A validation study for measuring opportunities to learn engineering professional skills
Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 115, Issue 4, October 2026.Abstract Background It is essential that engineering students have well‐developed professional skills to meet the demands of a highly interdisciplinary and globalized workforce. Students' professional skills have been assessed in a variety of ways; however, many assessments are not rooted in developmental approaches to learning.
Eric A. Holloway +4 more
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Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.Abstract Career choice motives play a central role in teacher development, professional commitment and retention. Although special education is often assumed to attract individuals with strong pedagogical and altruistic motives and lower extrinsic orientations, empirical evidence is inconsistent. This study examines whether preservice special education
Nicola‐Hans Schwarzer +4 more
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Academic Achievement in Language and Mathematics: The Role of Cognitive Abilities and Academic Self-Concept Across the Third Cycle and Secondary Education. [PDF]
J IntellAlmeida LS +3 more
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Symbolic Reasoning for Industrial-Scale Variant Configuration
Konfiguration ist omnipräsent. Egal ob es darum geht, Einstellungen in Anwendungen anzupassen, oder Autoausstattung in einem Online-Konfigurator auszuwählen. Eine wachsende Anzahl an Optionen erhöht auch die Komplexität, da die Anzahl der möglichen Kombinationen exponentiell ansteigt.
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Psychometric framework for coexistence with large carnivores
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.Abstract Human–carnivore coexistence is essential for biodiversity conservation, yet measuring the attitudes and behaviors that support it remains methodologically challenging. We developed psychometric scales to assess willingness to coexist with carnivores and the underlying beliefs of this coexistence through an iterative expert elicitation process ...
Benjamin Ghasemi +14 more
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Validating an Online Portuguese Battery to Measure Working Memory Capacity in a Sample of Portuguese and Brazilian Participants. [PDF]
J CognGaspar N +3 more
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Behavioral interventions to reduce demand for threatened freshwater turtles as pets
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.Abstract Growing demand for freshwater turtles as pets has fueled illegal trade and accelerated wild population declines, underscoring the need for theory‐based demand‐reduction interventions. We conducted a three‐part randomized controlled trial with active turtle keepers (n = 1800) in China to test conservation‐ and legality‐framed messages by ...
Wuji Zheng +9 more
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Layer-sensitive cognitive offloading in generative AI-assisted writing: supported performance and independent no-AI outcomes. [PDF]
Front PsycholChen X.
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International Journal of Nursing Practice, Volume 32, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to adapt the Reasons for Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care Scale into Turkish and evaluate its validity, reliability and measurement invariance among nurses in Türkiye. Background Implicit rationing of nursing care may compromise care quality and patient safety and is influenced by organizational, resource‐related and ...
Cemal Özalp +2 more
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Esports in-game consumption across generations: Integrating motivated reasoning theory and the theory of planned behavior. [PDF]
PLoS OneChang K, Uhm JP, Lee HW.
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