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16 Apr 2025 • Journal Article • Educational Studies in Mathematics
Failure to teach/learn mathematics: a complexity-discursive perspective
AbstractIn this theoretical essay, I build on complexity theory and commognition to theorize the ways in which failure to teach/learn mathematics (FTLM) emerges through the dynamic interactions among teacher, learner, and curriculum demands. I focus on two main concepts of complexity theory: emergence in dynamic systems and attractor states (stable, self-reinforcing patterns)
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14 Apr 2025 • Journal Article • Journal of Science Communication
Exploring temporal and cross-national patterns: The use of generative AI in science-related information retrieval across seven countries
AbstractThis study explores the role of ChatGPT in science-related information retrieval, building on research conducted in 2023. Drawing on online survey data from seven countries—Australia, Denmark, Germany, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States—and two data collection points (2023 and 2024), the study highlights ChatGPT’s growing role as an information intermediary
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10 Apr 2025 • Journal Article • Educational Studies in Mathematics
Regulative routines and their relation to the process of de-ritualization in mathematics learning
AbstractThere is wide agreement that regulations are an important part of students’ learning. However, there is lack of theorizing and methods that look at the intricate relations between regulations and the mathematical content of learning. In this study, our goal is to develop a theoretical and methodological lens for looking at regulations in students’ discourse, from a
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9 Apr 2025 • Journal Article • Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
Generative AI vs. instructor vs. peer assessments: a comparison of grading and feedback in higher education
AbstractThe integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in education has introduced innovative approaches to assessment. One such approach is AI chatbot-based assessment, which utilizes large language models to provide students with timely and consistent feedback. However, the effectiveness of AI chatbots in generating assessments comparable to human evaluators
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7 Apr 2025 • Journal Article • Science & Education
Facilitating the Design and Analysis of Middle School Students’ Reasoning in the Context of Citizen Science
AbstractImportant everyday decisions warrant the integration of statistical, scientific, and Nature of Science (NOS) reasoning. While each of these three types of reasoning is distinct and has been mostly examined separately, they have many interrelations. A deeper appreciation of the interrelations between the three can greatly inform how to concurrently nurture all three
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21 Mar 2025 • Conference Paper • International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL)
Motivational Factors of Two-Year Technical College Students and Graduates: A Comparative Analysis
AbstractMotivation plays a major role in the learning process. Therefore, many studies have explored the factors driving undergraduate students to study engineering. However, research on the motivation of two-year technical college students is scarce. In light of the above, the study investigated the factors driving two-year college students to study electronics and compared
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21 Mar 2025 • Conference Paper • International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL)
Undergraduate Students’ Conceptual Difficulties: Analog and Digital Circuits
AbstractStudents’ conceptual difficulties have been characterized in many fields of knowledge. However, the relevant research literature is limited in the case of analog and digital circuits. This gap should be addressed in light of the central role played by electronic circuits in electrical engineering and related disciplines. Therefore, the study aimed to identify undergraduate
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20 Mar 2025 • Journal Article • Science & Education
My Grades Are not as Good as a Scientist
AbstractIn this paper, we present findings from an exploratory qualitative study that investigated perceptions of science and scientists, which can shape how learners participate in narrative-based socioscientific digital media and hands-on activities. We examine how middle school learners conceptualize science and scientists’ roles through their possible selves and the way in
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17 Mar 2025 • Conference Paper • Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
Digital Curation in Science Education: Exploring Novel Student-Centered Technology Applications for Personalized Learning Experiences
AbstractThis study explores the implementation of Digital Curation (DC) as an innovative technological approach that transforms traditional science education through new possibilities for personalized learning. Through a qualitative case study of 28 middle school science students, we examine how emerging digital curation tools enable students to become active architects of
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6 Mar 2025 • Journal Article • Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Greater functional connectivity between executive function-related networks predicts word reading fluency: an fMRI study in children
AbstractThis study aimed to determine the involvement of neural circuits associated with executive functions (EF) during Hebrew reading in its two forms, deep and shallow, on a word and contextual level in children. Functional MRI data was collected employing 49 8-12-year-old Hebrew-speaking children performing the n-back task. Functional connectivity within and between EF
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