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        <pubDate>2026-08-11T13:02:58.363+00:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Perceived skill devaluation as an indirect statistical pathway between perceived generative AI impact and algorithmic anxiety among college students: associations with adaptive coping strategies]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Dou Chenxu</author><author>Zhang Yinuo</author><author>Ji Chenao</author><author>Xu Xin</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping graduates' employment environments, job-competency requirements, and career competition. This study examined how perceived AI-related technological impact is associated with college students' perceived skill devaluation, algorithmic anxiety, career self-efficacy, growth mindset, and adaptive coping strategies.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among college students. The instrument was developed in Chinese and refined in a preliminary sample through exploratory factor analysis and item diagnostics. The final measurement and structural models were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.ResultsPerceived AI technological impact was positively associated with perceived skill devaluation and algorithmic anxiety, and perceived skill devaluation was positively associated with algorithmic anxiety. The product-of-coefficients indirect association from perceived AI technological impact to algorithmic anxiety through perceived skill devaluation was statistically significant. However, the full indirect association extending through algorithmic anxiety to adaptive coping strategies was not statistically confirmed because its bootstrap confidence interval included zero. Career self-efficacy and growth mindset were not significantly associated with lower algorithmic anxiety and did not show significant moderating associations, but both were positively associated with adaptive coping strategies.DiscussionThese findings suggest that AI-related employment anxiety among college students is associated with their appraisal of whether technological change threatens the value of their career competencies, whereas adaptive coping is more strongly associated with positive psychological resources. Because the data are cross-sectional, the findings should be interpreted as theoretically consistent associations and statistical indirect pathways rather than demonstrated temporal or causal processes.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Student engagement and performance in online assessments: evidence of ceiling effects and implications for adaptive assessment design]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ahlam Almalawi</author><author>Ben Soh</author><author>Alice Li</author><author>Manal Alanazi</author><author>Halima Samra</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionOnline assessments often fail to differentiate student performance because scores compress near the maximum, a ceiling effect that can make a genuine engagement-performance relationship statistically invisible, whether or not one exists. This study demonstrates that risk.MethodsAmong undergraduate female computer science students at King Khalid University (KKU), Saudi Arabia (N = 242), just over half achieved perfect assessment scores, and no significant relationship between behavioural engagement and performance emerged across correlation, regression, or classification analysis.ResultsCluster analysis, which does not depend on score variance in the same way, tells a different story: it reveals four distinct engagement-performance profiles, including a high-effort, low-performance group invisible to the correlational approach. A descriptive faculty survey (N = 20) points to a plausible cause: most assessments are custom-designed rather than drawn from difficulty-calibrated item banks and motivates a preliminary Adaptive Online Assessment Design Framework (AOADF) for future testing.DiscussionThe central contribution is not a claim about whether engagement predicts performance, but a demonstration that null results in ceiling-affected assessment data reflect an instrument limitation rather than an absent relationship, with direct implications for how learning-analytics findings should be interpreted across online assessment research.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[From microstructural evidence to research engagement: an analytical transfer and engagement model for sustainable geotechnical education]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Assel Tulebekova</author><author>Aliya Aldungarova</author><author>Natalya Ryvkina</author><author>Dana Bakirova</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionUndergraduate geotechnical laboratories often develop procedural competence but provide fewer opportunities for students to interpret uncertain evidence, connect microstructure with engineering behavior, and evaluate sustainability-oriented decisions.MethodsThis classroom-based descriptive curriculum evaluation examined a research-integrated module embedded in a regular Fundamentals of Geotechnics course. The module combined conventional soil characterization, chitosan-based stabilization, scanning electron microscopy, ImageJ-assisted analysis, open-ended engineering explanation, and differentiated engagement pathways for 50 civil engineering students without increasing contact hours.ResultsMean scores were 83.28 +/- 6.67 for theory, 82.20 +/- 6.28 for laboratory work, 79.10 +/- 7.28 for research-oriented tasks, and 78.28 +/- 7.42 for open-ended analysis. The structured-task mean was 82.74 and the interpretation-intensive mean was 78.69, yielding an Analytical Transfer Gap (ATG) of 4.05 points. Because paired component-level records were unavailable, ATG is presented as a provisional descriptive course-level statistic rather than a validated measure of individual learning transfer. Student responses were favorable, although the unvalidated three-option survey and possible social desirability effects limit interpretation.DiscussionThe Analytical Transfer and Engagement Model (ATEM) links this diagnostic pattern and the Integrated Learning Index with guided support, extended inquiry, and collaborative research participation. The findings suggest that sustainability-oriented microstructural inquiry may support analytical reasoning, digital evidence use, sustainability-oriented judgment, and research engagement. The study evaluates curriculum implementation rather than causal effectiveness.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[ESCAPE: a mixed-methods pilot study of a movement-based learning circuit for earthquake safety education in kindergarten]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Nini Aryani</author><author>Nopa Wilyanita</author><author>Swandra Rahayu</author><author>Deefa Maharani</author><author>Neni Hermita</author><author> Sohibun</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionIndonesia's seismic exposure makes developmentally appropriate earthquake-safety education important in early childhood settings. This study examined the classroom implementation of ESCAPE, a movement-based learning circuit.MethodsA mixed-methods pilot study was conducted with 45 children aged 5–6 years across three kindergartens in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Completion of eight binary classroom tasks was recorded at the initial and final observation occasions. Because one final participant row could not be verified, the primary complete-case analysis included 44 children. Teacher and parent perspectives were also examined qualitatively.ResultsThe median task-completion score increased from 4 [IQR 3-6] to 8 [IQR 7–8] on the 0–8 scale. The mean within-child increase was 2.98 tasks, t(43) = 10.27, p < 0.001, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank result was consistent with this pattern (W = 5.0, p < 0.001). Teachers described greater familiarity with the activity sequence and sustained engagement, while several parents reported discussion or re-enactment of selected activities at home.DiscussionThe findings support preliminary classroom feasibility and increased completion of practised tasks. They do not establish comprehensive earthquake preparedness, causal effectiveness, or technical safety certification.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[“In their own way”: personalization in history teaching in second-chance academic classes]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Oded Cohen</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In this article, I seek to present a case description of personalized learning implemented in my teaching practice as a high school history teacher in central Israel. The study spans two consecutive academic years in two 11th-grade Second-Chance Academic (MABAR) classes. Grounded in qualitative educational discourse, this research offers a reflective perspective on lived experience rather than quantitative data. At the center is an interpretive examination of personalized learning during preparation for the national matriculation examination, where students were offered a choice between different learning modalities. While most students ultimately chose to remain in or return to the traditional teacher-led classroom, the findings suggest that for vulnerable populations, agency operates powerfully through the act of choosing itself, with the classroom functioning as a deliberately selected anchor. The study offers insights into pedagogical processes, challenges, and students’ responses. These responses consistently described an increased sense of ownership and a heightened awareness of personal responsibility for their learning, trends evident through daily interactions and supported by students’ own accounts in informal conversations and reflective interviews administered over the course of the study. In addition to these findings, the article proposes several directions for reflection and preliminary perspectives regarding possible ways of implementing personalized learning in school settings.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Developing social values among future teachers: a practice-oriented approach in Kazakhstan]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Ademi Botabayeva</author><author>Sandugash Baisarina</author><author>Yerkin Uisimbayev</author><author>Galymzhan Botabayev</author><author>Nurlan Baigabylov</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionKnowledge of the social values held by future teachers, and the capacity of higher education to shape these values constructively, is highly relevant in contemporary teacher education. Social values are understood here as a constellation of moral, civic, and professional qualities-including dignity, conscience, charity, kindness, honesty, civic responsibility, social engagement, love for children, and the capacity to work collaboratively-that teachers first internalize personally and subsequently transmit to their students.MethodsThis quasi-experimental study evaluated a practice-oriented intervention, “Formation of Social Values of Future Teachers,” implemented with second-year pre-service teachers in Kazakhstan. Pre- and post-intervention data were collected using an adaptation of B. S. Kruglov's “Value Orientations of the Personality” methodology (derived from M. Rokeach's Value Survey) in an experimental group (n = 27) and a control group (n = 28).ResultsAggregate-level non-parametric analysis (Mann-Whitney U) showed a statistically significant increase in rated values within the experimental group following the intervention (terminal values: p = .0004; instrumental values: p < .001), while the control group showed no significant change over the same period (p = .59 and p = .75, respectively). The two groups were not fully equivalent at baseline, and the post-intervention between-group comparison did not reach statistical significance at the aggregate level.DiscussionThese findings are interpreted cautiously as suggestive, rather than conclusive, evidence that structured, practice-oriented coursework can support the development of social values among future teachers. Implications, limitations, and directions for further research are discussed.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Invisible struggles: the reality of food insecurity among students at the University of the Western Cape]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Elizabeth Archer</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Food insecurity is a student-success, equity and well-being concern in South African higher education. At historically disadvantaged institutions, the issue is shaped by national patterns of inequality, the transition from school-based nutrition support to more fragmented post-school support, and the limits of using income or funding status alone as a proxy for basic needs. This study examines the prevalence and severity of food insecurity among students at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and explores demographic and socio-economic patterns associated with vulnerability. An anonymous online census survey was administered to registered UWC students between March and September 2023. The survey combined demographic questions with the eight-item Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Responses were analysed descriptively and through Rasch-based FIES procedures to examine prevalence, item severity, residual correlations and comparability with the global reference scale. Among 655 valid FIES cases, 66% of respondents were classified as experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity; 49% were classified as severely food insecure. The item hierarchy indicated a progression from anxiety about food access and limited dietary variety to skipped meals, hunger and going a whole day without eating. Descriptive subgroup patterns showed higher mean food insecurity scores among students with no formal income and those relying on government grants, and higher mean scores among African and Coloured students than among Indian and White students. Here, ‘Coloured’ is capitalised and used in its specific South African context to denote a recognised population group and social identity, not in the derogatory sense the word may carry elsewhere. Food insecurity at UWC is not a marginal welfare issue but a basic-needs constraint on learning and participation. Institutional responses should therefore connect food relief, financial aid advising, psychosocial support, data-informed referral systems, and sustainable campus food initiatives, while recognising the structural limits of what a single university can resolve on its own.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[University entrepreneurship ecosystems that foster faculty engagement and entrepreneurial leadership: evidence from Bolivia]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-11T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>José Loaiza-Torres</author><author>Mauricio Carvache-Franco</author><author>Jorge Salas-Vargas</author><author>Orly Carvache-Franco</author><author>Alex Paz Becerra</author><author>Virginio Avila Lema</author><author>Wilmer Carvache-Franco</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThe concept of the entrepreneurial university has evolved significantly, positioning faculty members as key actors. The objective of this study was to explain the relationship between the university's entrepreneurial ecosystem and faculty commitment to supporting entrepreneurial activity, considering the role of entrepreneurial leadership and innovative culture in universities in southern Bolivia.MethodsThrough quantitative research using PLS-SEM structural equation modeling and questionnaire administered to 126 faculty members.Results and DiscussionThe findings revealed that the ecosystem has a positive and significant influence on faculty commitment (β = 0.317; p < 0.05) and on entrepreneurial leadership(β = 0.086; p < 0.05); however, insufficient evidence was found to validate the relationship between leadership and commitment or the moderating effect of innovative culture between the ecosystem and faculty commitment. It is concluded that universities that optimize their entrepreneurial ecosystems not only strengthen faculty commitment to entrepreneurship but also enhance entrepreneurial leadership.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Assurance by design: embedding the SAGE Defend step in AI-integrated higher education assessment]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Hypothesis and Theory</category>
        <author>Mahmoud Elkhodr</author><author>Ergun Gide</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This paper conceptualises the SAGE Defend step, the sixth stage of the Structured AI-Guided Education framework, as a format-agnostic assurance checkpoint for AI-integrated higher education assessment. The study responds to a verification gap identified in earlier SAGE research, in which process documentation and AI interaction logs were found to support transparency but not, by themselves, to verify individual ownership of reasoning in group-based AI-integrated submissions. Adopting a design-informed conceptual approach grounded in design-based research principles, the paper integrates a multi-year programme of empirical SAGE studies, a structured synthesis of the assurance-task literature, and diagnostic observations from three Defend-proximate assessment implementations across undergraduate and postgraduate units at Central Queensland University. It distinguishes between assurance tasks that directly require students to demonstrate reasoning or performance, controlled assurance conditions that restrict the assessment environment, and corroborative assurance signals that provide corroborating but non-stand-alone evidence. On this basis the paper proposes a three-class assurance-task typology, an epistemic matching framework, and six design principles for embedding SAGE Defend within assessment sequences. It further argues that assurance should be distributed across the assessment sequence of a unit, so that each learning outcome is verified at a point and intensity proportionate to its stakes rather than concentrated in a single terminal examination. The paper frames this response as assurance by design, an approach that, echoing the established engineering principles of security by design and privacy by design, builds verification into the assessment sequence rather than appending it after the fact, and it names the compounding cost of the retrofitted alternative as assurance debt. Rather than presenting SAGE Defend as an oral examination model or claiming empirical validation of a single format, the paper positions Defend as a design principle through which educators can align verification tasks with the cognitive, professional, or technical competency being assessed. The contribution is therefore conceptual and practice-informed, offering a structured basis for the future empirical validation of specific Defend formats across disciplines, cohorts, and delivery modes.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Teaching the unrepaired past as repair in Latin America and the Caribbean]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Perspective</category>
        <author>Shodona Kettle</author>
        <description><![CDATA[In this article I explore initiatives for truth telling in educational spaces as a form of repair and reparation across Latin America and the Caribbean. I particularly emphasise Afro-descendant imaginings of curriculum transformation, anti-racist pedagogy, and institutional accountability. I argue that reforms in education must go beyond the simple inclusion of formerly hidden histories and propose that educational institutions should confront their standing in reproducing the damages caused by historical denial, epistemic violence, and colonial narratives of nationhood. Drawing on examples from Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and the Dutch Caribbean, are useful for how reparative praxes is being enacted through Afrocentric memory, anti-racist curriculum development, textbook critique, and debates about education post apology. I shed light on less commonly placed conversations that reveal alternative approaches toward educational repair.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Neuromyths and instructional illusions in higher arts education: initial development of the Teaching and Learning Misconceptions Questionnaire]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Brief Research Report</category>
        <author>Erick Estrada</author><author>Jimmy Zambrano R</author>
        <description><![CDATA[BackgroundThe persistence of neuromyths among educators remains a significant concern worldwide. Although recent research has begun to expand toward other forms of misconceptions, including those related to instructional design, evidence from regional and local contexts remains limited. This preliminary study examined the prevalence of educational neuromyths and instructional illusions among Ecuadorian teachers and students in higher education arts programs and explores the internal structure of the Teaching and Learning Misconceptions Questionnaire, designed to assess erroneous beliefs about teaching and learning.MethodsThe sample consisted of 81 teachers and 208 students from an Ecuadorian higher education institution specializing in the arts. The questionnaire included 19 items assessing general brain knowledge, 2 highly prevalent neuromyths, and 16 filler items addressing instructional illusions.ResultsThe results showed high levels of endorsement of multiple intelligences (94% of teachers and 89% of students) and learning styles (96% of teachers and 99% of students), as well as the engagement illusion (72.22% of teachers and 78.49% of students), student-centered illusion (59.26% of teachers and 76.08% of students), discovery illusion (68.21% of teachers and 62.02% of students), and transfer illusion (63.89% of teachers and 54.45% of students). General brain knowledge negatively predicted endorsement of neuromyths, but not of instructional illusions.ConclusionThese preliminary findings suggest that educational misconceptions do not constitute a unitary category, but rather reflect distinct conceptual foundations and interrelated systems of pedagogical beliefs.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Measuring self-regulated learning and personality in a Mongolian security and defense training institution: psychometric validation of the MSLQ-M and BFI-2-S using exploratory structural equation modeling]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Chamintsetseg Myagmarkhorloo</author><author>Dolgorjav Dorjsembe</author><author>Anita Habók</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionCross-cultural psychometric validation of personality and self-regulated learning (SRL) instruments remains limited in Central Asian institutional contexts. This study examined the structural validity, reliability, measurement invariance and criterion validity of Mongolian adaptations of the Big Five Inventory-2 Short Form (BFI-2-S) and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire strategy subscales (MSLQ-M).MethodsIn 307 students at a Mongolian security and defense training institution, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) with GEOMIN rotation was conducted in Mplus 8.3, alongside an independent-clusters confirmatory model, gender invariance testing, and a full ESEM-SEM linking personality, SRL and self-reported GPA.ResultsThe BFI-2-S fitted well (CFI = .933, RMSEA = .052) but yielded a dominant general evaluative factor spanning Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Open-Mindedness, with Negative Emotionality the only cleanly recovered domain, a consequence of the all-positive item adaptation adopted for cultural appropriateness. An independent-clusters confirmatory model fitted substantially worse (CFI = .851) and returned latent correlations of .83 to .97 among the four positively-valenced domains, indicating that the conventional model relocates rather than detects this artefact. The MSLQ-M supported a two-factor higher-order structure, Cognitive-Metacognitive and Behavioral-Social SRL (r = .764), although its nominal nine-subscale structure was not recovered. Reliability was strong across all 14 scales (α = .760–.947) and full scalar invariance across gender was supported. Four of five personality domains correlated significantly with all nine MSLQ-M subscales (r = .315–.497), whereas Negative Emotionality showed near-zero associations. In a full ESEM-SEM the general evaluative factor predicted both SRL factors (β = .366 and .440), whereas no cleanly measured domain did, and neither SRL nor personality predicted self-reported GPA, a null robust across three criterion specifications.DiscussionFindings highlight the psychometric costs of all-positive item adaptations and indicate that apparent personality–SRL associations under such adaptations may be carried substantially by shared response valence.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Navigating institutional audit: a new institutional theory perspective on quality assurance in Ghanaian universities]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Emmanuel Nyarko Oware</author><author>Sello Mokoena</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThe rapid expansion of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa, coupled with the adoption of quality assurance (QA) audit systems modelled on international frameworks, has created significant implementation challenges. While extensive research exists on QA audits in Western and Asian contexts, the African perspective-particularly how institutional leaders interpret and respond to audit pressures-remains underexplored.MethodsThis qualitative multiple-case study applies New Institutional Theory (NIT) to examine how senior leaders in four Ghanaian public universities perceive and respond to institutional audits. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 university leaders (Vice-Chancellors, Registrars, QA Directors, Deans of Academic Affairs). Data were analyzed using hybrid thematic analysis incorporating both deductive coding (NIT concepts) and inductive coding (emergent themes).ResultsFindings reveal a legitimacy paradox wherein leaders balance external compliance demands with internal resource constraints that hinder authentic QA implementation. Leaders simultaneously understand audits as compliance instruments (coercive isomorphism), improvement tools (normative isomorphism), accountability mechanisms, and accreditation pathways. Persistent challenges including inadequate preparedness, inefficient data management, and communication failures produce decoupling-where formal audit structures are adopted but fail to integrate into everyday practice. Universities respond through mimetic strategies including decentralizing quality management, enhancing data systems, engaging in professional networks, and developing internal QA capacity.DiscussionThe study demonstrates that audit challenges reflect deeper institutional legitimacy issues rather than mere operational failures. Decoupling emerges not as organizational failure but as strategic management-a rational response to competing pressures in resource-constrained environments. By positioning Ghana as a critical case for examining isomorphism and decoupling, this research offers a transferable analytical model for understanding QA implementation in developing higher education systems. The findings hold significant implications for policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to align regulatory compliance with authentic quality culture.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Linear or grid? LMS layout and students’ perceived usability across academic progression]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Dafna Nathan</author><author>Doron Altaratz</author><author>Simcha Rozen</author><author>Michaela Fenakel Fiedelman</author><author>Iris Gertner Moryossef</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionIn contemporary higher education, learning management systems (LMS) serve as central digital environments in which students access content, complete tasks, and navigate course requirements. Despite the central role of these systems, decisions about LMS interface layout are often guided by institutional defaults or visual conventions rather than empirical evidence. This study examined how different Moodle layouts are associated with usability, as perceived by students, and whether these evaluations vary by academic seniority, gender, or academic discipline.MethodsUsing a quasi-experimental, between-groups design, we compared two widely used Moodle layouts within a mandatory, standardized institutional course: the linear collapsed topics format (CTF) and the tile-based grid format (GF). The study participants were 386 undergraduate students who evaluated the course site using a 15-item instrument that addressed different aspects of the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI; Cronbach's α = .967).ResultsStudents who accessed the course in the CTF layout assigned significantly higher UX and UI scores than those who accessed it in the GF layout. Academic seniority was also associated with greater perceived usability, with third-year students assigning higher UX and UI scores than first-year students. However, the layout × academic year interaction was not statistically significant, indicating that layout-related differences were broadly consistent across academic years. Usability evaluations did not differ by gender. Although academic discipline was associated with overall UX scores, layout-related evaluation patterns did not differ significantly by discipline.DiscussionThese findings suggest that structured, linear LMS layouts may support perceived usability in mandatory or content-heavy course environments. Conceptually, the study frames LMS interface preferences as emerging from the interplay between interface structure and learners’ accumulated experience within institutional digital-learning environments, positioning interface design as a pedagogical decision rather than a merely technical one.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Influence of innovation skills and entrepreneurial capacities on digital entrepreneurship in Peruvian university students]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Max Joel Tapullima-Davila</author><author>Luz Neri Rojas Huamán</author><author>Carmen Doreli Guerrero-Chocán</author><author>Maribel Paredes Saavedra</author><author>José Joel Cruz-Tarrillo</author>
        <description><![CDATA[This study examined how innovation skills influence digital entrepreneurship among Peruvian university students. The study was prepared from a quantitative methodological perspective, a basic type, and a non-experimental causal correlational design. The sample consisted of 600 university students selected for convenience. The results indicate that innovation skills have positive effects on entrepreneurial skills (β = 0.886; p < 0.001) and digital entrepreneurship (β = 0.288; p < 0.001); and that entrepreneurial skills are influenced by digital entrepreneurship (β = 0.654; p < 0.001), in addition, entrepreneurial skills play an important mediating role between innovation skills and digital entrepreneurship (β = 0.579; p < 0.001), with indicators of optimal model adjustments (GFI = 0.972; RMSEA = 0.054; CFI = 0.993). The findings indicate the need to implement university programs to optimize innovation, creativity, and management strategies within educational settings. This study establishes that entrepreneurial capacities are the mechanism that enables the connection between innovation and sustainable digital action and the development of university education.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blueprints of learning: a European perspective on policy and school design]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Laura Cormio</author><author>Lien Reekmans</author><author>Nisa Nur Göksel</author><author>Maura Mengoni</author><author>Ruth Stevens</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionThe design of school environments plays a critical role in shaping educational experiences. However, the extent to which spatial configurations support pedagogical innovation largely depends on how policy guidelines are developed and translated into architectural practice. This paper examines the intersection of policy and design by analyzing recent national school environment policies in Belgium (Flanders), Italy, and Türkiye, and how these are reflected in built primary school projects.MethodsA three-step qualitative method was applied across the three countries: (1) thematic analysis of policy documents, (2) thematic analysis of interviews with architects of recently built schools, and (3) a triangulation process of both datasets.ResultsAs a result, the study proposes a practice-based framework developed across the three countries. Rather than offering a unified model, it links policy orientations to architects' visions. Six interrelated design aspects are identified: building quality, architectural quality, pedagogy, inclusion, sustainability, and community & context.DiscussionThe framework provides a first step toward articulating key design features, offering a theoretical overview of practical implications and a shared language for architects and researchers connecting policy and spatial design.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being in education: underlying mechanisms and intervention strategies]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Editorial</category>
        <author>María-Mercedes Yeomans-Cabrera</author><author>Jonathan Martínez-Líbano</author><author>Ginés Navarro-Carrillo</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[Impact of using an educational robotics model on students’ innovation: the case of a final year class at a technical high school in Morocco]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-07T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Brief Research Report</category>
        <author>Younes Zidani</author><author>Younes Zahrou</author><author>Salah Nissabouri</author><author>Moulay El Houssine Ech-Chhibat</author><author>Khalifa Mansouri</author>
        <description><![CDATA[The current Moroccan high school curriculum, especially in the final year class of the mechanical science and technology discipline, looks like it insufficiently promotes the development of interdisciplinary and practical skills. Students’ overall development, both technically and personally, reflects this shortcoming. In fact, the selected approaches to teaching often concentrate on theory, ignoring practical application and real-life situations where the knowledge gained is used. In order to remedy this problem, it is essential to include more creative approaches focused on practical projects, such as robotics. This article presents an exploratory quasi-experimental study in which we try to evaluate how integrating AlphaBot2 educational robotics (STM32WB55RG-based) impacts innovation level among Moroccan technical high school students. Eight students were selected based on their academic status, previous experience, and availability. Three methodological frameworks are introduced and applied to the extent permitted by the sample size: (1) a quasi-experimental within-subjects design comparing two experimental conditions; (2) construct validity assessment of the Composite Innovation Index (CII) (which comprising eight indicators of innovation) through Cronbach's alpha, which proved statistically unstable at N = 8, confirming that full psychometric validation (CFA, SEM) requires a substantially larger sample; and (3) a Wilcoxon signed-rank test as a feasible non-parametric analogue to MANOVA for within-subjects comparisons. The mean CII score in Condition A (without time constraint) was 4.195 out of 5 (SD = 0.114), with the highest scores in critical thinking (M = 4.250) and autonomy (M = 4.333). A Wilcoxon signed-rank test comparing CII composite scores between Condition A (M = 4.195) and Condition B (with time constraint, M = 4.291) did not reach statistical significance (W = 8, Z = −1.40, p = 0.195), although the effect size was medium-to-large (r = 0.495). Six of eight students showed improvement under time pressure, while two (S6, S8) showed slight decreases. These findings confirm the exploratory potential of educational robotics for fostering innovation in Moroccan STEM education, while underscoring the methodological requirements for confirmatory research.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The application of prospect theory in reducing the school tardiness of university students]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-07T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Methods</category>
        <author>Yan He</author>
        <description><![CDATA[Reducing student tardiness rates is a long-standing challenge in education that has been studied for over a century. Drawing on Prospect Theory from behavioral economics, a grading method for evaluating class attendance was developed that shifts the incentive structure from earning points for on-time attendance to losing points for tardiness, i.e., utilizing loss aversion bias. This method was implemented across the 2022, 2023, and 2024 academic years, and reductions in tardiness rates were preliminarily observed. The present study replaces numerical points with physical cards. Whether physical cards elicit stronger loss aversion bias than numerical points do remains to be investigated.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to get students motivated in the classroom. A comparative study between the 2nd year of Basic Vocational Training and the 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain]]></title>
        <pubdate>2026-08-07T00:00:00Z</pubdate>
        <category>Original Research</category>
        <author>Alodía López-Sola</author><author>José Antonio López-López</author><author>Pablo Valdivia Martín</author><author>Vera Alexander</author><author>Ana Vanesa Valero-García</author>
        <description><![CDATA[IntroductionMotivation is a key factor influencing academic performance and learning. This study aimed to identify differences in motivation levels between students in the fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) and the second year of Basic Vocational Education and Training (FPB), to propose guidelines to help teachers foster student motivation.MethodsA cross-sectional design was employed with a final sample of 63 students (ages 15–17). Motivation was assessed using the MAPE-II questionnaire (Motivation towards Learning and Performance). Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were conducted to examine differences by school year and gender.ResultsSignificant differences were found in the fear of failure dimension: girls scored higher than boys, and fourth-year ESO students scored higher than second-year FPB students. Additionally, ESO students showed higher scores on the high work capacity and performance scale, while FPB male students exhibited higher ambition levels.DiscussionDifferences may be explained by the distinct student profiles associated with each educational track and the academic demands placed on them. ESO students, oriented toward academic pathways, may experience greater pressure and fear of failure, whereas FPB students, closer to entering the labour market, display higher ambition. Based on these findings and previous literature, a set of guidelines is proposed to help teachers promote intrinsic motivation among students. Limitations include a small sample size and low reliability of some scales, suggesting caution in generalising results.]]></description>
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