Does Excessive Homework Load Affect Social and Emotional Skills of Students in The Effect to Family Education on Children's Human Capital Development: Facts and Mechanisms
With the implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Family Education and the advancement of “establishing a coordinated education mechanism among schools, families, and society,” the role of family education in children's development has become increasingly prominent. A st ...
08 01 2026
A Study on the Tiered Response Mechanism for Educational Function Demands in Study Travel from the Perspective of Educational Stage Differences
This study was published in Geography Teaching, taking the differences in school sections as the starting point, based on the Kano model to construct a research framework for the hierarchical response mechanism of the functional needs of study travel education, and selected 34,968 primary and secondary school ...
31 12 2025
Can using generative AI help improve student learning? - Based on a meta-analysis of 39 experimental and quasi-experimental research literature
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology has had a significant impact on teaching and learning with its unique generative, creative, and adaptive nature, but its practical role in student learning is controversial. ...
25 12 2025
Which Teaching Methods can better promote Junior High School Students’ Deep Learning?
Deep learning is an educational approach that aligns with the current needs of China's basic education curriculum reform. Cultivating students' deep learning abilities during the junior high school stage is crucial for promoting their comprehensive development and preparing them to adapt to future societal ch ...
23 12 2025
The Impact of Global Children' Reading Attitudes on Their Reading Literacy Development
Entering the 21st century, countries have prioritized enhancing children's reading literacy, yet research on the complex interplay between reading attitudes and literacy remains insufficient. Against this backdrop, a study published in Global Education Outlook employed latent profile analysis using PIRLS 2021 ...
18 12 2025
Can Educational Agents Improve Student Learning Outcomes ——A Meta-Analysis of 87 Empirical Studies in China and Abroad
As a key product of the integration of artificial intelligence and education, educational agents are increasingly used in personalized teaching, learning assessment, and resource recommendation. ...
10 12 2025
How can We Practically Improve the Effectiveness of Student Engagement in the Classroom? - Multi-cluster Comparative Analyses Based on Latent Profiles
published in Global Education Prospects, selected 1396 middle school students in H province for questionnaire survey, and tested the influence path model by latent profile analysis and multi-group comparative analysis. ...
02 12 2025
From Empathy to Quality Long-Term Care: A Generative AI-Based Art Therapy Approach
Chang et al. (2025) explore the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into art therapy in nursing education, aiming to enhance students’ empathy and performance in gerontological care. Traditional art therapy courses often engaged students in drawings to foster their empathy and understanding ...
10 10 2025
Educational Robotics and Kindergarteners’ 4Cs Development
A recent meta-analysis by Sapounidis and colleagues examined the effects of Educational Robotics (ER) on the development of kindergarteners’ twenty-first century skills, namely communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. From an initial pool of 2141 records, 22 empirical studies met inclu ...
30 09 2025
Flipped Classroom vs. Traditional Teaching in Enhancing Mathematics Achievement and Interest Among Secondary School Students
The results indicated that the flipped classroom produced substantially greater gains in mathematics achievement than the conventional method: the experimental group’s mean achievement scores increased from 60.8 to 86.1, compared with an increase from 62.0 to 64.7 in the control group, and the treatment effec ...
15 01 2026
Special Subject on Cultural Capital in the Chinese Context How Cultural Capital Functions
In the context of emphasizing educational equity and the deepening implementation of quality-oriented education, how cultural capital influences academic achievement through multiple mechanisms has become a key issue in understanding educational stratification and institutional tensions. ...
14 01 2026
The Impact of Compensation Incentive Programs for Teachers of Primary and Middle Schools on Students' Academic Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Studies
A meta-analysis published in China Economics of Education Review (Vol. 10, No. 4, 2025) examined the effects of teacher compensation incentive programs on student academic performance. ...
04 01 2026
“The Making-out Game in Education”: Marketization and Family Extracurricular Education Consumption ——Empirical Research Based on China Household Finance Survey (CHFS)
Currently, scholars primarily explain the phenomenon of extracurricular education from an “individual-structural” perspective, arguing that students' participation in such programs is influenced by both family background and the educational system. ...
29 12 2025
Can using generative AI help improve student learning? - Based on a meta-analysis of 39 experimental and quasi-experimental research literature
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology has had a significant impact on teaching and learning with its unique generative, creative, and adaptive nature, but its practical role in student learning is controversial. ...
25 12 2025
Decoding Academic Performance: An Analysis of Key Influencing Factors on the Academic Performance of Primary and Junior High School Students Based on the Network Analysis Method
but also plays an important role in the country's talent pool and future economic growth. Based on the theory of educational ecosystem, this paper uses network analysis to explore the key factors affecting academic performance in primary and junior high school from the perspective of system view. ...
24 12 2025
Does the “Double Reduction” Policy Benefit Children’s Creativity? A Longitudinal Study with an Integrated Analysis of Academic Performance
The study was published in “China Distance Education” and conducted a two-wave longitudinal survey of elementary school students in Beijing. The baseline survey was carried out in early September 2021, targeting 4th and 5th graders from nine elementary schools, with a total of 1,436 students. A follow-up surv ...
22 12 2025
A Study on the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Homework Distraction Behavior Among Students
ince the implementation of the “Double Reduction” policy, the Smart Education of China platform for primary and secondary schools has played an important role in supporting classroom teaching, after-school services, and homework design. ...
17 12 2025
Can Educational Agents Improve Student Learning Outcomes ——A Meta-Analysis of 87 Empirical Studies in China and Abroad
As a key product of the integration of artificial intelligence and education, educational agents are increasingly used in personalized teaching, learning assessment, and resource recommendation. ...
10 12 2025
The influence of teacher language practices on children’s language development
A recent meta-analysis by Jiang and colleagues explored the role of teachers’ language practices in fostering young children’s language development from preschool to third grade. ...
17 10 2025
The efficacy of AI chatbots for English as a foreign language learning in primary education
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been recognized as a potentially game-changing technology, and it is already penetrating a variety of fields in education, including EFL instruction. ...
15 10 2025
How early do STEM and verbal abilities stereotypes start among children?
In a recent meta-analysis on children’s gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities, data from 98 studies across 33 nations involving more than 145,000 children were integrated. The findings reveal that verbal stereotypes favoring girls’ abilities (b = 0.19) are stronger than aggregated STEM stereotype ...
25 06 2025
Optimizing reading comprehension intervention : A Bayesian network meta-analysis
Peng and colleagues conducted a Bayesian network meta-analysis (BNMA) ...
21 03 2025
A meta-analysis of effective Spanish reading interventions
A meta-analysis conducted by our Best Evidence in Brief (BEiB) colleagues José Luis Arco-Tirado, Amanda Neitzel, and the late Bob Slavin, examined the effects of Spanish reading interventions for students in grades K–6. The review, published in Review of Educational Research, included studies focused on class ...
20 03 2025
Enhancing children’s reading outcomes: The interplay of topic background knowledge and parent-child interaction
Reading comprehension often depends on prior topic knowledge, as evident in everyday experiences like understanding technical manuals. ...
14 03 2025
Reviewing ed tech’s impact on literacy: It’s a win!
Educational technology tools and programs proliferate the elementary classrooms where children are learning to read, but the evidence supporting these tools lags behind their implementation. ...
30 10 2024
Chatbot interaction shows positive effects on language learning
Chatbots are reminiscent of a gossipy co-worker—full of chatter, not all of it credible, yet nonetheless useful now and then. ...
28 10 2024
Enhancing early literacy: Evaluating the impact of the TELL Curriculum in preschool settings
High-quality preschool programs are pivotal in enhancing literacy outcomes and bridging the achievement gap among children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. ...
24 09 2024
Flipped Classroom vs. Traditional Teaching in Enhancing Mathematics Achievement and Interest Among Secondary School Students
The results indicated that the flipped classroom produced substantially greater gains in mathematics achievement than the conventional method: the experimental group’s mean achievement scores increased from 60.8 to 86.1, compared with an increase from 62.0 to 64.7 in the control group, and the treatment effec ...
15 01 2026
How does class size affect students' mathematics performance
This study was published in Journal of Shanghai Educational Research. Based on data from East Asian regions and OECD countries in PISA 2022, this research compares the distribution characteristics of class sizes and analyzes the data using chi-square tests, OLS regression models, and quantile regression model ...
19 12 2025
Effects of Zearn Math and balancing analyses in large-scale trials
A new EdWorkingPaper from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University highlights not only the effects of Zearn Math, a digital K–8 platform, but also how education researchers balance confirmatory and exploratory analyses in large-scale trials. ...
13 10 2025
早期数学困难:从幼儿园到四年级的成长轨迹与预测因素
Math learning difficulties (MD) have been recognized as a crucial aspect of students’ daily life and their future educational advancement. While many students demonstrate math difficulties as early as kindergarten, researchers have a lack of understanding of achievement trajectories and factors influencing ma ...
11 10 2025
A Study on the Relationship between Mathematical Anxiety and Mathematical Academic Achievement: A Meta-analysis Based on 73 Empirical Studies in Basic Education in China
This study aims to enrich the relevant empirical research results on the relationship between students' mathematics anxiety and their academic performance in basic education in China. ...
18 09 2025
Bidirectional Relationships between Teacher-student Relationships and Children’s Math Anxiety:A Longitudinal Study
To explore the longitudinal relationship and the underlying mechanisms of action between teacher-student relationships and elementary school children's math anxiety, a paper published in Psychological Development and Education selected 221 third- and fourth-grade students for a one-year, two-round follow-up s ...
05 09 2025
How early do STEM and verbal abilities stereotypes start among children?
In a recent meta-analysis on children’s gender stereotypes about STEM and verbal abilities, data from 98 studies across 33 nations involving more than 145,000 children were integrated. The findings reveal that verbal stereotypes favoring girls’ abilities (b = 0.19) are stronger than aggregated STEM stereotype ...
25 06 2025
How Can Generative Artificial Intelligence Enable Students’ Digital Literacy Cultivation: —An Empirical Study Based on Information Science and Technology Curriculum
With the development of new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, the digital transformation of various industries in society is further accelerating. Digital literacy constitutes a crucial aspect of the comprehensive qualities of talents in the digital era, and cul ...
12 06 2025
How Can Generative Artificial Intelligence Enable Students’ Digital Literacy Cultivation: —An Empirical Study Based on Information Science and Technology Curriculum
With the development of new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, the digital transformation of various industries in society is further accelerating. ...
13 05 2025
The Short-Term Effects of the“Double Reduction”Policy: Evidence from Household Surveys and Online Platform Data
The academic burden of primary and secondary school students is an important policy issue for the development of education and the growth of young people in our country. Although the policy has been implemented for four years, due to the lack of micro-tracking data, most existing studies are based on cross-se ...
06 01 2026
A Study of the Mechanisms Influencing the Development of Teachers’ Curriculum Leadership in the Context of Digital Transformation
Against the dual backdrop of curriculum reform and educational digital transformation, developing curriculum leadership among K-12 teachers is an urgent necessity for deepening high-quality curriculum reform. ...
16 12 2025
Research on the Influence of Individual Competence and Interpersonal Relationships on Bullying Perpetration Primary and Secondary School Students
Based on large-scale provincial monitoring data, the effects of individual ability and interpersonal relationships on bullying behavior of primary and secondary school students were analyzed by logistic regression, Owen decomposition and random forest ...
05 12 2025
Intergenerational Educational Expectations of Low-income Families and Academic Burnout of Adolescents
Based on the survey data of the project "Construction of Social Policy Support System for Urban and Rural Families in Difficulty in China", this paper empirically examines the internal relationship between intergenerational educational expectations and adolescent academic burnout in low-income families by tak ...
04 12 2025
The troika that helps students develop their social and emotional abilities: peer relationships, teacher-student relationships, and family relationships
The development of social and emotional abilities is deeply rooted in the interaction of interpersonal relationships, and peer relationships, teacher-student relationships, and family relationships are the core ecological factors in the socialization process of adolescents, providing an important framework fo ...
03 12 2025
How Does Physical Activity Enhance Social and Emotional Skills in AdolescentsA Machine Learning Based Multidimensional Empirical Analysis
Social-emotional competence serves as a cornerstone for adolescents 'academic success, mental well-being, positive social connections, and adaptation to societal development. It also plays a pivotal role in shaping personal growth and happiness. Given its unique social attributes, physical exercise provides r ...
23 10 2025
The Dual-Channel Model Linking Parents’ Educational Anxiety to Primary Students’ Academic Adjustment
In the context of intensifying educational competition and continuously rising parental expectations for their children's academic performance, parental educational anxiety has become a significant family factor influencing child development. Academic adjustment, a key ability for students to cope with the sc ...
22 10 2025
How to Crack the Dilemma of “Difficult to Educate Children” in Township Boarding Schools?
As a vital component of rural compulsory education, township boarding schools play a crucial role in optimizing educational resource allocation and promoting educational equity. However, many such institutions currently face the persistent challenge of "boarding without proper nurturing. ...
12 01 2026
The Impact of“Flexible Working Hours”on the Workload of Teachers in Compulsory Education
This study was published in Journal of Fujian Normal University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition). This study is based on survey data from 3,106 teachers across 10 provinces (municipalities) in the eastern, central, and western regions of China, analyzed using the propensity score matching method. ...
05 01 2026
The Influence of Organizational Support Perception on Primary and Secondary School Teachers' Intent to Leave———The Mediating Role of Occupational Adjustment and the Moderating Role of Social Capital
Organizational support plays a crucial role in the professional adaptation and competency development of primary and secondary school teachers. ...
15 12 2025
Spatiotemporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Shadow Education Institutions in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration
Shadow education refers to various tutorial and tutoring services that students receive outside of mainstream school education. ...
12 12 2025
A Study on the Impact of Educational Burdens on Family Well-Being
The burden of family education is a long-standing stubborn disease in the problem of "education burden reduction", and with the continuous prominence of the "involution" of education, its harm and how to achieve educational equity deserve further study. ...
09 12 2025
Gender Preferences in Educational Investment of Chinese Rural Families
Education is a key pathway for promoting social mobility and human capital accumulation, and its equitable distribution is crucial for stability and development. In traditional Chinese society, women had significantly fewer educational opportunities than men, leading to significant disparities in socioeconomi ...
27 10 2025
Principal Leadership Improvement: Which is more important, personality traits or organizational environment?
The study, published in the Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Science Edition), is based on the questionnaire survey data of 552 primary and secondary school principals in 25 provinces and cities across the country in 2024, and uses hierarchical linear regression, quantile regression and Sh ...
21 10 2025
Gender preference for education investment in rural Chinese families: micro evidence from families with many children
Education is an important way to promote social mobility and human capital accumulation, and its equitable distribution is crucial for stability and development. In traditional Chinese society, women have significantly fewer educational opportunities than men, resulting in a large difference in socioeconomic ...
25 09 2025
The Impact of Relative Age on Student Development in Compulsory Education
In the compulsory education stage, the age difference caused by the different birth years and months of birth of students in the same grade makes relatively younger children face many challenges in school life, while relatively older children have an advantage. This phenomenon has had a profound impact on edu ...
30 12 2025
Educational Investment “Puzzle”: Which Matters More for Adolescents’ Non-Cognitive Skills—Family, Class, or School?
Non-cognitive ability is an important part of human capital and one of the important indicators to measure students' all-round development. ...
11 12 2025
Long-term effects of grade retention for older students
Research suggests that early grade retention is less harmful than in later grades, when staying with one’s peers s especially crucial. ...
14 10 2025
The Dual-Channel Model Linking Parents’ Educational Anxiety to Primary Students’ Academic Adjustment
In the context of intensifying educational competition and continuously rising parental expectations for their children's academic performance, parental educational anxiety has become a significant family factor influencing child development. Academic adjustment, a key ability for students to cope with the sc ...
23 09 2025
Principal Leadership Improvement: Which is more important, personality traits or organizational environment?
The study, published in the Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Science Edition), is based on the questionnaire survey data of 552 primary and secondary school principals in 25 provinces and cities across the country in 2024, and uses hierarchical linear regression, quantile regression and Sh ...
19 09 2025
How generative AI empowers teachingHow generative AI empowers teaching ——An empirical study on the teaching of English writing for middle school students
Hubei Province, the study empirically tested the impact of GAI feedback on middle school students' English writing performance by comparing the scores of the experimental group (GAI feedback) and the control group (teacher feedback) in four composition scores. ...
17 09 2025
How Does Family Background Affect Teenagers’ Career Preparation: The Mediating Role of Social and Emotional Abilities
Adolescence is a critical transition from childhood to adulthood and a key starting point for career awareness and preparation. ...
12 09 2025
"Preferring for General High Schools over Vocational Schools": Who are not willing to go to Vocational Schools
The research team conducted a qualitative analysis of various demographic variables influencing students' choices regarding further education, with a particular focus on the impact of return migration age on the academic adaptation of left-behind children. ...
08 09 2025
Bidirectional Relationships between Teacher-student Relationships and Children’s Math Anxiety:A Longitudinal Study
To explore the longitudinal relationship and the underlying mechanisms of action between teacher-student relationships and elementary school children's math anxiety, a paper published in Psychological Development and Education selected 221 third- and fourth-grade students for a one-year, two-round follow-up s ...
05 09 2025