This study explored school psychologists' practices in the areas of developing behavior intervention plans (BIPs), conducting functional behavior assessments (FBAs), and behavioral consultation. Practitioners were asked to rate their level of confidence in the implementation with fidelity of the last BIP they developed. Relationships between these…

Student engagement is a key factor in promoting learning and academic achievement. This study explores the factors underlying student engagement and the best practices advocated by students and faculty to engage students. Results revealed that student motivation to learn and self-efficacy are positively associated with student engagement. In…

This study investigated the change in preservice teachers' (PSTs) mathematics teaching self-efficacy through a mathematics methods course and revealed the best practices that helped the PSTs develop a higher self-efficacy and a growth mindset for teaching mathematics. We collected data through a scaled-response questionnaire to measure PSTs'…

This study examined the impact school leaders had on the self-efficacy of African American Male (AAM) teachers who matriculated through an alternative certification program. Purposeful sampling was used in this study with four inclusion criteria. The study occurred at a large urban Title 1 school district in the Southeast. The district was…

Background/Context: The U.S has experienced years of lost progress in math because of the COVID-19 pandemic (NAEP, n.d.a). Fraction understanding is widely characterized as the gatekeeper to algebra (Booth et al., 2012; National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008) and can support success in middle and high school math (Bailey et al., 2012; Booth et…

Purpose: Untreated hearing loss is a significant public health issue affecting the quality of life of millions of Americans. Barriers to treatment invite novel and innovation solutions, but as these solutions create new treatment delivery models, they also may--purposefully or accidentally--challenge the values of the field. Method:…

"Optimal best practice" is a central feat of human agency. It emphasizes a state of flourishing and reflects, in this case, the paradigm of positive psychology. One research inquiry that is of interest relates to an explanatory account of how a person reaches a state of optimal best. Recent research development has considered an…

Microcontrollers are widely used in agriculture, yet most undergraduate agriculture students do not have the programming skills necessary to make use of these devices in their academic programs or careers. However, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have the ability to write complex microcontroller programs when…

Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to the existing conceptualizations of counseling ethics competency and to develop a counseling ethics competency scale. This paper also argues that spirituality and self-efficacy influence counseling ethics competency. Design/methodology/approach: A series of studies were performed to develop hypotheses and a…

Purpose: As maker-centered learning grows rapidly in school environments, there is an urgent need for new forms of assessment. The purpose of this paper is to report on the development and implementation of tools to support embedded assessment of maker competencies within school-based maker programs and describes alternative assessment approaches…

In recent years, immigrant family apprehensions at the United States southern border have more than doubled. Those wishing to stay enter a complex legal process as they either fight for lawful status or remain unauthorized. The trauma many experienced may inhibit their ability to articulate claims to legal status. Yet several relief options are…

Rates of students engaging in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are rising and additional supports in the schools are needed (Nock, 2010, "Ann Rev Clin Psychol," 6, 339-363; Stargell et al., 2017, "Prof Sch Couns," 21, 37-46). School psychologists, school counselors, and school nurses are key personnel in responding to…

This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study using the School Counseling Self-Efficacy Scale examined whether school-counseling-specific supervision increased self-efficacy related to school counseling best practice. The study included supervision of 24 practicing school counselors using the School Counseling Supervision Model framework.…

The purpose of this correlational, quantitative research study was to examine the extent to which relationships exist between distributed leadership, school culture, and the self-efficacy of teachers within public middle schools in central New Jersey. This study was informed by Spillane's and Elmore's theoretical frameworks concerning distributed…

The enigma of the Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) policy directive in England, alongside the conspicuous 'school readiness' agenda appears to be inducing detrimental incongruities in graduate early years educators' teaching of phonics to two-year olds. This paper outlines the findings of a contemporary research study highlighting that graduate…