Technological advancements, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) have played an increasingly important role transforming education. More recently, ground-breaking AI applications like ChatGPT demonstrated potential to bring radical changes educational landscape due their capability understand complex questions, generate plausible responses and human-like writing, assist with completion tasks. However, has limitations quality its output, such as inclusion inaccurate,...

Distance learning and online have become the new educational paradigm. Based on synchronicity, environments can be classified into synchronous asynchronous learning. However, previous evidence demonstrating effects of these two modalities students' academic achievement has been contradictory. The current meta-analysis study pooled observed effect sizes from research addressed following questions: (1) Which format (synchronous or asynchronous) generates stronger effects? (2) Do vary by...

In Chinese schools in less advanced places, there is an urgent need to improve the quality of education and educational equity. This study aims investigate how AI-aided platform can be used provide additional teaching learning resources serve this need. The called Smart-Learning Partner (SLP), which based on AI technology new opportunities for personalized more resources. A qualitative research method was applied study. We interviewed surveyed 98 students 32 teachers at 9 located developed...

Inspired by self-determination theory (SDT), the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) was developed to measure students' learning motivation. While AMS has been widely validated and used in educational contexts, it generally overlooked domain-specific nature of academic motivation, particularly English as a foreign language (EFL) China, home world's largest population EFL learners. This study sought adapt substantiate its validity using both within-network between-network approaches with sample...

The increasing presence of digital media has amplified the need to study multitasking (both multiple activities simultaneously and using while doing non-media activities). Media Multitasking Scale (MMS) been used assess this phenomenon, but it is yet be validated for a Portuguese population. This analysed validity Version MMS (n = 171 adolescents) based on inter-item correlations confirmatory factor analysis. results suggest changes in original version reflect more recent tendencies better...

This study aims to examine the impact of heavy use tablets on preschoolers’ executive function during Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) task using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Altogether, 38 Chinese preschoolers (Mage = 5.0 years, SD 0.69 17 girls) completed tasks before COVID-19 lockdown. Eight children never used tablets, while 16 were diagnosed as ‘heavy-user’. The results indicated that: (1) ‘non-user’ outperformed ‘heavy-user’ with a significantly higher correct rate...

The divergent roles of social media in adolescents' academic performance have not been confirmed, as previous studies failed to address use different contexts. This study thus aims explore the relationship between outside and inside behavior Chinese adolescents. Altogether, 560 Hong Kong adolescents (47.0% girls) were recruited surveyed with Outside School Social Media Behavior (OSSMB) Inside (ISSMB). Their impulsivity performances also evaluated. Linear regression analysis structural...

This study examined the association between media multitasking and executive function in Chinese adolescents by comparing heavy/high light/low multitaskers, i.e., HMMs LMMs, with self-reports, behavioral measures functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The participants were 12 (media scores above 75th percentile) 10 LMMs below 25th chosen from a sample of 61 adolescents. Each participant completed self-reported questionnaire on three cognitive tasks: 2-back, Color Stroop,...

Aims: The present study aims to examine: (1) the relationship between young children’s bilingualism and their performance in Dimensional Card Change Sort (DCCS) task; (2) whether prefrontal activation was associated with executive function. Methodology: Children performed three sessions of DCCS brain activity during task measured using functional nearinfrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Data analysis: A sample bilingual children ( N = 49) recruited from a preschool an English immersion program. We...

Previous studies have revealed the restorative effects of exposure to natural environments on psychological well-being and cognitive performance. Recent reported nature sounds (e.g., birds, rainfall, waves) through a mobile application reducing students’ mental fatigue improving their However, it remains unknown whether may influence learning To address gap, we conducted study with 71 university students. During four-week intervention, 36 students in experimental group were exposed free for...

This study develops two scales, namely, the outside school social media behavior (OSSMB) scale and inside (ISSMB) scale, to measure types of that adolescent students engage in on separate contexts: school. Data collected from 814 four Hong Kong secondary schools were divided into equal data sets ( n = 407 for each) by random selection then analyzed. Principle component analysis (PCA) confirmatory factor (CFA) used generate test structures scales different sets. The PCA results showed good...

Purpose The longitudinal impact of media multitasking on the development executive function has been understudied, as most existing studies are cross-sectional. This study addresses this research gap and uses multiple measures, i.e. behavioral self-reported, to explore Chinese adolescents. Design/methodology/approach followed 99 adolescents (M age = 14.41, SD 1.10; 42 boys 57 girls) for one year using both (2-back, Stroop Color Number-letter tasks) self-reported (questionnaire) measures....

Many university students have been struggling with multiple challenges that may cause mental fatigue. Exposure to the natural environment is found restorative effects on fatigue, which can be explained by its benefits in physiological, psychological, and cognitive aspects. While contains both visual auditory elements, research of such as nature sounds, underdeveloped limited laboratory settings. It remains unclear what are exposure sounds daily life The study was conducted 71 from a...

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: The bilingual advantage in executive function (EF) has recently been explored with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology, but the results are still controversial because of limited statistical analysis. This study aims to fill gap by replicating existing studies advancing Design/methodology/approach: Altogether, 35 preschoolers (aged between 4.1 6.3 years, M age = 5.0 SD 0.59) completed Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test—Fourth...

Challenges exist in the validating procedure and comprehensiveness of existing TSE measurements, though advancements have been achieved. Also, less consistencies received regarding teacher self-efficacy measurement Chinese context so that study developed validated a new comprehensive scale for this construct. A total 854 pre-service teachers responded to 40 purposely selected items, together with Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale, agreeableness subscale Big Five Inventory, items on their...

This study explored the differentiated neural correlates of mental rotation (MR) in preschoolers with high and low working memory capacity using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Altogether 38 Chinese ( M = 5.0 years, SD 0.69 years) completed Working Memory Capacity (WMC) test, Mental Rotation (MR), its Control tasks (without MR). They were divided into High-WMC N 1 9) Low-WMC 2 18) groups based on WMC scores. The behavioral fNIRS results indicated that: (1) there no significant...

This study aims to examine the neural correlates of cognitive shifting during Dimensional Change Card Sort Task (DCCS) task with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Altogether 49 children completed DCCS tasks, and 25 (M age = 68.66, SD 5.3) passing all items were classified into Switch group. Twenty 62.05, 8.13) committing more than one perseverative errors grouped Perseverate The group had Brodmann Area (BA) 9 10 activated in pre-switch period BA 6, 9, 10, 40, 44 post-switch period. In...