A Proposal of Integration of Universal Design for Learning and Didactic Suitability Criteria by Alicia Sánchez, Carlos Ledezma, Vicenç Font

“…Given the growing relevance of issues of educational inclusion at an international level, educational curricula have pointed out the need to address the diversity of students in the classroom. In this article, a theoretical reflection is proposed around the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guideline—as inclusive principles for generic teaching and learning processes—and Didactic Suitability Criteria (DSC) guideline—as specific principles for mathematical teaching and learning processes—to establish relationships and seek complementarities between both references. …”
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Mediating role of self-regulatory efficacy on the relationship between punishment certainty, punishment severity and organizational deviance by Kabiru Maitama Kura, Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin, Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin

“…The participants were 197 employed postgraduate students who enrolled in the Master of Business Administration programme at two universities located in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria. …”
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THE E-LEARNING IN FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASCARA DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS: QUANTITATIVE STUDY by Aouda MAZOT

“…This research aims to evaluate the steps, means and resources implemented by the French language and literature department at Mustapha Stambouli University, Mascara, for the “smooth” running of e-learning, during the containment imposed by the Algerian government and applied in all sectors including higher education and scientific research, following the Covid-19 pandemic. 232 students were surveyed, exploring their experiences of distance learning and their evaluation of the digital resources made available to them by the university. …”
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Pengembangan Bank Soal Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan (PKn) Berbasis Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) by Camellia Camellia, Puspa Dianti, Husnul Fatihah

“…Thus, the question bank developed by the civics lecturer team is valid and has a potential effect in training student’s higher-order thinking skills. The limitation of this research is the process of testing the HOTS questions that held online so that the researcher's control when students work on the questions is not optimal. …”
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Association between sleep duration and myopia among young school-aged children by Junjie LIU, Zhanghao ZHU, Yangrundong FANG, Weiwei ZHOU

“…The results of the univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences between the two groups of students in terms of age, parental myopia status, nap duration exceeding 1 hour, waking up between 6:31 and 7:00, nocturnal sleep duration of at least 9 hours, and total sleep duration of at least 10 hours (P < 0.05). …”
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Rockin’ the Subsurface: Learning Geophysics with ‘Electromagnetic Odyssey’ by Katya Alvarez-Molina, Diego Ruiz-Aguilar, Luis Romero Ramos, Guillermo Sánchez Basoco, Alejandro Méndez González

“…However, it faces financial costs, physical accessibility, and logistical challenges, which can deter student participation and create equity concerns. …”
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Development of Arabic Reading Materials Based on Moderation with Artificial Intelligence/Tathwir Mawad al-Qira’ah ‘ala Asas al-Wasathiyah bi Istikhdam al-Dzaka’ al-Ishthina’iy... by Mohammad Zainal Hamdy, Umi Machmudah, Danial Hilmi, Wiwik Prasetiyo Ningsih, Jiddah Hassan Muhammad

“…With interactive features, learning becomes more adaptive and responsive to students’ needs, allowing them to study more independently and effectively. …”
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Practice of community-service doctors in the assessment and medico-legal documentation of common physical assault cases by L Fouché, J Bezuidenhout, C Liebenberg, A O Adefuye

“…This study revealed an important gap in the knowledge and practice of clinical forensic medicine by CSDs and suggests that the current curriculum should be adapted to allow adequate training of undergraduate medical students in the area of clinical forensic medicine. …”
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The education system in Japan by Alexander Stefanovich Ivashchenko

“…The article examines not only the structural elements of the Japanese educational system, from preschool institutions to higher educational institutions, but also the ideological background and motivation of both Japanese schoolchildren and students to study hard. Special emphasis is placed on the unshakable principles of Japanese pedagogy and, of course, national cultural traditions.…”
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Beyond the pandemic: The changing landscape of technology integration in higher education in Central Visayas, Philippines by Charess Goles, Joje Mar Sanchez, Gino Sumalinog, Janet Mananay, Isidro Max Alejandro

“…For future studies, researchers may focus on exploring how technology affects the health of both teachers and students. …”
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A Scalable Hybrid Autoencoder–Extreme Learning Machine Framework for Adaptive Intrusion Detection in High-Dimensional Networks by Anubhav Kumar, Rajamani Radhakrishnan, Mani Sumithra, Prabu Kaliyaperumal, Balamurugan Balusamy, Francesco Benedetto

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A Simple, Inexpensive, and Portable Image-Based Technique for Nondestructive Leaf Area Measurements by Shinsuke Agehara, Lillian Pride, Mariel Gallardo, Jose Hernandez-Monterroza

“…This technique is particularly useful to researchers and students studying leaf growth and physiology in greenhouse or field environments. …”
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Medical narrative competency, empathy, and self-efficacy among senior medical undergraduates in China: a cross-sectional analysis by Fang Liu, Shangqin Liu, Lijing Xia, Rui Pang, Hengyu Zhou

“…Main factors influencing narrative competency included students’ majors, the role of student leaders, empathy levels, and self-efficacy (p < 0.05), explaining 34.2% of the total variation. …”
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Perceptions of interdisciplinary critical thinking among biology and physics undergraduates by Ashley B. Heim, Georgia Lawrence, Riya Agarwal, Michelle K. Smith, N. G. Holmes

“…However, physics students provided similar definitions of critical thinking in the two disciplines, while biology students provided similar and different definitions in almost equal numbers. …”
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Appraising Discourse Content of EFL Classrooms Through the Lens of Bakhtin’s Dialogic Discourse Pattern by Fatemeh Niknezhad Naeijabad, MohammadReza Khodareza, Davood Mashhadi Heidar

“…The teachers employed their follow-up moves to repeat, accept, and correct among the students in classrooms. This makes no room for the students to voice their ideas, to foster critical reflection, and to encourage transformative mode in a classroom. …”
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Enhancing the Understanding of the Concept of Function through Integrated Visual and Experiential Approaches by Ismet Temaj, Senad Orhani, Esma Canhasi-Kasemi

“…This paper aims to explore the impact of integrated visual and experiential approaches in improving the understanding of the concept of function among lower and upper secondary school students. Function, a fundamental and often abstract mathematical concept, challenges many students. …”
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Game Changing: Incorporating Technology into Social Work Research for Social Change by Adrienne Baldwin-White, Reem Shawkat

“…This paper sought to address this gap by documenting the development process of a video game that was created to address the issue of gender-based violence among college students. Specifically, it focuses on the design and piloting of a narrative-based game centered on beliefs and behaviors related to gender-based violence. …”
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Research - Based Technology Education – the EDURES Partnership Experience by Roman Wdowik, Marek Magdziak, Andrzej Dzierwa, Barbara Ciecińska, Przemysław Podulka, Jolanta Litwin, Artur Bełzo, Artur Borowiec, Piotr Nazarko, Agnieszka Wiater, Angelos Markopoulos, Faramarz Hojati, Bahman Azarhoushang, Iryna Pushchak, Mariaelena Romanini

“…It is finally stated that research-results implementation into teaching processes is possible by the use of various tools and approaches proposed by the EDURES partnership and has thepotential to be appreciated by students, academics and external stakeholders.…”
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A Inclusão do Surdo na Universidade – Mito ou Realidade? by Maria Cecilia de Moura, Kathryn M. Pacheco Harrison

“…After a year working with teachers, deaf students and interpreters at a university, we have concluded that the university is far from achieving real inclusion and that many more decisions must be taken and actions made in order to meet genuine inclusion. …”
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School based sex education and HIV prevention in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Virginia A Fonner, Kevin S Armstrong, Caitlin E Kennedy, Kevin R O'Reilly, Michael D Sweat

“…Results from meta-analysis demonstrate that school-based sex education is an effective strategy for reducing HIV-related risk. Students who received school-based sex education interventions had significantly greater HIV knowledge (Hedges g = 0.63, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.49-0.78, p<0.001), self-efficacy related to refusing sex or condom use (Hedges g = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.14-0.36, p<0.001), condom use (OR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.18-1.52, p<0.001), fewer sexual partners (OR = 0.75, 95% CI:0.67-0.84, p<0.001) and less initiation of first sex during follow-up (OR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.54-0.83, p<0.001).…”
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