Since 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF)--funded Science, Technology, and Math Preparation Scholarships (STAMPS) project has provided financial and community support for undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in STEM majors. In this article, the authors explore the impact of STAMPS on how cohorts…

The National Center for Educational Statistics' [NCES] 2021 annual report indicates that there are currently over five million English Language Learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools. Of additional importance to this statistic is that the growing wave of diversity is no longer primarily settling in the larger metropolitan areas, but ELLs and their…

This study explored teachers' perceptions of the servant leadership behaviors of instructional coaches. Additionally, the study examined teacher well-being measured as teachers' feelings of school connectedness and teaching efficacy. The participants were teachers (N = 72) from three public school districts in the southern United States.…

Previous studies on civic engagement have been reviewed in their contextual factors, for example, factors in organizational, pedagogical, and psychological domains, while little research has confirmed the structural linkage of related latent variables in this topic. This study intends to investigate college students' civic engagement efficacy that…

This study elucidates the relationship between instructional leadership and teacher self-efficacy by identifying the moderating role of teacher collegiality. Survey data were collected from 1,498 teachers at 53 middle schools in Henan, China. Findings indicate that instructional leadership has a positive impact on teacher self-efficacy. More…

The aim of this study is to compare the self-efficacy beliefs in problem posing of middle school mathematics teachers in Science and Art Centres and state schools. A descriptive research model was employed. The study was conducted with 187 teachers and "Teachers' Problem Posing Self-Efficacy Beliefs Inventory" (TPPBEI) was used. In the…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to understand the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy and teachers' attitudes and perceptions towards cooperative learning strategies in an online setting. This study also intended to understand the relationship between teachers' attitudes and perceptions towards cooperative learning strategies…

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors contributing to the situation appraisal process that faculty experience in technologically stressful situations. Identifying the factors that contribute to the appraisal process can provide insight to campus administrative leaders who seek effective ways for faculty members to lower their…

The problem addressed by this study is the limited knowledge and understanding of principal leadership self-efficacy during a global pandemic, which in turn may negatively play a role in the leadership self-efficacy of teachers. The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory case study was to explore how principals' leadership self-efficacy played a…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how public-school administrators acting in an instructional leadership role describe the influence of instructional leadership self-efficacy on their work engagement in a suburban region located in the western United States. The theoretical framework was based on Skaalvik's…

Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being used for education and training, raising questions about how to assess the degree to which people feel competent learning through VR. In 2022, Saville and colleagues developed the Virtual Reality Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (VRLSE). The current experiment builds on their work. VR can be used for a wide…

More and more, colleges and universities across the United States and throughout the world are relying on adjunct instructors (sometimes called casual academics or part time instructors) to teach classes in their field of expertise. Often, those classes require a blending of theory into practical application, such as in business, accounting and…

In recent years, an increasing number of students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) have enrolled in universities. The present exploratory study examined the frequency of use and appreciation of universal (open to every student) and specific services (offered to students with SLDs) and their relation to age, academic achievement,…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine formative first-year practices and motivating factors that encouraged first-year college students to pursue peer mentorship roles. The examination of peer mentorship within undergraduate populations owes much to Jacobi's (1991) study on mentoring and academic success, which more recently has…

This study constructed a moderated mediation model to explore the impact of parent-child communication on English academic engagement. We conducted a questionnaire survey among 21,270 middle school students using various measurements: English Academic Engagement Scale, Adolescent Parent-Child Communication Scale, learning adaptability…