This study evaluates a professional development (PD) initiative that used an innovative quality improvement methodology, the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC), in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings in the United States. We examined: (1) the extent to which programs engaged with the activities of the initiative, (2) whether the hypothesized mechanisms by which the initiativ…
Users of technology are becoming younger over the years. Although the current generation of young children is often referred to as “digital natives,” this designation primarily reflects their intuitive engagement with digital tools rather than a comprehensive understanding of their responsible use. In contrast, fostering balanced, ethical, and safe digital behavior requires intentional educ…
Societies around the world face planetary-scale risks, such as climate change, and are in need of contextualized science education in finding solutions to complex problems. Making scientific content accessible across diverse social and cultural groups necessitates a learning structure that is capable of cultivating accessible and inclusive learning. Our research sought to address such education…
The depletion of birds and mammals by invasive snakes is known to trigger top-down trophic cascades in recipient ecosystems. However, the indirect effects of island reptile depletion by invasive snakes remain largely unexplored, despite reptiles being an integral component of island food webs and serving as important prey for snakes. We assessed the impacts of the invasive species Lampropeltis …
Now more than ever, the world needs citizens comfortable with interdisciplinary problem- solving in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to address global environmental and health challenges, including extreme weather, habitat destruction, and air pollution, among others. However, many countries report an insufficient number of individuals with experience in STEM problem sol…
Scientific creativity is a critical component of science education, promoting innovative thinking and the ability to address complex, real-world challenges. Despite its importance, quantitative syntheses specifically examining the effects of scientific problem-solving approaches on fostering scientific creativity are scarce. This meta-analysis addresses this gap by evaluating the impact of inqu…
Investigating the influencing factors of groundwater drought offers critical insights for the sustainable management of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs). The Upper Zambezi Catchment hosts a large-scale alluvial aquifer system, which is vulnerable to the effects of climate change to sustain GDEs. The study aims to: (a) characterize the spatial-temporal distribution of groundwater drought …
Dispersal limitations vary among species within the same region. For some species, geographic distance is the primary constraint, while for others, environmental factors such as climate and vegetation patterns play a larger role. These landscape-driven effects are shaped by species-specific ecological traits. Despite being conceptually intuitive, landscape genetics hypotheses—such as Isolatio…
Highlighting or marking potentially relevant information in colors while reading (Dunlosky et al., 2013) is among students’ most common studying strategies (ChanLin, 2013; Miyatsu et al., 2018). Many studies have examined the conditions affecting highlighting’s contribution to reading performance (see Ponce et al., 2022, for a recent meta-analysis). However, no studies have tackled cross-cu…
Positive teacher feedback plays a crucial role in student learning. While previous studies on positive teacher feedback have primarily focused on its relationship with student achievement, much less attention has been given to how such feedback associates with student self-efficacy, particularly reading self-efficacy—a key predictor of both reading and overall academic success—among adolesc…