Cursive handwriting is experiencing a resurgence in US schools as states such as California, Iowa and Oklahoma mandate instruction, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey consider similar legislation, writes Shawn Datchuk, Iowa Reading Research Center. The center is studying the impact of cursive on reading and writing, with preliminary evidence suggesting benefits such as improved legibility…

Early, systematic screening for dyscalculia and math anxiety is crucial, as pinpointing struggles early can significantly aid students. Teachers also can help close math achievement gaps by working on students' fact fluency, making connections between concepts, monitoring progress regularly and arranging for high-dosage tutoring, experts say.

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This paper explores ECE educators’ preservice experience of engaging with Makerspace workshops as part of their undergraduate degree. (pdf)

This study explores the understanding and application of the infection model, specifically focusing on cystitis caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a diaper-changing context, among preservice teachers (PSTs). (pdf)

This paper examines how children's agency operates within primary education in England through an in-depth qualitative study of three contrasting schools over two years. (pdf)

 This paper contributes to wider debates around the status of education research as a field, or discipline, by exploring the extent to which the research methods used by education researchers working in UK higher education, and beyond, have varied over the last 20 years. (pdf)

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education plays a crucial role in teacher training digitalisation. Although AI has enormous potential, not much is known about how pre-service teachers perceive and utilise AI tools in professional practice. (pdf)

Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self-efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement problems, and are not theoretically sound. This paper proposes…

There has been a proliferation of qualitative approaches to researching education. While this has resulted in the construction of a rich tapestry of knowledge about education, it has also resulted in disparate research ideas, processes and practices, and created tensions relating to what constitutes rigorous qualitative research in education. As such, the aim of this…

Classroom behaviour management is a persistent and often overwhelming challenge for novice teachers; they face frequent disruptive behaviours that they struggle to resolve effectively, which harms both the teaching process and classroom climate. This study investigates the specific strategies novice teachers use to manage behaviour, detailing what they experience, how they respond, the time each…

This paper is about how a rights perspective, both children's and others' rights, can be used to make sense of schooling which is more inclusive of children and young people with special educational needs/disabilities (SEN/D). It is based on a project that used deliberative democratic approaches, in the form of a Citizens' Panel, to address…