Negative Parenting Styles and Preschoolers’ Social Adaptation Difficulties: The Mediating Effect of Parent-Child Conflicts
Children’s social adaptation is a manifestation of the level of their socialization. Positive social adaptation is represented by qualities such as pro-activeness, sensitivity, cooperation, and popularity among peers in children’s social interaction. Social adaptation difficulties include externalizing behavi ...
30 03 2023
A Longitudinal Study on the Immediate and Long-term Effects of Television Exposure on Preschoolers’ Executive Function
Executive function comprises a series of higher-order cognitive abilities of individuals that can effectively regulate their behavior and thinking. It has three main components: working memory, inhibition, and set shifting. Young children need to use their executive function to make plans, eliminate interfere ...
23 11 2022
A review on exclusionary discipline
Exclusion, encompassing various ways students can be removed from school settings (e.g., suspension and expulsion) for behavioral reasons (e.g., too disruptive or dangerous), has been adopted by educational practitioners for more than two decades. Existing studies have shown that children are more likely to b ...
21 10 2022
Why do students cheat?
Academic cheating is a serious worldwide problem that begins during childhood. Inspired by nudge theory from behavior economics, researchers believe physical and verbal nudges can affect cheating rates among children. ...
29 08 2022
The impact of parent-only interventions on child anxiety
Researchers have regarded parent-only interventions for childhood anxiety as an important alternative to resource and time intensive child-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A meta-analysis by Jewell and colleagues aimed to investigate the efficacy of parent-only interventions in reducing symptoms of ...
29 08 2022
Effects of a multitiered system of language support on kindergarten oral and written language
Petersen and colleagues conducted a large-scale randomized controlled trial, aiming to examine the effects of a multitiered system of language support (MTSLS) on kindergarten children’s oral and written language. ...
29 08 2022
Sensibly distribute resources: Prior-year statewide achievement test data is sufficient
Universal screening for identifying students at risk for future reading problems is important, but inaccurate and costly approaches are not worth investing in. Paly and colleagues recently conducted a retrospective research project to analyze four approaches to reading risk screening in terms of their accurac ...
15 08 2022
Mother’s Occupational Status, Children’s Educational Attainment and Gender Differences —An Empirical Study Based on the Data of the Chinese General Social Survey
At present, Chinese women have made considerable progress in their career development. How mothers' career development affects the development of offspring education and what effect it has on offspring education gender differences are important issues to explore the issue of gender equality in education. Base ...
08 08 2022
How Can the “Urban Education Dream” of Migrant Children be Possible
Paying attention to the educational expectations of migrant children has important implications for improving efficiency and equity and justice in China's society. A recent study published in the Journal of Central China Normal University(Humanities and Social Sciences), based on the baseline data of the Chin ...
08 08 2022
TUTORING IMPLEMENTATION: A REVIEW
The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted student learning to various extents in the past two years. Many studies demonstrate that tutoring programs where students receive small-group or one-to-one academic support are effective in improving academic achievement. However, there are few reviews that summarize the evid ...
17 11 2022
The Impact of Childhood Violence on Mental Health of Rural Children in China and its Gender Differences
Childhood violence severely impairs physical and mental health of children all over the world. It can inflict not only serious physical injury but also lifelong depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental problems on the victims. Childhood violence prevention and intervention have be ...
14 11 2022
DOES AN ACADEMIC LANGUAGE CURRICULUM IMPROVE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS?
A recent randomized evaluation funded by the Institute of Education Sciences investigated the effects of WordGen Elementary on students’ reading achievement. WordGen Elementary includes a curriculum with reading, writing, and speaking activities that aim to enhance students’ understanding and communication of ...
11 11 2022
Parental Phubbing and Young Children’ Problem Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model
Child problem behaviors refer to those behaviors that are detrimental to physical and mental health of young children, including externalizing problems such as aggression, violence, disobedience to discipline, etc. and internalizing ones like anxiety, depression, withdrawal and so on. Problem behaviors impede ...
10 11 2022
DOES GAME-BASED LEARNING AFFECT STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT EMOTIONS?
Compared to traditional instruction, students learning through educational games might gain more in academic achievement. According to self-determination theory and control-value theory, game-based learning (GBL) promotes students’ positive achievement emotions (PAE, e.g., joy, confidence, hope) and reduces n ...
09 11 2022
THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORES
A recent cluster randomized controlled trial by Saavedra and colleagues evaluated the effect of a project-based learning approach to teaching advanced placement (AP) courses on AP exam scores. More schools are now offering advanced placement courses. Still, racial and socioeconomic gaps in attaining qualifyin ...
08 11 2022
The Influence of Physical Exercise on Adolescent Non-Cognitive Skills and its Paths: An Empirical Analysis Based on CEPS Data
Adolescents represent the nation’s future and both their health level and non-cognitive skills are key components of the country’s human capital. Research into the effects of physical exercise on adolescent non-cognitive skills is of great practical significance for formulating relevant national policies to p ...
04 11 2022
The effects of tutoring and family engagement on reading outcomes
While the study investigated the impact of this intervention on a small number of students, the findings contribute to the growing number of studies that have found the implementation of Future Forward is associated with gains in reading achievement. Matching students with a paraprofessional to provide one-on ...
03 11 2022
The Impact of Poverty on Family Expenditure on Adolescent Out-of-School Education: With a Discussion of Compulsory Education Policy Compensation for Students from Impoverished Households
Poverty alleviation through education has been crucial for the elimination of absolute poverty in China and will continue to play an important role in reducing relative poverty. ...
02 11 2022
TUTORING IMPLEMENTATION: A REVIEW
The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted student learning to various extents in the past two years. Many studies demonstrate that tutoring programs where students receive small-group or one-to-one academic support are effective in improving academic achievement. However, there are few reviews that summarize the evid ...
17 11 2022
The Impact of Childhood Violence on Mental Health of Rural Children in China and its Gender Differences
Childhood violence severely impairs physical and mental health of children all over the world. It can inflict not only serious physical injury but also lifelong depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental problems on the victims. Childhood violence prevention and intervention have be ...
14 11 2022
Parental Phubbing and Young Children’ Problem Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model
Child problem behaviors refer to those behaviors that are detrimental to physical and mental health of young children, including externalizing problems such as aggression, violence, disobedience to discipline, etc. and internalizing ones like anxiety, depression, withdrawal and so on. Problem behaviors impede ...
10 11 2022
DOES GAME-BASED LEARNING AFFECT STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT EMOTIONS?
Compared to traditional instruction, students learning through educational games might gain more in academic achievement. According to self-determination theory and control-value theory, game-based learning (GBL) promotes students’ positive achievement emotions (PAE, e.g., joy, confidence, hope) and reduces n ...
09 11 2022
THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM SCORES
A recent cluster randomized controlled trial by Saavedra and colleagues evaluated the effect of a project-based learning approach to teaching advanced placement (AP) courses on AP exam scores. More schools are now offering advanced placement courses. Still, racial and socioeconomic gaps in attaining qualifyin ...
08 11 2022
THE EFFECT OF LEARNING ANALYTICS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
A study conducted by Karaoglan Yilmaz out of Bartin University in Turkey examined the effect of learning analytics (LA) in an online learning environment on college students’ metacognitive awareness and academic achievement. LA is an instructional technology collecting, measuring, and reporting students’ onli ...
07 11 2022
The Influence of Physical Exercise on Adolescent Non-Cognitive Skills and its Paths: An Empirical Analysis Based on CEPS Data
Adolescents represent the nation’s future and both their health level and non-cognitive skills are key components of the country’s human capital. Research into the effects of physical exercise on adolescent non-cognitive skills is of great practical significance for formulating relevant national policies to p ...
04 11 2022
The effects of tutoring and family engagement on reading outcomes
While the study investigated the impact of this intervention on a small number of students, the findings contribute to the growing number of studies that have found the implementation of Future Forward is associated with gains in reading achievement. Matching students with a paraprofessional to provide one-on ...
03 11 2022
The Impact of Poverty on Family Expenditure on Adolescent Out-of-School Education: With a Discussion of Compulsory Education Policy Compensation for Students from Impoverished Households
Poverty alleviation through education has been crucial for the elimination of absolute poverty in China and will continue to play an important role in reducing relative poverty. ...
02 11 2022