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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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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EFEITO DA AUTO LIBERAÇÃO MIOFASCIAL NA FLEXIBILIDADE DE ESCOLARES: UMA PROPOSTA ACESSÍVEL by Elielbson Santos de Souza, André Luiz Karol Mota Scudlarek, Paulo Márcio Montserrat, Gleuber Henrique Marques-Oliveira

“…As comparações na flexibilidade pré e pós ALM foram avaliadas utilizando o teste de t student, com nível de significância adotado de p<0,05. …”
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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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Designing a classroom learning in a university using the electronic learning course by Irina Anzaurovna Udzhukhu, Ruslan Kazbekovich Meshvez

“…This goal was achieved through the use of such research methods as the bibliographic method, generalization, description, visual presentation of data.The results of the research are the following 1) the concept of an e-learning course has been disclosed and its functions identified; 2) the elements of the e-learning course have been described; 3) a draft e-learning course on discipline B1.O.19 “Elective disciplines in Physical culture and sports” has been presented; 4) features of e-learning courses have been revealed.Key conclusions: 1) an electronic training course is a media product containing information material within the framework of the curriculum of disciplines, designed to implement the didactic capabilities of information and communication technologies and support the educational process; the electronic training course performs managerial, stimulating, optimizing and communicative functions; 2) the main elements of the electronic training course are information-content, control-communicative, correctional-generalizing blocks; 3) the project of an electronic training course in the discipline B1.O.19 “Elective disciplines in Physical culture and sports” includes general information about the course, content, availability of hyperlinks to the material; 4) features of e-learning courses are: openness, multimedia, modularity, mobility, flexibility, the ability to build an individual educational trajectory for each student.…”
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Programming Education and Its Impact on the Learning Process by Bagas Dwiantoro, Yudianto Sujana, Puspanda Hatta

“…Future research is recommended to investigate the long-term effects of AI on student development and to refine frameworks for integrating AI tools into programming education.…”
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A Survey on Antisemitism in Ontario's K-12 Schools by Robert Brym

“… This study demonstrates the existence of a disjuncture between (1) the purported desire of Ontario schools to ensure that all students feel respected, included, and valued; and (2) the treatment of their Jewish students. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA TAJWID INTERAKTIF BERBASIS APLIKASI ANDROID PADA MATA PELAJARAN BTQ DI SEKOLAH DASAR by Tri Widiastuti, Ma'as Shobirin, Ummu Jauharin Farda

“…This is demonstrated by the fact that the results of the analysis of the needs of students and teachers on the development of learning media based on an android recitation application are 100 percent. …”
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The Neurophysiological Paradox of AI-Induced Frustration: A Multimodal Study of Heart Rate Variability, Affective Responses, and Creative Output by Han Zhang, Shiyi Wang, Zijian Li

“…Fifty-eight undergraduate design students with no formal programming experience were randomly assigned to either an AI-assisted group or a control group and engaged in a two-day generative programming task. …”
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Unobtrusive stress detection using wearables: application and challenges in a university setting by Peter Neigel, Andrew Vargo, Benjamin Tag, Koichi Kise

“…Additionally, institutional monitoring raises privacy concerns.MethodsIn this study, we analyze real-world data from a cohort of 103 Japanese university students to identify periods of cyclical stress while ensuring individual privacy through aggregation. …”
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Analyzing the Integration of Future Skills in Top Universities for Engineering Education in the Age of Industry 4.0 by Jose Daniel Azofeifa, Valentina Rueda-Castro, Patricia Caratozzolo

“…Future research should address the scalability of these integration efforts and their long-term impact on student performance and university-industry collaboration.…”
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Description of Synonyms in Linguodidactics: Integrative Approach (based on the Synonymous Row of Verbs with a Common Meaning ‘do nothing’) by E. I. Zinovieva, N. Y. Vu

“…The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the synonymous row under study is included in the lexico-semantic group of behavior verbs, nuclear for the Russian language, as well as the lack of training dictionaries of Russian synonyms for foreign students. The authors determine the structure of the studied synonymic row in the Russian language, analyze the semantics, typical situations of use, the stylistic classification of units according to the components that make up the synonymic series. …”
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Application of Project-Based Learning in the first year of an Industrial Engineering Program: lessons learned and challenges by Marco Antonio Carvalho Pereira, Maria Auxiliadora Motta Barreto, Marina Pazeti

“…The use of PBL has been widely recognized by the students as one of the Industrial Engineering program’s differentiating features. …”
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One year in the classroom with ChatGPT: empirical insights and transformative impacts by Feng Guo, Tian Li, Tian Li, Tian Li, Christopher J. L. Cunningham

“…Our findings suggest that students generally found ChatGPT easy to use and beneficial to their learning, reporting improved confidence, motivation, and engagement. …”
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Enhancing authenticity, diagnosticity and equivalence (AD-Equiv) in multicentre OSCE exams in health professionals education: protocol for a complex intervention study by Geoff Wong, Kathy Cullen, Rhian Goodfellow, Gareth McCray, Richard Fuller, Robert K McKinley, Ruth Kinston, Peter Yeates, Adriano Maluf, Natalie Cope, Vikki O’Neill, Aidan Cole, Rebecca Vallender, Ching-Wa Chung

“…Quantitative analysis will use Many Facet Rasch Modelling to compare the influence of different examiners groups and sites on students’ scores, while the operation of the two interventions (shared integrated task OSCEs; VESCA) will be studied through the theory-driven method of Realist evaluation. …”
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