has proven effective in improving students' attention, enthusiasm, focus, and understanding of the Fiqh material.
این پژوهش به توصیف علاقهمندی دانشآموزان به یادگیری درس فقه، انواع رسانههای مورد استفاده معلمان در آموزش فقه، و استراتژیهای بهکاررفته توسط معلمان برای افزایش علاقهمندی دانشآموزان به یادگیری فقه در مدرسه متوسطه معارف نو کالوندینگ، شهرستان ماموجو میپردازد. این پژوهش، مطالعهای کیفی توصیفی با رویکردهای پدیدارشناختی و تربیتی است. دادهها از طریق مشاهده، مصاحبه و اسناد جمعآوری شدهاند. ابزارهای پژوهش شامل راهنمای مشاهده، راهنمای مصاحبه و اسناد بوده و تحلیل دادهها شامل کاهش داده، نمایش داده و نتیجهگیری یا تأیید نتایج است. روایی دادهها از طریق مثلثسازی دادهها تضمین شده است. نتایج نشان میدهد علاقهمندی دانشآموزان به یادگیری فقه در مدرسه متوسطه معارف نو کالوندینگ، شهرستان ماموجو همچنان نسبتاً پایین است. معلمان فقه تلاش میکنند با بهکارگیری استراتژیهای مختلف آموزشی، از جمله استفاده از رسانههای بصری و شنیداریـبصری مانند تصاویر، ارائههای پاورپوینت و ویدئوهای آموزشی و همچنین تنوعبخشی به روشهای یادگیری مانند بحثهای گروهی، ارائهها و یخشکنها در فرایند آموزش، این علاقهمندی را افزایش دهند. استفاده از رسانهها و استراتژیهای متنوع آموزشی در بهبود توجه، اشتیاق، تمرکز و درک دانشآموزان نسبت به محتوای درس فقه مؤثر بوده است.
Background Chronic physical health conditions (CPHCs) increase the risk of mental health problems. The present meta-analysis integrates research of studies that compared DSM-oriented scores from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) in young people with CPHCs and a control condition. Methods A systematic search in electronic databases (PsycInfo, Medline, Google Scholar, and PSYNDEX) identified 115 studies involving 12,958 children and adolescents with CPHCs and 24,638 control group members which were included in a hierarchical meta-analysis. Results Elevated scores were found on all DSM-oriented scales, with the highest effect sizes observed for Somatic Problems ( g = 0.66 standard deviation units, confidence interval [CI] 0.56 to 0.75) and Affective Problems ( g = 0.61, CI 0.53 to 0.69). Between 8.6% (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems) and 14.3% (Affective Problems) of the young people with CPHCs scored in the clinical range. Effect sizes were larger if parent ratings rather than adolescent or teacher ratings were used, in the case of direct neurological involvement and of shorter duration of the CPHCs, in older samples, and when test norms rather than healthy comparison groups were used. Conclusion We conclude that the ASEBA is a recommended screening tool for children with CPHCs but more direct comparisons of results from the DSM-based scales and the empirically derived ASEBA scales are needed to inform the choice of the scales. Systematic review registration https://osf.io/nfvdj .
زمینه: بیماریهای مزمن جسمی (CPHCs) خطر ابتلا به مشکلات سلامت روان را افزایش میدهند. فراتحلیل حاضر پژوهشهایی را که نمرات مبتنی بر DSM از نظام ارزیابی مبتنی بر شواهد آشنباخ (ASEBA) را در کودکان و نوجوانان دارای CPHCs با یک گروه کنترل مقایسه کردهاند، ادغام میکند. روشها: جستجوی نظاممند در پایگاههای داده الکترونیکی (PsycInfo، Medline، Google Scholar و PSYNDEX) تعداد ۱۱۵ مطالعه شامل ۱۲٬۹۵۸ کودک و نوجوان دارای CPHCs و ۲۴٬۶۳۸ عضو گروه کنترل را شناسایی کرد که در یک فراتحلیل سلسلهمراتبی وارد شدند. یافتهها: نمرات بالاتری در تمام مقیاسهای مبتنی بر DSM مشاهده شد، بهطوری که بیشترین اندازه اثر برای مشکلات جسمانی (g = 0.66 واحد انحراف معیار، فاصله اطمینان [CI] 0.56 تا 0.75) و مشکلات عاطفی (g = 0.61، CI 0.53 تا 0.69) به دست آمد. بین ۸.۶٪ (مشکلات نقص توجه/بیشفعالی) تا ۱۴.۳٪ (مشکلات عاطفی) از کودکان و نوجوانان دارای CPHCs در دامنه بالینی قرار گرفتند. اندازه اثرها زمانی که ارزیابی والدین به جای ارزیابی نوجوان یا معلم استفاده شد، در موارد درگیری مستقیم عصبی و مدت زمان کوتاهتر CPHCs، در نمونههای مسنتر و زمانی که هنجارهای آزمون به جای گروههای مقایسه سالم استفاده شد، بزرگتر بود. نتیجهگیری: نتیجه میگیریم که ASEBA ابزار غربالگری توصیهشدهای برای کودکان دارای CPHCs است، اما مقایسههای مستقیم بیشتری میان نتایج مقیاسهای مبتنی بر DSM و مقیاسهای مبتنی بر شواهد ASEBA برای اطلاعرسانی در انتخاب مقیاسها مورد نیاز است. ثبت مرور نظاممند: https://osf.io/nfvdj .
This study aimed to analyze the factors hindering learning among students in the Higher Education Technology Program in Logistics during classes, addressing three guiding questions: which factors impede learning, how these factors interfere with the process, and why they produce such effects. This qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study involved students in a class in the Logistics Technology Program at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas (IFAM), Manaus Industrial District Campus. Data were collected through an online semi-structured instrument and analyzed using a similarity technique, followed by grouping responses into analytical categories. The results revealed five dimensions of factors interfering with learning: pedagogical, technological, individual, behavioral/social, and structural-organizational. Pedagogical factors stood out, mainly related to a lack of practical application, an excess of theoretical classes, poor teaching methods, a lack of focus/conciseness, and issues with teaching approaches and instructor performance. The analysis showed that these factors primarily interfere with attention, concentration, focus, comprehension, interest, content retention, and the integration of theory and practice. Students cited attention deficits, comprehension difficulties, monotony, excessive complexity, lack of focus, absence of practical contextualization, insufficient resources, and low engagement. The study concludes that learning difficulties are a multidimensional, process-oriented phenomenon in which various factors can combine to compromise the conditions necessary for learning. The results suggest, therefore, that understanding learning in Logistics requires an integrated approach covering pedagogical, individual, technological, behavioral, social, and structural dimensions.
هدف این پژوهش تحلیل عوامل بازدارنده یادگیری در میان دانشجویان برنامه آموزش عالی فناوری در لجستیک در طول کلاسها بود و سه پرسش راهنما را مورد بررسی قرار داد: کدام عوامل مانع یادگیری میشوند، این عوامل چگونه در فرایند یادگیری اختلال ایجاد میکنند و چرا چنین آثاری را به وجود میآورند. این مطالعه کیفی، اکتشافی و توصیفی با مشارکت دانشجویان یکی از کلاسهای برنامه فناوری لجستیک در مؤسسه فدرال آموزش، علوم و فناوری آمازوناس (IFAM)، پردیس منطقه صنعتی مانائوس انجام شد. دادهها از طریق ابزار نیمهساختاریافته آنلاین گردآوری و با استفاده از تکنیک شباهت تحلیل شدند و سپس پاسخها در قالب دستهبندیهای تحلیلی گروهبندی گردیدند. نتایج، پنج بُعد از عوامل مداخلهگر در یادگیری را آشکار ساخت: عوامل آموزشی، فناوری، فردی، رفتاری/اجتماعی و ساختاری-سازمانی. عوامل آموزشی برجستهتر بودند و عمدتاً به کمبود کاربرد عملی، فراوانی کلاسهای نظری، روشهای تدریس ضعیف، فقدان تمرکز/اختصار و مشکلات رویکردهای تدریس و عملکرد مدرس مربوط میشدند. تحلیل نشان داد که این عوامل عمدتاً بر توجه، تمرکز، دقت، درک، علاقه، حفظ محتوا و ادغام نظریه و عمل تأثیر میگذارند. دانشجویان به کمبود توجه، دشواری درک، یکنواختی، پیچیدگی بیش از حد، فقدان تمرکز، نبود زمینهسازی عملی، منابع ناکافی و مشارکت پایین اشاره کردند. پژوهش نتیجه میگیرد که دشواریهای یادگیری پدیدهای چندبُعدی و فرایندمحور است که در آن عوامل مختلف میتوانند با یکدیگر ترکیب شده و شرایط لازم برای یادگیری را به مخاطره اندازند. بنابراین نتایج نشان میدهد که فهم یادگیری در حوزه لجستیک مستلزم رویکردی یکپارچه است که ابعاد آموزشی، فردی، فناوری، رفتاری، اجتماعی و ساختاری را دربرگیرد.
Developmental dyslexia (DD) impacts learning achievement and psychosocial development and is associated with various environmental factors and also genetic factors. Here, we conducted a multi-center case-control study by screening 29,820 primary school students between 2–6 grades in four cities in China and enrolled 948 dyslexia cases who meet the criteria of dyslexia and 948 controls with matching age and sex. We comprehensively investigated the environmental factors using the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) machine learning model and Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) algorithm. The most important risk factors in dyslexia are the proactive learning habit, the age of child’s literacy, maternal education level, out-migrant workers, and prolonged screen exposure during pregnancy. The home literacy environment accounted for most of the variance within both groups. Then we examined shared polygenic risks between DD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder using polygenic risk score (PRS) analyses. The results showed that the highest PRS DD quartile had a 2.13-fold risk than the lowest quartile with risk factors adjusted (95% CI: 1.08, 4.18). The individuals with the highest PRS ASD quartile and PRS SCZ quartile (OR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.14, 3.98 and OR: 2.41; 95% CI: 1.23, 4.72) were associated with increasing dyslexia risks. This study identified the importance of screening personalized environmental factors among dyslexia and highlighted the shared genetic architecture between dyslexia and other disorders. These findings offered novel insight into the etiology of dyslexia, contributing to the advancement of early prevention strategies.
نارساخوانی رشدی (DD) بر پیشرفت تحصیلی و رشد روانیاجتماعی تأثیر میگذارد و با عوامل محیطی گوناگون و همچنین عوامل ژنتیکی مرتبط است. در این پژوهش، یک مطالعه مورد-شاهدی چندمرکزی با غربالگری ۲۹٬۸۲۰ دانشآموز ابتدایی پایه دوم تا ششم در چهار شهر چین انجام شد و ۹۴۸ مورد نارساخوانی که معیارهای نارساخوانی را داشتند و ۹۴۸ فرد کنترل با تطبیق سن و جنسیت وارد مطالعه شدند. عوامل محیطی به طور جامع با استفاده از مدل یادگیری ماشین eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) و الگوریتم Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) بررسی شد. مهمترین عوامل خطر در نارساخوانی شامل عادت یادگیری فعال، سن سوادآموزی کودک، سطح تحصیلات مادر، کارگران مهاجر و مواجهه طولانیمدت با صفحهنمایش در دوران بارداری بودند. محیط سوادآموزی خانه بیشترین واریانس را در هر دو گروه توضیح داد. سپس ریسکهای چندژنی مشترک بین DD، اختلال نقص توجه/بیشفعالی، اختلالات طیف اوتیسم، اسکیزوفرنی، اختلال افسردگی اساسی و اختلال دوقطبی با استفاده از تحلیل امتیاز ریسک چندژنی (PRS) بررسی شد. نتایج نشان داد که بالاترین چارک PRS DD نسبت به پایینترین چارک، ۲٫۱۳ برابر ریسک بیشتری داشت (با تعدیل عوامل خطر؛ ۹۵٪ CI: ۱٫۰۸، ۴٫۱۸). افرادی که در بالاترین چارک PRS ASD و PRS SCZ قرار داشتند (OR: ۲٫۱۳؛ ۹۵٪ CI: ۱٫۱۴، ۳٫۹۸ و OR: ۲٫۴۱؛ ۹۵٪ CI: ۱٫۲۳، ۴٫۷۲) با افزایش ریسک نارساخوانی مرتبط بودند. این مطالعه اهمیت غربالگری عوامل محیطی شخصیسازیشده در نارساخوانی را شناسایی کرد و معماری ژنتیکی مشترک بین نارساخوانی و سایر اختلالات را برجسته ساخت. این یافتهها بینش جدیدی در زمینه اتیولوژی نارساخوانی ارائه داده و به پیشرفت راهبردهای پیشگیری زودهنگام کمک میکند.
Nigerian postgraduate education drives the nation's research capacity, yet it risks pedagogical inertia when quality assurance, including the National Universities Commission's minimum academic standards and accreditation, is reduced to procedural compliance. This paper rethinks postgraduate education by shifting attention toward pedagogies that foster intellectual agency, dialogue, epistemic plurality and context-sensitive knowledge production. Drawing on critical pedagogy, decolonial theory, Ubuntu and Igwebuike, and situated-learning theory, it uses a critical-integrative conceptual method and a purposive review of policy documents and Nigerian, African and international literature. The evidence is strongest for structural constraints on supervision and staff retention and for the Eurocentric orientation of methodological training in African research, but thin or inferential for prevailing pedagogy and examination practice; these claims are therefore advanced as nine testable hypotheses rather than established facts. The paper proposes four connected commitments (relational supervision, epistemic plurality, creative rigour and public relevance), operationalised through the CARE model (Criticality, Agency, Relationality and Epistemic creativity). It argues that standards should be an enabling floor rather than an intellectual ceiling, that resourcing rather than intent is the main obstacle to reform, and that CARE can be adopted through a staged, low-cost, workload-neutral pathway viable for early-career supervisors and under-funded state universities.
آموزش تحصیلات تکمیلی در نیجریه ظرفیت پژوهشی کشور را هدایت میکند، اما زمانی که تضمین کیفیت، از جمله استانداردهای حداقل علمی و اعتباربخشی کمیسیون دانشگاههای ملی، به رعایت صرف رویهها تقلیل یابد، با خطر رکود پداگوژیک مواجه میشود. این مقاله با تغییر تمرکز به سوی پداگوژیهایی که عاملیت فکری، گفتوگو، تکثر معرفتی و تولید دانش حساس به زمینه را تقویت میکنند، به بازاندیشی در آموزش تحصیلات تکمیلی میپردازد. با بهرهگیری از پداگوژی انتقادی، نظریه استعمارزدایی، Ubuntu و Igwebuike و نظریه یادگیری موقعیتی، این پژوهش از روش مفهومی انتقادی-ادغامی و مرور هدفمند اسناد سیاستی و ادبیات نیجریهای، آفریقایی و بینالمللی استفاده میکند. شواهد قویترین برای محدودیتهای ساختاری در نظارت و نگهداشت اعضای هیئت علمی و جهتگیری اروپامحور آموزش روششناسی در پژوهش آفریقایی است، اما برای پداگوژی رایج و شیوههای ارزشیابی، شواهد ضعیف یا استنتاجی است؛ بنابراین این ادعاها به صورت نه فرضیه قابل آزمون و نه به عنوان واقعیتهای اثباتشده مطرح میشوند. مقاله چهار تعهد مرتبط (نظارت رابطهمند، تکثر معرفتی، دقت خلاقانه و ارتباط عمومی) را پیشنهاد میکند که از طریق مدل CARE (تفکر انتقادی، عاملیت، رابطهمندی و خلاقیت معرفتی) عملیاتی میشود. استدلال میشود که استانداردها باید کف توانمندساز باشند نه سقف فکری، تأمین منابع نه نیت، مانع اصلی اصلاحات است و مدل CARE میتواند از طریق مسیری مرحلهای، کمهزینه و بدون افزایش بار کاری که برای ناظران جوان و دانشگاههای دولتی کمبرخوردار عملی است، اتخاذ شود.
Professors in higher education are commonly expected to combine teaching and research, yet the relationship between these activities remains contested. This article explores how professors make sense of the teaching-research nexus in their everyday academic work. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 16 professors in philosophy, mathematics, law and medicine at two Norwegian research-intensive universities, we explore professors' meaning-making with particular attention to the dialectical process between academic experiences and institutional structures. Framed by mundane phenomenology, we find the nexus to be a core element of the academic role and central to how professors understand academic work. The combination of teaching and research is sustained through professors' understanding of the role as interconnected engagements within their disciplinary fields. Research deepens teaching, and teaching can generate reflection, questions and, at times, new research ideas. At the same time, organisational arrangements, such as course structures, workload models, funding mechanisms and research-only positions, increasingly separate teaching and research in everyday practice. The article contributes to research on the teaching-research nexus by shifting attention from whether teaching and research are connected and from the possible effects of combining these activities, to how the connection as a social phenomenon is sustained through professors' meaning-making, but also increasingly challenged through organisational conditions.
از استادان در آموزش عالی معمولاً انتظار میرود که آموزش و پژوهش را با یکدیگر ترکیب کنند، اما رابطه میان این فعالیتها همچنان محل بحث است. این مقاله بررسی میکند که استادان چگونه در کار روزمره دانشگاهی خود پیوند آموزش و پژوهش را معنا میبخشند. با استفاده از مصاحبههای نیمهساختاریافته با ۱۶ استاد در رشتههای فلسفه، ریاضیات، حقوق و پزشکی در دو دانشگاه پژوهشمحور نروژ، معنابخشی استادان با توجه ویژه به فرایند دیالکتیکی میان تجارب دانشگاهی و ساختارهای نهادی مورد بررسی قرار گرفته است. با چارچوبمندی پدیدارشناسی روزمره، یافتهها نشان میدهد که این پیوند عنصری اساسی در نقش دانشگاهی و محور درک استادان از کار دانشگاهی است. ترکیب آموزش و پژوهش از طریق درک استادان از نقش خود به عنوان درگیریهای بههمپیوسته در حوزههای تخصصیشان حفظ میشود. پژوهش به تعمیق آموزش کمک میکند و آموزش میتواند موجب تأمل، پرسش و گاه ایدههای پژوهشی جدید شود. همزمان، ترتیبات سازمانی مانند ساختارهای درسی، مدلهای بارکاری، سازوکارهای تأمین مالی و موقعیتهای صرفاً پژوهشی، به طور فزایندهای آموزش و پژوهش را در عمل روزمره از یکدیگر جدا میکنند. این مقاله با تغییر تمرکز از اینکه آیا آموزش و پژوهش به هم مرتبط هستند و از آثار احتمالی ترکیب این فعالیتها، به اینکه چگونه این پیوند به عنوان یک پدیده اجتماعی از طریق معنابخشی استادان حفظ میشود، اما همچنین به طور فزایندهای از طریق شرایط سازمانی به چالش کشیده میشود، به پژوهشهای پیوند آموزش و پژوهش کمک میکند.
Empathy is an important skill for social bonding, and thus can greatly affect children's daily social lives. Due to various obstructions when entering a predominantly hearing environment, deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children might face restricted opportunities for developing emotional competence, which in turn may affect their empathic skills. The current study examined the extent to which the three main empathy layers that can be observed in young children (i.e., emotion contagion, attention to others' emotions, and prosocial actions) were related to emotional competence (emotion recognition, regulation and vocabulary) in DHH and hearing preschoolers attending mainstream education (kindergarten) in Portugal. A total of 181 preschoolers (32 DHH and 149 hearing) participated. Caregivers rated children's empathy, and three indices for emotional competence (emotion recognition, emotion regulation, emotion vocabulary). Additionally, hearing and language related factors were collected in the DHH group and included as control variables. One-tailed independent samples t -tests showed similar levels of empathy, emotion recognition and emotion regulation for both groups, but DHH children scored lower on emotion vocabulary than their hearing peers. Additionally, hierarchical regression analyses showed that better skills in emotional competence (all three indices) were associated with more empathic behaviors (prosocial actions) toward a person in distress in both groups. Outcomes are discussed in the context of social and emotional learning and the importance of equity in mainstream schools, addressing the special needs of DHH children or other children from marginalized groups.
همدلی یک مهارت مهم برای پیوندهای اجتماعی است و بنابراین میتواند تأثیر زیادی بر زندگی اجتماعی روزمره کودکان داشته باشد. به دلیل موانع مختلف هنگام ورود به محیطی عمدتاً شنوا، کودکان ناشنوا و کمشنوا (DHH) ممکن است با فرصتهای محدودی برای توسعه شایستگی هیجانی مواجه شوند که این امر به نوبه خود میتواند بر مهارتهای همدلی آنها تأثیر بگذارد. مطالعه حاضر میزان ارتباط سه لایه اصلی همدلی که در کودکان خردسال قابل مشاهده است (یعنی سرایت هیجانی، توجه به هیجانهای دیگران و رفتارهای طرفدارانه اجتماعی) را با شایستگی هیجانی (تشخیص هیجان، تنظیم هیجان و واژگان هیجانی) در کودکان پیشدبستانی ناشنوا و کمشنوا و شنوا که در آموزش فراگیر (مهدکودک) در پرتغال شرکت داشتند، بررسی کرد. در مجموع ۱۸۱ کودک پیشدبستانی (۳۲ کودک DHH و ۱۴۹ کودک شنوا) شرکت کردند. مراقبان، همدلی کودکان و سه شاخص شایستگی هیجانی (تشخیص هیجان، تنظیم هیجان، واژگان هیجانی) را ارزیابی کردند. علاوه بر این، عوامل مرتبط با شنوایی و زبان در گروه DHH جمعآوری و به عنوان متغیرهای کنترل لحاظ شد. آزمون t مستقل یکسویه نشان داد که سطوح همدلی، تشخیص هیجان و تنظیم هیجان در هر دو گروه مشابه بود، اما کودکان DHH در مقایسه با همسالان شنوا، نمرات پایینتری در واژگان هیجانی کسب کردند. همچنین، تحلیلهای رگرسیون سلسلهمراتبی نشان داد که مهارتهای بهتر در شایستگی هیجانی (هر سه شاخص) با رفتارهای همدلانه بیشتر (اقدامات طرفدارانه اجتماعی) نسبت به فردی در شرایط دشوار در هر دو گروه مرتبط بود. نتایج در زمینه یادگیری اجتماعی و هیجانی و اهمیت عدالت در مدارس فراگیر، با توجه به نیازهای ویژه کودکان DHH یا سایر کودکان از گروههای به حاشیه رانده شده، مورد بحث قرار گرفته است.
This article examines the theoretical and methodological foundations for improving the development of students’ communicative competence in Russian as a foreign language through interactive and digital technologies. The study draws on communicative language teaching, the action-oriented approach, constructivism, collaborative learning, and the updated CEFR model. The CEFR Companion Volume conceptualizes language use through reception, production, interaction, and mediation and gives explicit attention to online interaction and collaborative meaning-making. On this basis, the article proposes a cyclical methodology consisting of diagnostic assessment, linguistic scaffolding, an authentic communicative task, role-play or problem-based interaction, collaborative mediation, reflection, and criteria-based formative assessment. The analysis suggests that the effectiveness of interactive technology depends less on the tool itself than on its pedagogically coherent connection to communicative goals, learners’ proficiency, language material, and feedback. In higher education, a systematic combination of role-play, debate, jigsaw tasks, case studies, project work, peer feedback, LMS forums, collaborative documents, and video/audio assignments can shift students from passive knowledge reception toward active participation as social agents.
این مقاله به بررسی مبانی نظری و روششناختی بهبود توسعه شایستگی ارتباطی دانشجویان در زبان روسی به عنوان زبان خارجی از طریق فناوریهای تعاملی و دیجیتال میپردازد. این پژوهش بر آموزش زبان مبتنی بر ارتباط، رویکرد کنشمحور، سازندهگرایی، یادگیری مشارکتی و مدل بهروزشده CEFR تکیه دارد. جلد همراه CEFR استفاده از زبان را از طریق دریافت، تولید، تعامل و میانجیگری مفهومسازی میکند و توجه صریحی به تعامل آنلاین و ساخت مشترک معنا دارد. بر این اساس، مقاله یک روششناسی چرخهای شامل ارزیابی تشخیصی، حمایت زبانی، یک تکلیف ارتباطی اصیل، ایفای نقش یا تعامل مبتنی بر مسئله، میانجیگری مشارکتی، بازتاب و ارزیابی تکوینی مبتنی بر معیارها پیشنهاد میکند. تحلیلها نشان میدهد که اثربخشی فناوری تعاملی کمتر به خود ابزار وابسته است و بیشتر به پیوند منسجم آموزشی آن با اهداف ارتباطی، سطح مهارت زبانآموزان، مواد زبانی و بازخورد بستگی دارد. در آموزش عالی، ترکیب نظاممند ایفای نقش، مناظره، تکالیف جورچین، مطالعات موردی، کار پروژهای، بازخورد همتایان، انجمنهای LMS، اسناد مشارکتی و تکالیف ویدئویی/صوتی میتواند دانشجویان را از دریافت منفعلانه دانش به سوی مشارکت فعال به عنوان عاملان اجتماعی سوق دهد.
Fatigue severely degrades operational reliability in high-risk operational settings such as aviation maintenance. Although multimodal physiological signals support objective fatigue assessment, many existing models emphasize temporal patterns without explicitly modeling dependencies among physiological features across modalities. We propose a Physiology-Guided Parallel Graph–Transformer Network (PGTNet) for multimodal fatigue recognition, which incorporates physiologically motivated fatigue-related features derived from multimodal physiological signals. Parallel DGCN and Transformer branches jointly model physiological feature relationships and long-range temporal dependencies, and their representations are integrated through a bidirectional cross-attention mechanism. Under the predefined subject-independent partition, PGTNet achieves an Accuracy of 0.8778 and a Macro-AUC of 0.9648. Eight-fold subject-wise cross-validation yields an average Accuracy of 0.8592 ± 0.0112 across the eight held-out subjects. These results support the effectiveness of PGTNet within the present dataset.
خستگی به طور جدی پایایی عملیاتی را در محیطهای عملیاتی پرخطر مانند تعمیر و نگهداری هوانوردی کاهش میدهد. اگرچه سیگنالهای فیزیولوژیکی چندوجهی از ارزیابی عینی خستگی پشتیبانی میکنند، بسیاری از مدلهای موجود بر الگوهای زمانی تأکید دارند بدون آنکه به طور صریح وابستگیهای میان ویژگیهای فیزیولوژیکی در میان وجهها را مدلسازی کنند. ما یک شبکه گراف-ترنسفورمر موازی با راهنمایی فیزیولوژیکی (PGTNet) را برای شناسایی خستگی چندوجهی پیشنهاد میکنیم که ویژگیهای مرتبط با خستگی با انگیزه فیزیولوژیکی را که از سیگنالهای فیزیولوژیکی چندوجهی استخراج شدهاند، دربر میگیرد. شاخههای موازی DGCN و ترنسفورمر به طور مشترک روابط ویژگیهای فیزیولوژیکی و وابستگیهای زمانی بلندمدت را مدلسازی میکنند و بازنماییهای آنها از طریق یک سازوکار توجه متقاطع دوسویه ادغام میشوند. تحت تقسیمبندی از پیش تعیینشده مستقل از آزمودنی، PGTNet به دقت (Accuracy) برابر با 0.8778 و Macro-AUC برابر با 0.9648 دست مییابد. اعتبارسنجی متقاطع هشتتایی مبتنی بر آزمودنی به طور میانگین دقت 0.8592 ± 0.0112 را در میان هشت آزمودنی کنارگذاشتهشده نشان میدهد. این نتایج اثربخشی PGTNet را در مجموعه داده حاضر تأیید میکند.
One essential aspect of mindfulness practice is to help people focus on the present moment. Although this present-focused attention has been linked to several positive outcomes, it also raises the possibility that mindfulness could increase present bias, with potentially negative consequences for decision-making. Across three laboratory studies and one longitudinal field study, we examined whether mindfulness meditation affects intertemporal choice. In the laboratory studies, participants completed brief guided mindfulness exercises before making economic decisions involving trade-offs between smaller immediate rewards and larger delayed rewards. In our field study, participants completed an eight-week mindfulness course offered by an established mindfulness institute, and they made intertemporal choices before and after their training. Across all four studies, mindfulness did not increase present bias or meaningfully alter intertemporal decisions.
یکی از جنبههای اساسی تمرین ذهنآگاهی، کمک به افراد برای تمرکز بر لحظه حال است. اگرچه این توجه متمرکز بر حال با پیامدهای مثبت متعددی مرتبط دانسته شده است، اما این امکان را نیز مطرح میکند که ذهنآگاهی میتواند سوگیری حالگرایانه را افزایش دهد و پیامدهای منفی بالقوهای برای تصمیمگیری به همراه داشته باشد. در سه مطالعه آزمایشگاهی و یک مطالعه میدانی طولی، بررسی کردیم که آیا مدیتیشن ذهنآگاهی بر انتخابهای بینزمانی تأثیر میگذارد یا خیر. در مطالعات آزمایشگاهی، شرکتکنندگان پیش از اتخاذ تصمیمات اقتصادی شامل ترجیح بین پاداشهای کوچکتر فوری و پاداشهای بزرگتر با تأخیر، تمرینات هدایتشده کوتاه ذهنآگاهی را انجام دادند. در مطالعه میدانی ما، شرکتکنندگان یک دوره هشتهفتهای ذهنآگاهی را که توسط یک مؤسسه معتبر ذهنآگاهی ارائه میشد، گذراندند و پیش و پس از آموزش خود انتخابهای بینزمانی انجام دادند. در هر چهار مطالعه، ذهنآگاهی موجب افزایش سوگیری حالگرایانه یا تغییر معنادار در تصمیمات بینزمانی نشد.
Industry-led mentoring is a strategic tool that can bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical expertise, providing mentees with skills development opportunities that stretch beyond what can be learned via classroom-based educational approaches alone. Mentoring is now commonplace within organisational life, but is less common within UK university business schools. This suggests a knowledge gap in terms of understanding how mentoring can be embedded as a complementary tool to improve student skills development within business schools. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived value of industry mentorship from the perspective of the mentees, to develop a greater understanding of the potential benefits mentoring relationships at a university level can provide. Following the journey of mentees on a Women in Business mentoring programme, this study specifically explored the context of female university students. Mentees on the programme were female undergraduate and postgraduate students studying on courses within Sheffield Business School. Using a longitudinal study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted at three stages of a yearlong mentoring programme: 1. pre-mentoring, 2. during mentoring, and 3. post-mentoring. Interview transcripts were analysed thematically using Braun and Clarke’s six-phase framework. The findings show the value of mentoring from a mentee perspective, most notably the notion of having someone in their corner, an ability to gain personalised guidance, and the opportunity to develop a professional network. The challenges of being mentored at this level were also expressed, drawing attention to the need for pre-mentoring education to support meaningful engagement with the process, and a requirement for a clear scheme structure to guide mentees. Guided by these findings, we offer key practical recommendations to programme designers so they can successfully utilise mentoring as part of their offer to students, thus supporting university business schools to further enhance their career and skills development offerings.
منتورینگ با هدایت صنعت، ابزاری راهبردی است که میتواند فاصله میان دانش دانشگاهی و تخصص عملی را پر کند و فرصتهایی برای توسعه مهارتها در اختیار منتورگیرندگان قرار دهد که فراتر از آن چیزی است که صرفاً از طریق رویکردهای آموزشی مبتنی بر کلاس درس قابل یادگیری است. منتورینگ اکنون در زندگی سازمانی رایج است، اما در دانشکدههای مدیریت بازرگانی دانشگاههای بریتانیا کمتر متداول است. این امر نشاندهنده شکاف دانشی در زمینه درک چگونگی ادغام منتورینگ به عنوان ابزاری مکمل برای بهبود توسعه مهارتهای دانشجویان در دانشکدههای مدیریت بازرگانی است. هدف این مطالعه، بررسی ارزش ادراکشده منتورینگ صنعتی از دیدگاه منتورگیرندگان به منظور درک بهتر مزایای بالقوه روابط منتورینگ در سطح دانشگاهی بود. این پژوهش با دنبال کردن مسیر منتورگیرندگان در یک برنامه منتورینگ زنان در کسبوکار، به طور خاص به زمینه دانشجویان زن دانشگاهی پرداخت. منتورگیرندگان این برنامه، دانشجویان زن مقطع کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد بودند که در دورههای مختلف دانشکده مدیریت بازرگانی Sheffield تحصیل میکردند. با استفاده از طرح مطالعه طولی، مصاحبههای نیمهساختاریافته در سه مرحله از یک برنامه منتورینگ یکساله انجام شد: ۱. پیش از منتورینگ، ۲. در حین منتورینگ، و ۳. پس از منتورینگ. رونوشتهای مصاحبهها با استفاده از چارچوب ششمرحلهای Braun و Clarke به صورت تماتیک تحلیل شدند. یافتهها ارزش منتورینگ را از دیدگاه منتورگیرندگان نشان میدهد، به ویژه مفهوم داشتن فردی حامی، امکان دریافت راهنمایی شخصیسازیشده و فرصت توسعه شبکه حرفهای. همچنین چالشهای منتورینگ در این سطح بیان شد که بر نیاز به آموزش پیش از منتورینگ برای حمایت از مشارکت معنادار در این فرایند و لزوم وجود ساختار شفاف برنامه برای راهنمایی منتورگیرندگان تأکید دارد. بر اساس این یافتهها، توصیههای عملی کلیدی به طراحان برنامه ارائه میشود تا بتوانند منتورینگ را به طور موفقیتآمیز به عنوان بخشی از پیشنهاد خود به دانشجویان به کار گیرند و بدین ترتیب دانشکدههای مدیریت بازرگانی دانشگاهی را در ارتقای بیشتر فرصتهای توسعه شغلی و مهارتی دانشجویان حمایت کنند.
In the Albanian reality, students are still not familiar with the importance of the career office. It is still considered a new concept, which is already finding space to gain more visibility in educational institutions, but not only there. Nowadays, the capacity to clearly communicate what a graduate brings to the table for employers, framed around skills and illustrated with compelling narratives, plays a crucial role in demonstrating potential employability (Blaquière et al., 2019, p. 15). Over the past 10 years, employers have been more outspoken regarding the importance of employability skills. These skills encompass a range of transferable abilities, including higher-order thinking skills and personal attributes essential to workplace success (Dacre Pool, Sewell, 2007; Lowden et al., 2011). In the realm of employability skills, the issue of skills awareness has garnered significant attention over the past 15 years (Knight, Yorke, 2003; Jiang, Alexakis, 2017). This study reviews employability skills among students and the effectiveness and support that the Excellence and Career Development Branch at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, offers for them. The entire analysis aims to present the services the branch offers and how students who participate in them can explore, develop, and improve their employability skills, and to make it easier for them to enter the labor market by having the right information. This aim was achieved with the participation of six students from different years of the Bachelor's program of the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana. Employers seek graduates who demonstrate resilience and adaptability, along with the essential skills, attitudes, and beliefs needed to secure a job, excel in their positions, and progress to even more rewarding opportunities in the future (Helyer, Lee, 2012; 2014).
در واقعیت آلبانی، دانشجویان هنوز با اهمیت دفتر حرفهای آشنا نیستند. این مفهوم همچنان نو تلقی میشود که اکنون در حال یافتن جایگاهی برای کسب دید بیشتر در نهادهای آموزشی و حتی فراتر از آن است. امروزه توانایی انتقال شفاف آنچه یک فارغالتحصیل برای کارفرمایان به ارمغان میآورد، که حول محور مهارتها و با روایتهای جذاب تبیین میشود، نقش حیاتی در نمایش پتانسیل اشتغالپذیری ایفا میکند (Blaquière و همکاران، 2019، ص. 15). در ده سال گذشته، کارفرمایان نسبت به اهمیت مهارتهای اشتغالپذیری صریحتر شدهاند. این مهارتها مجموعهای از تواناییهای انتقالپذیر، از جمله مهارتهای تفکر سطح بالا و ویژگیهای فردی ضروری برای موفقیت در محیط کار را در بر میگیرد (Dacre Pool، Sewell، 2007؛ Lowden و همکاران، 2011). در حوزه مهارتهای اشتغالپذیری، موضوع آگاهی از مهارتها طی ۱۵ سال گذشته توجه قابل توجهی را به خود جلب کرده است (Knight، Yorke، 2003؛ Jiang، Alexakis، 2017). این مطالعه به بررسی مهارتهای اشتغالپذیری در میان دانشجویان و اثربخشی و حمایتی که شاخه تعالی و توسعه حرفهای در دانشکده اقتصاد دانشگاه تیرانا برای آنان فراهم میکند، میپردازد. کل تحلیل با هدف ارائه خدمات این شاخه و چگونگی امکان کشف، توسعه و بهبود مهارتهای اشتغالپذیری توسط دانشجویان شرکتکننده در این خدمات و تسهیل ورود آنان به بازار کار از طریق داشتن اطلاعات صحیح انجام شده است. این هدف با مشارکت شش دانشجو از سالهای مختلف برنامه کارشناسی دانشکده اقتصاد دانشگاه تیرانا محقق شد. کارفرمایان به دنبال فارغالتحصیلانی هستند که تابآوری و سازگاری را همراه با مهارتها، نگرشها و باورهای ضروری برای یافتن شغل، موفقیت در موقعیت شغلی و پیشرفت به فرصتهای پاداشدهندهتر در آینده نشان دهند (Helyer، Lee، 2012؛ 2014).
Understanding the emotional vulnerability of cancer patients and caregivers is critical for improving psychological support and clinical intervention strategies. With the rapid growth of online health communities, large volumes of textual narratives describing treatment experiences and emotional struggles have become available for computational analysis. However, accurately capturing emotional intensity and contextual sentiment in such narratives remains challenging due to the complex linguistic patterns present in health-related discussions. This study proposes an attention-guided hybrid transformer-ensemble learning framework for emotional vulnerability detection in cancer-related social media posts. The proposed architecture integrates domain-adapted contextual representations generated by BioBERT with linguistic intensity features to capture both semantic context and emotional strength. An attention-based feature fusion mechanism dynamically combines these heterogeneous features to produce enriched representations of patient narratives. The fused representations are subsequently utilized by multiple optimized machine learning classifiers, including XGBoost, LightGBM, Random Forest, and CatBoost. Hyperparameter optimization is performed using the Optuna framework to improve predictive performance. Furthermore, ensemble learning strategies such as soft voting, hard voting, and stacking are employed to combine the predictions of the base classifiers. Experiments conducted on a held-out split of a publicly available dataset of 10,391 posts from cancer patients and caregivers demonstrate that ensemble approaches consistently outperform individual classifiers on this data. The stacking ensemble achieves an accuracy of 0.76 and an ROC-AUC of 0.91, outperforming its own individual base classifiers but not a fine-tuned BioBERT baseline (accuracy 0.77, ROC-AUC 0.92) evaluated on the same split; a TF-IDF with linear SVM baseline is also competitive (accuracy 0.763). The framework’s practical advantage over full BioBERT fine-tuning is therefore computational rather than purely predictive: it reuses frozen BioBERT features and adds a lightweight, interpretable attention-fusion and tree-ensemble stage at a fraction of the training cost, while an ablation study confirms that the attention-based fusion of contextual and lexical-intensity signals meaningfully outperforms either signal alone or their simple concatenation. The proposed framework thus provides a scalable, lower-cost computational approach that can support mental health monitoring and early intervention systems in online healthcare communities, at a modest accuracy cost relative to full transformer fine-tuning.
درک آسیبپذیری هیجانی بیماران سرطانی و مراقبان آنان برای بهبود حمایت روانشناختی و راهبردهای مداخله بالینی اهمیت اساسی دارد. با رشد سریع جوامع سلامت آنلاین، حجم زیادی از روایتهای متنی که تجارب درمانی و چالشهای هیجانی را توصیف میکنند، برای تحلیل محاسباتی در دسترس قرار گرفتهاند. با این حال، شناسایی دقیق شدت هیجانی و احساسات زمینهای در این روایتها به دلیل الگوهای زبانی پیچیده در مباحث مرتبط با سلامت، همچنان چالشبرانگیز است. این پژوهش چارچوبی هیبریدی مبتنی بر یادگیری تجمعی و ترنسفورمر هدایتشده با مکانیزم توجه را برای شناسایی آسیبپذیری هیجانی در پستهای شبکههای اجتماعی مرتبط با سرطان پیشنهاد میکند. معماری پیشنهادی، بازنماییهای زمینهای سازگار با حوزه که توسط BioBERT تولید شدهاند را با ویژگیهای شدت زبانی ترکیب میکند تا هم زمینه معنایی و هم قدرت هیجانی را استخراج نماید. مکانیزم ادغام ویژگی مبتنی بر توجه، این ویژگیهای ناهمگن را به صورت پویا ترکیب میکند تا بازنماییهای غنیشدهای از روایتهای بیماران ارائه دهد. این بازنماییهای ادغامشده سپس توسط چندین طبقهبند یادگیری ماشین بهینهشده شامل XGBoost، LightGBM، Random Forest و CatBoost مورد استفاده قرار میگیرند. بهینهسازی ابرپارامترها با استفاده از چارچوب Optuna برای بهبود عملکرد پیشبینی انجام میشود. افزون بر این، راهبردهای یادگیری تجمعی مانند رأیدهی نرم، رأیدهی سخت و استکینگ برای ترکیب پیشبینیهای طبقهبندهای پایه به کار گرفته میشوند. آزمایشهای انجامشده بر روی بخش جداگانهای از یک مجموعه داده عمومی شامل ۱۰٬۳۹۱ پست از بیماران سرطانی و مراقبان آنان نشان میدهد که رویکردهای تجمعی به طور پیوسته عملکرد بهتری نسبت به طبقهبندهای منفرد در این دادهها دارند. استکینگ تجمعی به دقت ۰٫۷۶ و ROC-AUC برابر با ۰٫۹۱ دست مییابد که نسبت به طبقهبندهای پایه خود عملکرد بهتری دارد، اما نسبت به خطمبنای BioBERT تنظیمشده (دقت ۰٫۷۷، ROC-AUC برابر با ۰٫۹۲) که بر روی همان بخش ارزیابی شده است، برتری ندارد؛ همچنین خطمبنای TF-IDF با SVM خطی نیز رقابتی است (دقت ۰٫۷۶۳). بنابراین، مزیت عملی چارچوب پیشنهادی نسبت به تنظیم کامل BioBERT، بیشتر محاسباتی است تا صرفاً پیشبینی: این چارچوب از ویژگیهای ثابتشده BioBERT استفاده میکند و مرحلهای سبک، قابل تفسیر و مبتنی بر ادغام توجه و یادگیری تجمعی درختی را با کسری از هزینه آموزش اضافه میکند، در حالی که مطالعه حذف اجزا تأیید میکند که ادغام مبتنی بر توجه سیگنالهای زمینهای و شدت واژگانی به طور معناداری بهتر از هر یک به تنهایی یا ادغام ساده آنها عمل میکند. بدین ترتیب، چارچوب پیشنهادی رویکردی مقیاسپذیر و کمهزینه برای پشتیبانی از پایش سلامت روان و سامانههای مداخله زودهنگام در جوامع سلامت آنلاین فراهم میکند، هرچند با هزینه اندکی در دقت نسبت به تنظیم کامل ترنسفورمر.
Background Hybrid learning requires students to sustain attention, regulate emotions, and use technology purposefully across physical and virtual spaces. Digital mindfulness has mainly been studied as a means of reducing psychological distress; its role as a pedagogical strategy for engagement has not been systematically synthesised. We aimed to identify the forms of digital mindfulness reported in relation to student engagement, how interventions are designed and implemented, the mechanisms through which they support engagement, and the direction of reported effects. Methods A systematic review following the PRISMA 2020 statement was conducted across Scopus, Web of Science, and ERIC for records published between January 2021 and July 2026. Eligible studies were English-language research articles in Scopus-indexed journals reporting quantitative or mixed-methods evidence. Screening was performed independently by two reviewers (Cohen’s kappa = 0.81), methodological quality was appraised with the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool, and the evidence was analysed through thematic and narrative synthesis. The review followed PRISMA 2020 and was registered retrospectively on the Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZNSMK). Results From 412 initial records, 14 articles met the inclusion criteria. Three forms of digital mindfulness were identified: psychological or dispositional capacity (36%), structured digital interventions (36%), and mindful agency in technology use (28%), operationalised through learning management systems, mobile applications, and guided practices supported by monitoring and mentoring. Digital mindfulness supported engagement by strengthening attention regulation, emotional management, motivation, self-efficacy, autonomy, participation, and persistence, with 79% of studies reporting positive effects, 14% limited effects, and 7% no significant relationship. Conclusions The study proposes an integrative conceptual model linking digital mindfulness to the behavioural, cognitive, and emotional dimensions of engagement, with practical implications for hybrid learning design. The evidence is limited by heterogeneous engagement measures and the dominance of online-learning and Asian research contexts.
زمینه: یادگیری ترکیبی مستلزم آن است که دانشجویان بتوانند توجه خود را حفظ کنند، هیجانات خود را تنظیم نمایند و از فناوری بهصورت هدفمند در فضاهای فیزیکی و مجازی بهره ببرند. ذهنآگاهی دیجیتال عمدتاً بهعنوان ابزاری برای کاهش پریشانی روانشناختی مورد مطالعه قرار گرفته است؛ نقش آن بهعنوان راهبردی آموزشی برای مشارکت دانشجویان بهطور نظاممند جمعبندی نشده است. هدف ما شناسایی انواع ذهنآگاهی دیجیتال گزارششده در ارتباط با مشارکت دانشجویان، نحوه طراحی و اجرای مداخلات، سازوکارهای حمایتکننده از مشارکت و جهتگیری اثرات گزارششده بود. روشها: مرور نظاممند مطابق با بیانیه PRISMA 2020 در پایگاههای Scopus، Web of Science و ERIC برای مدارک منتشرشده بین ژانویه 2021 تا ژوئیه 2026 انجام شد. مطالعات واجد شرایط، مقالات پژوهشی به زبان انگلیسی در مجلات نمایهشده در Scopus بودند که شواهد کمی یا آمیخته ارائه داده بودند. غربالگری بهطور مستقل توسط دو ارزیاب (کاپای کوهن = 0.81) انجام شد، کیفیت روششناختی با ابزار Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool ارزیابی گردید و شواهد از طریق سنتز روایتی و موضوعی تحلیل شد. این مرور مطابق با PRISMA 2020 انجام و بهصورت بازنگرانه در Open Science Framework ثبت شد (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZNSMK). یافتهها: از میان 412 مدرک اولیه، 14 مقاله معیارهای ورود را داشتند. سه نوع ذهنآگاهی دیجیتال شناسایی شد: ظرفیت روانشناختی یا صفتی (36٪)، مداخلات دیجیتال ساختاریافته (36٪) و عاملیت ذهنآگاهانه در استفاده از فناوری (28٪) که از طریق سامانههای مدیریت یادگیری، برنامههای تلفن همراه و تمرینات هدایتشده با پشتیبانی پایش و مشاوره عملیاتی شدند. ذهنآگاهی دیجیتال با تقویت تنظیم توجه، مدیریت هیجان، انگیزش، خودکارآمدی، خودمختاری، مشارکت و پایداری، از مشارکت حمایت کرد؛ بهطوری که 79٪ مطالعات اثرات مثبت، 14٪ اثرات محدود و 7٪ هیچ رابطه معناداری را گزارش کردند. نتیجهگیری: این مطالعه یک مدل مفهومی تلفیقی ارائه میدهد که ذهنآگاهی دیجیتال را به ابعاد رفتاری، شناختی و هیجانی مشارکت پیوند میدهد و پیامدهای عملی برای طراحی یادگیری ترکیبی دارد. شواهد با ناهمگونی ابزارهای سنجش مشارکت و غلبه زمینههای پژوهشی آموزش آنلاین و آسیایی محدود میشود.
Abstract Prior literature using twin pairs in the same or different classes found classroom effects accounted for between 8% and 2−3% of the variability in literacy achievement depending on the method, grade, or measure used. The current study examines whether this effect could be greater (or less) than this depending on a child’s levels of inattention and hyperactivity. The sample comprised 758 identical and same-sex fraternal twin pairs from an international longitudinal twin study of early literacy development. The study used scores on word reading, spelling and reading comprehension, and parent ratings on the Disruptive Behaviour Rating Scale (DBRS) for children in kindergarten (aged x overbar x ¯ $\bar x$ = 6.2, s = 0.3), Grade 1 and Grade 2. Contrary to predictions, the results failed to support the prediction, indicating that classroom-level effects are independent of the behavior issues measured in this study.
چکیده: پژوهشهای پیشین که از جفتهای دوقلو در کلاسهای یکسان یا متفاوت استفاده کردهاند، نشان دادهاند که اثرات کلاس بین ۸٪ و ۲ تا ۳٪ از واریانس در پیشرفت سوادآموزی را بسته به روش، پایه یا ابزار مورد استفاده، تبیین میکنند. مطالعه حاضر بررسی میکند که آیا این اثر میتواند بسته به سطوح بیتوجهی و بیشفعالی کودک، بیشتر (یا کمتر) از این مقدار باشد یا خیر. نمونه شامل ۷۵۸ جفت دوقلوی یکسان و دوقلوی همجنس ناهمسان از یک مطالعه طولی بینالمللی درباره رشد سوادآموزی اولیه بود. این مطالعه از نمرات خواندن واژه، املا و درک مطلب و همچنین ارزیابی والدین بر اساس مقیاس ارزیابی رفتارهای مخرب (DBRS) برای کودکان در مهدکودک (میانگین سنی $\bar x$ = ۶٫۲، انحراف معیار s = ۰٫۳)، پایه اول و پایه دوم استفاده کرد. برخلاف پیشبینیها، نتایج از فرضیه مورد انتظار حمایت نکرد و نشان داد که اثرات سطح کلاس مستقل از مشکلات رفتاری اندازهگیریشده در این مطالعه هستند.