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Sunday, July 19

  1. Journal of Educational Data Mining· Puyuan Zhang et al.

    Using Bayesian Knowledge Tracing to Evaluate Perceptual Scaffolding and Desirable Difficulties in a Math Intervention

    The present study examines the assistance dilemma of providing combinations of perceptual supports in math education by fitting a Bayesian knowledge tracing model (BKT) to an open-source, online order-of-operations intervention dataset. This online intervention dataset contained 688 U.S. middle schoolers' accuracy…

    jedm.educationaldatamining.org

Saturday, July 18

  1. British Journal of Educational Technology· Zhuo Wang and Hui Pang

    Not a universal benefit: Examining the differential effects of emotional AI on L2 pre‐service teachers' language learning

    Abstract While emotional design in educational AI is often presented as a universal benefit, this study challenges that assumption, investigating when, for whom and how it impacts L2 vocabulary learning. This paper reports on the first phase of a larger project, analysing data from a quasi‐experimental study with 147…

    doi.org
  2. Research in Higher Education· Samantha B. Kane

    The Price of Helping Others: Altruistic Preferences and the Gender Wage Gap

    doi.org
  3. Student Success· Ahmed Aliyi Mohammed and Santhosh. P. Thampi

    Perceived Institutional Support and Psychological Well-Being Among International Students in Universities in India: The Mediating Role of Student Engagement

    This study examines the relationships among perceived institutional support (PIS), student engagement (SE), and psychological well-being (PWB) among international students in Indian higher education. Data were collected via an online survey from 201 international students and analyzed using partial least squares…

    doi.org

Friday, July 17

  1. Computers & Education· Zhongling Pi et al.

    Designing effective feedback in video lectures using GenAI: The roles of feedback type and learner agency in error detection

    doi.org
  2. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence· Kamila Misiejuk et al.

    Comparing human and LLM ordered coding of qualitative data: How coding differences cascade through temporal analysis

    Automating the process of qualitatively coding text data from learners has been a long-standing ambition of learning analytics researchers since it represents an essential step toward delivering timely and scalable feedback. Automating this process is especially challenging in the case of ordered coding schemes…

    doi.org
  3. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence· Moeketsi Simon Mosia et al.

    AI literacy-related domains and AI-TPACK readiness among preservice mathematics teachers: A factor-informed structural equation modelling study

    In this factor-informed exploratory CFA/SEM study, AI-literacy-related domains were treated as theoretically informed and empirically tested predictors of AI-TPACK readiness rather than as fully validated independent latent variables. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly entering mathematics education, making…

    doi.org

Thursday, July 16

  1. The Journal of Higher Education· Lechen Li and Jue Wu

    Job Values and Career Choices of STEM PhD Graduates: Evidence from the 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients

    Contemporary doctoral education is situated within a changing labor market shaped by gender inequity, disciplinary difference, and regional opportunity structure, yet little is known about how students’ job values predict career choices. Guided by the Theory of Work Adjustment and Warr’s Vitamin Model, we examined…

    doi.org
  2. Student Success· Lorenzo Gómez Camacho et al.

    Generative AI-first Maths Support at a Regional Australian University

    Maths support has long been present in Australian tertiary education, primarily as a physical space staffed by tutors and complemented by asynchronous resources and accessible via integration into course curricula. This format has proved effective in improving student retention and transition (Horrocks et al., 2026)…

    doi.org

Wednesday, July 15

  1. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology· Hai Min Dai et al.

    GenAI as a frenemy in teaching: Perceived autonomy and risks

    Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to transform education, yet little is known about how teachers’ perceptions of its autonomy and their risk aversion influence their willingness to adopt. This mixed method study utilised a human-AI interaction lens to investigate the psychological processes…

    doi.org
  2. Intl. Journal of Ed Tech in Higher Education· Hüseyin Ateş

    Human-centered GenAI feedback design in higher education: a multisite experiment on direct, reflective, and hybrid approaches to scientific argumentation

    Abstract Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly used for feedback in higher education, yet evidence remains limited on how alternative human–AI feedback designs shape learning processes and durable outcomes. This study addresses that gap through a multisite, cluster-randomized, longitudinal field…

    doi.org

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