Do in-person nationwide university entrance exams affect COVID-19 transmission? An experience from Iran by Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Zahra Mehdipournamdar, Zahra Jaafari, Abdolrasoul Hemmati, Ata Miyar, Mohammad Hossein Sharifi

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A Framework for Establishing Social Presence Through the Combination of AI-generated Text with Human-created Video by Jered Borup, Richard E. West, Patrick Lowenthal, Leanna Archambault

“…In this article, we discuss generative AI’s potential impact on online instructors and students’ social presence. We then share a framework for strategically combining AI-generated text and instructor- and student-created video communication to strengthen social presence in online learning environments. …”
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Book review: Alina Bârgăoanu, Examenul Schengen. În căutarea sferei publice europene [The Schengen Exam. In Search of the European Public Sphere] by Flavia Durach

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Investigation Stability of Upper Limb Function in Handballers with Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit by Noorollah Javdaneh, Amir Letafat kar, Nazanin Kamrani Faraz, Behnam Shokri

“…Methods: In this descriptive study, 30 male student Hanballers (age=18 to 25 years) were categorized into healthy (n=15) and Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit (n=15) groups. …”
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Implementing generative AI (GenAI) in higher education: A systematic review of case studies by Marina Belkina, Scott Daniel, Sasha Nikolic, Rezwanul Haque, Sarah Lyden, Peter Neal, Sarah Grundy, Ghulam M. Hassan

“…The selected studies cover a diverse range of disciplines, locations, types of participants (from first-year students to postgraduates and academics), and a variety of methodologies. …”
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Integrating democracy learning and prophetic social studies at Baitusalam Islamic School Yogyakarta by Nasiwan Nasiwan, Taat Wulandari, Agustina Tri Wijayanti

“…However, the study also identifies challenges in the integration process, such as the lack of student textbook references that integrate values into Islamic language for each material, insufficient learning media, and inadequate infrastructure in schools. …”
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Professional competency: Pre-service mathematics teachers’ understanding toward probability concept by Sitti Karimah Sulfiah, Yus Mochamad Cholily, Agus Subaidi

“…It is one of the professional competencies essential for teachers since satisfactory lessons’ delivery engenders more comprehensible instruction in teachers’ students. Qualitative research employs a descriptive approach relevant to the research purpose, describing mathematics pre-service teachers’ professional competency of understanding the concept toward probability observed based on mathematical abilities; advanced, intermediate, and basic mathematics ability. …”
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Evaluation of Salivary and Serum Alpha Amylase Level in Dental Caries of Adolescence by Fatemeh Ahmadi- Motamayel, Mohammad Taghi Goodarzi, Zohreh Jamshidi, Ali Mahdavinezhad, Nasrin Rafieian

“…Data were analyzed using student’s t-test and chi-square test. Results: The results of this study demonstrated  that salivary and Serum alpha- amylase were  significantly   higher in caries active group as compared to carries free group(P = 0.002, P= 0.001 respectively). …”
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Improving Vocabulary Skills: What Strategies to Be Applied in Primary School? by Marta De Angelis, Antonio Calvani

“…In this study, we developed and tested a lexical enhancement programme that integrates students’ weekly activity of independently collecting new terms with reflection activities on terms extracted from short texts during class lessons. …”
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The use of electronic educational environment for interdisciplinary relations on the example of professional study on business – informatics bachelor program by Mariya V. Ushakova, Aleksey V. Gabalin

“…The use of the electronic educational environment “LMS Canvas” at the NUST “MISiS” and the competence-activity approach, which implies not the message, but the formation of students’ knowledge in the process of implementing the project development, has proved its effectiveness in preparing bachelors in the direction of “business informatics”. …”
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Beyond School - Workshops in Experimental Archaeology at the Museum (Romania) by Vasile Diaconu

“…Some of the objects made by students were later used in educational activities in the schools.…”
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Internato de enfermagem na atenção básica: desafios da sua efetividade [Basic care nursing internship: challenges for it to be effective] [Internado de enfermería en la atención bá... by Heluana Cavalcante Rodrigues, Maria Socorro de Araújo Dias, Antônia Eliana Araújo Aragão, Maria Adelane Monteiro da Silva, Diógenes Farias Gomes, Maria da Conceição Coelho Brito

“…Participants were seven students, three teachers and six preceptors, selected on pre-established criteria. …”
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Partnerships and knowledge sharing for sustainable school food systems in Saskatchewan by Kaylee Michnik, Hannah Blischak, Clara Castro-Zunti, Alex McGreavey, Ester Kang, Chelsea Brown, Mark Thomas, Rachel Engler-Stringer

“… Introduction: School food program (SFP) delivery that uses a sustainable food systems approach has the potential to provide comprehensive health and nutrition benefits for students and communities. SFPs may be best supported through engagement with multiple sectors and partners, including agriculture, health, and education. …”
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The effect of the photomagnetic poles strategy on learning the skill of spiking in volleyball by Hiba Abd Alrahman Azez, Najlaa Abbas Al-Zuhairi

“…The boundaries of this research community are represented by fourth-grade middle school students at Basra Girls' Middle School (2024-2025), whose total number is (90) students, distributed by nature into 4 sections. …”
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Effectiveness of generative artificial intelligence-based teaching versus traditional teaching methods in medical education: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Juan Li, Kaiyu Yin, Yida Wang, Xiaoqin Jiang, Dongxu Chen

“…The review focused on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared GAI-based teaching interventions with traditional instructional teaching methods in medical students. Results The meta-analysis incorporated 11 eligible RCTs, comprising 786 medical students. …”
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Drug‐Related Side Effects and Contributing Risk Factors in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Esmaeel Toni, Haleh Ayatollahi, Reza Abbaszadeh, Alireza Fotuhi Siahpirani

“…Data were analyzed using student's t‐tests and descriptive statistics. Results According to the findings, the most frequent side effects linked to common medications were hypokalemia (Furosemide; 4.5 ± 0.69), apnea (Prostaglandin E1; 4.5 ± 0.62), and bradycardia (Sotalol; 4.41 ± 0.51). …”
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Relation between maxillary sinus pneumatization and the thickness of the mandibular inferior border in panoramic radiographs by Nasim Jafari-pozve, Sayed Hanif EmamJome, Mahshad Saei

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Development of Critical-Thinking Skills Rubric within the Scope of Multicultural Education by Serkan Aslan , Birsel Aybek

“…The study aimed to develop a rubric to measure students’ critical-thinking skills within a multicultural education scope. …”
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Meta-analysis of the effect of project-based learning on enhancing 21st century skills by Muhammad Minan Chusni

“…The research findings revealed that the effect of project learning on students' necessary skills was 88%, the impact of project learning on students' creative skills was 82%, and the effect of project learning on students' problem-solving was 92%. …”
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Doctoral Education as an Institutional Resource for Training Research and Higher Education Personnel (Article 1) by B. I. Bednyi, A. A. Mironos, N. V. Rybakov

“…Our two articles which share the scope of problems and have a single general concept, consecutively address the following issues: the collection and analysis of empirical data on training in doctoral programs; the dynamics of dissertation defense by graduates after the completion of doctoral programs; the actual timeframe of doctoral students’ advancement to their degree; the proportion of graduates who continue their scientific career after graduating from the doctoral program. …”
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