Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Chrystalla Mouza, Diane Codding, Lori Pollock
Summary: This study examines a professional development program in computer science and its impact on teacher learning and practice. Findings indicate improvements in teacher knowledge of CS content, pedagogy, and technology, as well as the importance of design features and contextualized support for implementation.
COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Business
Jane Creaton, Valerie Anderson
Summary: This study contributes a new perspective on the broader impact of professional doctorates, examining dimensions, influencers, and processes of impact. Impact construction is seen as a complex and nuanced process, involving active interactions between graduates and individuals beyond the university realm.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tomas Garcia-Calvo, Jose Carlos Ponce-Bordon, Eduard Pons, Roberto Lopez del Campo, Ricardo Resta, Javier Raya-Gonzalez
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the high metabolic load distance in Spanish professional soccer players, comparing different competitive levels and playing positions. The findings showed differences between competitive levels in various playing positions, highlighting the importance of individualized training for players based on their competitive level and specific position.
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Brenton L. G. Button, Clare Cook, James Goertzen
Summary: This study examines the impact of using learner feedback to create a professional development session for physician preceptors. The feedback helped identify areas for improvement and strategies to address these challenges.
Article
Management
Maayan Davidovitz, Nissim Cohen
Summary: Street-level bureaucrats tend to prioritize clients whom they do not trust and give less attention to those they trust when operating in an unsupportive environment.
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Mark Everard
Summary: Misleading conclusions can arise from the misuse of tools designed for specific purposes. A study compared various chemical assessment systems against sustainable use principles and found that most systems do not adequately consider the contribution of substances to meeting human needs. A transparent scientific basis is crucial for obtaining objective and comparable sustainability findings, while qualitative assessments of different substances in different life-cycle contexts showed significant variations in sustainability ratings.
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Business, Finance
Danqi Hu, Andrew Stephan
Summary: We provide initial evidence that closing auctions in stock exchanges favor speed traders and disadvantage auction participants. Our research shows that earnings releases at 4:00 pm on Nasdaq and NYSE Arca trigger informed trading before the closing auction, resulting in price movements in favor of the earnings news. Speed traders can submit orders related to the 4:00 pm news during the continuous trading session, earning them up to 1.5% profit, creating an unfair playing field as most auction participants cannot cancel their orders. Companies with higher institutional ownership are more likely to delay information disclosures as suggested by stock exchanges.
Article
Education & Educational Research
J. A. de Vries, A. Dimosthenous, K. Schildkamp, A. J. Visscher
Summary: Assessment for Learning (AfL) can improve student achievement, but implementing it coherently can be challenging for teachers due to the requirement of complex professional competence. This experimental study investigated the effect of teacher professional development for AfL based on the dynamic approach, and found a positive impact on student achievement.
STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wei Wang
Summary: The study examines the impact of effective communication skills on the motivation and sports skill development of athletes. The findings suggest that learning effective communication and conflict resolution skills can significantly improve athletes' motivation and performance in track and field skills.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Business
Jian-Jun Wang, Huiyuan Liu, Jiao Ye
Summary: By studying the mechanism between professional capital and physicians' performance, this study provides several contributions to theory and practice. Specifically, this study contributes to the extant professional capital research by uncovering the influencing pathways of professional capital on physicians' performance from a cross-level perspective. These findings suggest physicians pay close attention to the strength and mechanism of OMTs' professional capital in improving their online performance.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Dave Yan
Summary: This autoethnographic study examines the impact of mentoring on in-service immigrant teachers, using the researcher's own lived experience as a case study. Qualitative data was collected from reflective journals and interviews, leading to a proposed conceptual framework for how mentorship can facilitate migrant teachers' professional development. The findings suggest implications for immigrant teachers in different national contexts.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chunsong Cheng, Jinzhen Zhao
Summary: This study investigates the impact of workshops for teaching competitions as a professional learning community on pre-service teachers' professional commitment in China. The results show that workshop experiences have significant and positive effects on pre-service teachers' professional commitment. The characteristics of shared vision, collaboration, and reflective dialogue are found to affect their professional commitment from three perspectives: commitment to teaching as a career, personal time investment, and interest in professional development.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Minna Koskimaki, Kristina Mikkonen, Maria Kaariainen, Marja-Leena Lahteenmaki, Marja Kaunonen, Leena Salminen, Meeri Koivula
Summary: Developed and validated a new scale for educators' professional development in social and health care education institutions. Identified six factors that defined different elements of continuing professional development for educators, with good internal consistency. It is considered a relevant and reliable tool for planning and evaluating continuing professional development processes for educators in these fields.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2021)
Article
Management
Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Leticia de Lima Trindade, Cintia Silva Fassarella, Soraia Cristina de Abreu Pereira, Paulo Joao Figueiredo Cabral Teles, Carla Gomes da Rocha, Paula Cristina da Silva Leite, Joao Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva, Clemente Neves Sousa
Summary: This quantitative observational study conducted in a Portuguese hospital with 403 registered nurses aimed to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on professional nursing practice environments and patient safety culture. The study found that COVID-19 had a positive impact on the structure and outcome components of nursing professional practice environments, but there was a negative trend in almost all dimensions of the process component. Weaknesses were identified in safety culture, with only the dimension of teamwork within units maintaining a positive culture. The study concludes that positive responses regarding patient safety are significantly associated with the quality of the nursing professional practice environment.
JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Yu He, Ruizhi Liu
Summary: This study examines the impact of green finance development on the debt financing capacity of heavy polluters and green enterprises in China. The findings reveal that increasing the level of green financial development enhances the debt financing ability of green enterprises, while suppressing the debt financing ability of heavy polluting enterprises. This promotes the transformation of heavy polluting enterprises from the perspective of enterprise debt financing.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)