Category: Social Sciences
STEM program showed limited proficiency gains, but improved awareness
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Two-year STEM program in historically Black school increased student climate awareness but did not boost standardized science proficiency scores.
Teacher dashboard feedback was mostly task- and process-focused
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Study of how primary teachers use adaptive learning technology dashboards to provide feedback during mathematics lessons, identifying patterns in feedback timing and types across lesson phases.
Happy Child Programme raised vaccination and lowered avoidable deaths
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Study of Brazil’s Happy Child Programme shows vaccination rates increased 4.9pp and preventable deaths fell 9.3pp among infants during early implementation.
Political theory is presented as essential to analyzing political systems
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Political theory remains essential for rigorous political system analysis, offering conceptual clarity and normative frameworks that empirical methods alone cannot provide.
Arab reception of global political narratives is shaped by media and context
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Analysis of how transnational elite networks and media discourse shape geopolitical perceptions, examining differential Arab and Western framing patterns through the Epstein case.
Community support helped families manage online learning challenges
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Study of how socioeconomically disadvantaged families adapted to online learning during COVID-19 and the critical role community organizations played in providing support.
States securitize diasporas across borders
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Analysis of how states securitize diaspora populations across borders through threat-based framings that reinforce national boundaries and state control.
E-governance improved public service delivery in Zanzibar
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Study of e-governance effectiveness in Zanzibar finds digital accessibility most critical for public service delivery, followed by resource utilization and accountability mechanisms.
Acceptance of generative AI and AI literacy vary across teacher candidates
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Mixed methods study of 723 prospective teachers finds GenAI acceptance and AI literacy vary by discipline, grade, tool use, and proficiency, with formal training increasing literacy.
Catholic presence and religious tolerance shaped science in Italy
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Study reveals how Catholic Church presence in Italian regions influenced scientific development across eight centuries, with religious tolerance amplifying positive effects on scientific output.
