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Beyond Scores: Explainable Intelligent Assessment Strengthens Pre-service Teachers’ Assessment Literacy
How explainable AI helps future teachers develop better assessment skills
Study examines how explainable intelligent assessment platform supports assessment literacy development in pre-service teachers through visualized reasoning and evidence-based reflection.
Review outlines parental AI literacy in early childhood learning
How parents' understanding of AI shapes early childhood learning experiences
Review of parental artificial intelligence literacy in early childhood education, examining how parental knowledge, skills, and attitudes mediate AI’s impact on children’s learning outcomes.
Case-based learning and concept mapping linked to broader systems thinking gains
Case-based learning and concept mapping boost ecological reasoning in middle school
Quasi-experimental study of 177 eighth graders shows case-based learning plus concept mapping improved relational thinking about ecosystems but had limited impact on higher-order systems thinking.
The Elephant in the Syntax: A Comparative Study of Semantics‑First, Block‑Based, and Textual Programming
How visualizing program state improves conditional logic learning
Study comparing semantics-first, block-based, and textual programming for secondary students finds that making program state visible during coding yields significantly better task performance.
The Wetland Quest: Fostering Empathy and Literacy for Urban Herpetofauna Through VR Wetland Exploration
Virtual reality improves attitudes toward overlooked urban reptiles and amphibians
Virtual reality study demonstrates how immersive wetland exploration significantly improves empathy and ecological literacy for neglected reptile and amphibian species in urban environments.
Assessment literacy in preservice teachers is shaped by multiple factors
How preservice teachers develop competence in classroom assessment
Systematic review of 39 studies on preservice teacher assessment literacy, examining measurement approaches and developmental factors across personal, institutional, and policy contexts.
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Lexical richness showed a small, non-significant link to essay quality
Vocabulary sophistication shows weak link to essay quality in EFL writing
Analysis of 42 EFL students reveals weak correlation between lexical richness and argumentative essay quality, suggesting vocabulary sophistication alone minimally predicts writing performance.
Murui-Muina use language differences to mark subgroup identity
How an Amazonian group maintains internal language diversity as political identity
Ethnographic study of how Murui-Muina speakers in the Colombian Amazon use lexical contrasts to sustain four ethnolinguistic subgroups, challenging conventional definitions of language.
Latin volo developed reportative uses early
How Latin volo shifted from expressing desire to reporting others' beliefs
Corpus study of Latin volo examining reportative uses and grammaticalization from volition to evidentiality across three centuries, with comparative evidence from German and French.
Etymology is split into pre-modern and scientific senses
Why modern etymology is not an ancient discipline
Analysis distinguishes scientific etymology from pre-modern word origin practices, arguing that true etymological science emerged only with 19th-century historical linguistics.
German modal verb readings linked to viewpoint constellations
How viewpoint shapes the meaning of German modal verbs
Analysis of perspectival mechanisms in German modality, integrating formal semantic and cognitive approaches to explain semantic variation and diachronic shifts in modal verbs.
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Moving Readers
Ethnographic study of migrant writers in Berlin's literary field and language as sensory experience
Ethnography of Berlin’s literary field examining how migrant writers navigate cosmopolitan ideals, language as event and memory, and resistance to translation and assimilation demands.
Islam and identity in Leila Aboulela’s Elsewhere, Home
How Aboulela's fiction portrays Islam and identity as fluid processes of constant revision
Literary analysis of Leila Aboulela’s short stories examines Islam and cultural identity as fluid processes shaped by displacement and postmodern conditions.
Collingwood’s Everyday Aesthetics
How Collingwood's philosophy better explains aesthetic moments in daily life
Collingwood’s Principles of Art offers a superior theoretical framework for understanding diverse everyday aesthetic experiences through imaginative activity and felt consciousness.
Reimagining Identity in Postcolonial East African Literature: A Comparative Analysis of Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Abdulrazak Gurnah
Two East African writers confront colonial legacy through contrasting narrative strategies
Comparative analysis of Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Abdulrazak Gurnah examines divergent approaches to representing postcolonial identity and historical trauma in East African fiction.
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The article frames theology as a response to climate emergency
Connecting climate policy outcomes to theological frameworks for environmental action
Develops integral eco-theology integrating COP30 outcomes and Earth Charter+25 renewal through Pope Francis’s ecology and Wilber’s AQAL framework, positioning degrowth and rewilding as ecodomy.
Tolstoy’s ethics influenced Wittgenstein’s views on conscience
How Tolstoy's spiritual ethics shaped Wittgenstein's philosophical thought
Explore how Leo Tolstoy’s ethical philosophy shaped Ludwig Wittgenstein’s intellectual development during World War I, revealing deep conceptual convergences between these thinkers across distinct.
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Who Gets Written In? Gender, Identity, and Moderation in AO3’s Celebrity Fanfiction
Gender imbalance in celebrity fanfiction on a feminist-designed platform
Explore gender imbalances in AO3’s celebrity fanfiction through computational analysis, revealing tensions between feminist platform design and real-world content moderation outcomes.
Counter-Visual Artifacts: Negotiating Surveillance and Carceral Visuality in Public Housing through Videovoice
Using video to challenge surveillance systems in public housing
Public housing residents use smartphones to create counter-visual documentation challenging surveillance systems, reclaiming agency over how they are seen and represented in their communities.
GastroConcerto: Towards Designing Dining–Sound Pairings to Support Culinary Creativity
A system that lets chefs design sounds that respond to how diners eat
GastroConcerto enables chefs to design auditory experiences through a plate-mounted microphone system, shifting sound design authority from interface designers to culinary practitioners.
Study defines public policy communication in public relations
Defining and modeling strategic communication with policymakers
Study develops a strategic model defining public policy communication in public relations, based on interviews with 15 policy communicators working with policymakers.
WHO press conferences drew longer viewing and more comments
How WHO YouTube press conferences engaged audiences during the pandemic
Analysis of 142 WHO YouTube press conferences reveals audiences facing crisis uncertainty generate more engagement and negative sentiment when information gaps exist.