Contents
Tatiana Baklashova, Aydar Kalimullin
Editorial: Speaking the language of diagrams, or How to correctly visualise data in a scientific paper? 6
Yue Liu, Jiacheng Gao
The Influence of Home Computer and Internet on Junior High School Students’ Cognitive Ability: Evidence from China Education Panel Survey 12
M. Zaini Miftah, Utami Widiati, Anik Nunuk Wulyani
Exploring Critical Reflection on ELT Practicum to Develop Pedagogical Competence for Indonesian EFL Preservice Teachers’ Transformative Learning 27
Timur Mufazalov, Jaume Camps Bansell, Shamil Sheymardanov
Why do parents in the Republic of Tatarstan choose to send their gifted children to single-sex boarding schools? 42
Parlan Parlan, Zelen Surya Minata, Siti Marfu’ah
Improvement of Scientific Argumentation Skills of Students through Metacognitive Learning Strategies in the Context of Socioscientific Issues 54
Ramesh Chander Sharma, Suman Kalyan Panja
Exploring the Potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis 71
Larisa Bayanova, Nikolay Veraksa, Ekaterina Oshchepkova
Humor development in childhood: a critical review 89
Vera Vlasova, Venera Zakirova, Inna Zharkovskaya
Modern animation and the younger schoolchild: didactic possibilities and diagnostic potential 103
Elena Zhelezniakova
The Purposes of Teaching Russian to Migrant Primary School Students 118
Nadezhda Ivanishcheva, Lyubov Pak, Lyubov Kochemasova
Leading constructs of the process model for the formation of spiritually and physically healthy university students 134
Natalya Kalatskaya, Roza Valeeva, Oksana Polyakova, Dilyana Sungatullina, Liliya Latypova, Albina Sirazeeva, Yuliya Gorelova
Academic Engagement: Сonceptualizing the Notion 151
Evgeny Kukuev, Daniya Akhmetova, Lyubov Gladkova, Ilona Morozova
Development of Adaptive Potential in SMO Participants using Universal Design for Learning in the System of Additional Vocational Education 167
Irina Lushpaeva, Dinara Khamatvaleeva
Psychological components of prosocial orientation of students’ personality and their changes during the process of studying at the university 184
Irina Shtobbe
Role of Visual Aids for Understanding and Assimilation of Chemistry Lectures Content in English Language by Foreign Students 200
Month : March 2025
Editorial: Speaking the language of diagrams, or How to correctly visualise data in a scientific paper?
Nowadays we live in a world full of data, that surrounds us everywhere. Data helps us to test hypotheses, recognise patterns, and make discoveries, whether it is primitive or complex; heterogeneous or homogeneous (Larose & Larose, 2014). Research and data are intertwined. They are interconnected with the most important stages of academic pursuit, i.e., collection and analysis of information. The data analysis is designed to recognise the patterns and achieve clarity in the phenomenon under study.
Data plays a specific role in any science. In education, for instance, it helps to enhance the quality of teaching (Bienkowski et al., 2012). Personalisation of education becomes more accessible. Qualitative and quantitative metrics of a student’s academic progress and preferences allow teachers to choose the content, tempo, and methods of teaching, depending on the student’s individual needs. Moreover, those metrics provide the means for the academic progress prognosis, and, when in university, academic attrition. The content, namely, the educational programme can be improved with the help of the gathered data. A collection of learning assessment materials can be updated to ensure the quality of education. The data is also significant in the management of an educational institution. The administration is able to track the finances, plan the budget, and effectively coordinate the whole system on the basis of the data. Likewise, it is interconnected with innovations in education, helping in the development of new online courses, e-textbooks, and apps focused on ensuring availability and learning efficiency.
Working with data implies its visual representation. There are many guidelines and papers on the graphical representation of the data (Maaten & Hinton, 2008; Glazer, 2011; Yau, 2024). The most significant aspects will be covered hereinafter.
The Influence of Home Computer and Internet on Junior High School Students’ Cognitive Ability: Evidence from China Education Panel Survey
Based on the China Education Panel Survey 2017-2018 school year baseline data and 2018-2019 school year follow-up data, this paper forms short panel data, and uses the unconditional fixed effect panel quantile regression method to discuss the impact of home computer and Internet on junior high school students’ cognitive ability. The results show that: firstly, home computer and internet have significant improvement effect on junior high school students with moderate cognitive ability. Secondly, Parents’ discipline on junior high school students’ use of computers and the Internet has an inverted U-shaped on their cognitive development as a whole. Thirdly, for junior high school students with low level of cognitive ability, the quality of the school is more important to their cognitive ability development. Fourthly, “expectation friction” between junior high school students and their parents’ educational expectations will limit the development of junior high school students’ cognitive ability as a whole. According to this, on the one hand, the government should implement the access and use of junior high school students’ home computers and the Internet. On the other hand, parents should play the role of guidance and supervision in the process of junior high school students’ using home computers and Internet, communicate in a timely manner, and create a good environment for the students’ use of home computers and Internet.
Exploring Critical Reflection on ELT Practicum to Develop Pedagogical Competence for Indonesian EFL Preservice Teachers’ Transformative Learning
There has been increased research concerning preservice teachers’ reflective practices in English teaching practicum programs. However, research on the contribution of critical reflection on ELT practicum in the EFL context remains limited. This phenomenological case study seeks to explore the contribution of critical reflection on ELT practicum to developing preservice teachers’ pedagogical competence and fostering transformative learning in the post-pandemic time. Nine preservice teachers purposively selected were assigned to write weekly reflective journals during a two-month practicum. Their critical reflection was identified using reflection descriptors. They were then called to undergo focus group interviews. The data were subsequently analyzed for the thematic patterns. Results showed the contribution of critical reflection to preservice teachers’ pedagogical competence development in becoming more prepared for classroom and student management, building motivation for pedagogical methods development, and training and creating habits of mind for continuous growth. Meanwhile, reevaluating beliefs and past experiences to establish authentic relationships, reflective practice to make teaching innovations, and individual experiences to enhance teaching skills have shaped preservice teachers’ transformative learning. The research findings imply how (re)designing teaching practicum programs for multifaceted reflective practices in certain teaching modes in teacher education programs evokes professional concerns for preparing preservice teachers’ future teaching careers.
Why do parents in the Republic of Tatarstan choose to send their gifted children to single-sex boarding schools?
The aim of the study was to determine the factors that parents in Tatarstan consider when selecting single-sex boarding schools for their gifted children. Gaining an understanding of these standards will facilitate meeting the needs of parents who might not be content with traditional education, recognizing the benefits of single-sex education, and enhancing the current school assessment system. A qualitative approach was taken to examine the variables affecting parents’ choice of school. The results showed that parents place the greatest importance on elements like individualized instruction, value-based education, and qualified teachers. Interviewees also mentioned academic achievement, single-sex education, and school climate as important factors. It was concluded, based on these findings, that school administrators ought to modify their recruitment tactics in order to better serve the needs of parents and increase the allure of schools for families. It is also advised to update the school evaluation standards in order to better meet the unique requirements of parents.
Improvement of Scientific Argumentation Skills of Students through Metacognitive Learning Strategies in the Context of Socioscientific Issues
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of implementing the metacognitive learning strategy within the context of socioscientific issues (SSI) on students’ scientific argumentation skills. The metacognitive learning strategy used comprised four stages, namely preparing, doing, checking, and assessing & following-up, abbreviated as MLS-PDCA. In addition, a quasi-experiment was used with a pretest-posttest control group design. The participants included 96 students in the 11th grade MIPA (mathematics and sciences) program at public high schools in Malang, Indonesia. In the study process, one experimental class was instructed using the metacognitive learning strategy within the context of socioscientific issues (MLS-PDCA SSI), while two control classes received instruction through metacognitive learning strategy (MLS-PDCA) and expository learning strategy (ELS). The argumentation skills of students were assessed using the Rate Reaction Argumentation Test (r = 0.894). Data analysis techniques included the One-way ANOVA test and N-gain analysis. Consequently, the results showed that (1) students taught with MLS-PDCA SSI greatly improved in scientific argumentation skills compared to those in MLS-PDCA and ELS classes. (2) MLS-PDCA SSI proved to be an effective learning strategy for improving scientific argumentation skills, especially in the context of daily life-related learning materials. Conclusively, the development of scientific explanatory skills through metacognitive learning strategies contributed to the development of scientific argumentation quality.
Exploring the Potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has significantly disrupted the educational landscape, ushering in profound transformation. In this comprehensive research study, global databases such as Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) were meticulously curated for data collection within the publication years of the last five years, i.e., 2019–2023. The search criteria involved a thorough exploration of documents featuring “Generative Artificial Intelligence” and “education” in the article title, abstract, and keywords, assembling a refined dataset comprising 116 publications. The study design incorporated the widely recognized PRISMA and PICOC frameworks to ensure methodological rigor. Data analysis was conducted utilizing the advanced VOSviewer_1.6.20 software. The investigation delved into diverse aspects of citation patterns, revealing notable variations across sources, authors, and organizations. The research showcased a transdisciplinary nature by employing bibliographic coupling across multiple countries and co-citation among cited sources and authors. Incorporating PICOC components facilitated a critical analysis of the research problem, relating it to policy and practical considerations while identifying prevailing trends in current research. Consequently, the study provides insights into the potential impact on practices and policies and lays the groundwork for future lines of inquiry in the realm of GAI in education.
Humor development in childhood: a critical review
Humor in children becomes an important topic for studies, but still remains underestimated. There are several directions of children humor research that need a thorough critical analysis. The purpose of the study involves identifying the main trends in the study of the sense of humor in children in actual scientific works. The main method of the critical review was a bibliographic analysis of sources published since 2000, found in the international citation databases Scopus and Web of Science using the VOSviewer tool. This tool made it possible to identify the total number of publications for the search query “humor” and “children” with further identification of keywords. When filtering keywords, clusters were obtained that form conceptual spaces around which the topics of research for children humor were formed. The search for the specified conditions found 624 records in the Scopus database and 380 records in Web of Science. A review of studies in international citation databases showed that publication topics are grouped into clusters reflecting the psychological, psychotherapeutic, clinical and humoral aspects of the study of the comic in childhood. Humor in childhood is considered either as a developing phenomenon or as an independent value inherent in childhood.
Modern animation and the younger schoolchild: didactic possibilities and diagnostic potential
Modern children from an early age are actively involved in a variety of information processes that emotionally and aesthetically affect their upbringing and development. Since childhood, the child is in a constantly functioning information space containing a lot of cartoons and animation resources, considering the content of which he, in his own way, analyzes the qualities and actions of his favorite hero. The main pleasure is given to him by cartoons that allow him to unobtrusively reveal important concepts for life, such as friendship and loyalty, mutual help and sympathy, good and evil, on the basis of which the formation of personal qualities of the child takes place. The article shows the results of the research reflecting the perception and satisfaction of junior schoolchildren with the content of modern cartoons, which allows us to acquire a certain understanding of what character traits and touches to the child’s self-portrait can condition “cartoons” from childhood. The purpose of the study was to identify the didactic influence of cartoons on the emotional state of children, to determine children’s understanding of the semantic content of the cartoon, since it is in this time period of childhood that the child’s personal qualities are formed from the outside. The study also reveals the possible diagnostic potential of animation, determining on the basis of individual preferences of the child: firstly, closely perceived images of heroes; secondly, children’s interests in animated stories; thirdly, characteristic touches of the psychological self-portrait of the modern child.
The Purposes of Teaching Russian to Migrant Primary School Students
Due to the active migration processes, many modern schools teach migrant children who does not speak the language of the host country well. Such students need language adaptation. The study is aimed at constructing the purposes of teaching Russian to migrant children in primary school classes to ensure the forming a Russian-speaking component of a bilingual linguistic personality. At the first stage of the study, based on the content analysis of scientific literature and the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education, a selection of purposes for teaching children Russian / native / second language was made, and the main purposes were identified using synthesis and systematization. At the second stage, an observation method was used to determine how the identified purposes are reflected in education. This method allowed us to obtain information about the process of teaching Russian to migrant children in primary school. At the third stage, the method of the categorical-systemic methodology “The order of purposes” was used, which, combined with the results of the previous stages, made it possible to present a multicomponent relationship between the purposes, which became the basis for the systematization of the results and the creation of a scheme representing the purposes of teaching Russian to migrant children. The super purpose was the formation of the Russian-speaking component of the bilingual language personality, which is ensured by the language adaptation of students, which includes interpersonal linguistic, linguocultural, metasubject linguistic and psychological-linguistic adaptations. The results of the study expand the understanding of the process of teaching migrant children in a Russian school and can become the basis for developing the content of an additional course in Russian as a non-native language.
Leading constructs of the process model for the formation of spiritually and physically healthy university students
The priorities of state policy in the field of higher education are defined by new educational tasks related to physical culture and health practices for the formation of spiritually and physically healthy future specialists. The design of the study is presented by a review of regulatory documents, an analysis of the practice of the educational aspect of the formation of spiritually and physically healthy university students, and a questionnaire. The level of development of health-improving physical activity of students (N=270) was determined. The leading constructs of the process model for the formation of spiritually and physically healthy university students are substantiated: target, methodological, substantive, effective for promoting the philosophy of a healthy nation.
Academic Engagement: Сonceptualizing the Notion
The relevance of studying the notion of academic engagement is due to the fact that the quality of training depends on students’ attitude towards learning, their diligence and classroom participation. The analysis of literature has shown that this concept is not sufficiently studied by scientists. The purpose of the study is to examine the degree of scientific interest in the phenomenon of academic engagement among Russian and foreign scientists. Bibliometric analysis of the scientific and information field of current psychological and pedagogical researches was chosen as the research method. Bibliometric and scientometric analysis was done on the basis of the most widely used international bibliographic databases “Web of Science” and “Scopus”, as well as Russian information and analytical portal “eLIBRARY”. As a result, the extent of prior research on academic engagement was determined, and foreign and Russian approaches to its study, structure and formation were identified. The article can be used by university teaching and management staff for effective planning and organization of the educational process at the university.
Development of Adaptive Potential in SMO Participants using Universal Design for Learning in the System of Additional Vocational Education
Teaching participants of special military operation (SMO) in the system of additional vocational education is one of the relevant problems in modern geopolitical situation. Educational process with the means of universal design for learning (UDL) ensures accessibility and openness of the educational process for SMO participants as a favorable factor for developing their adaptive potential. Purpose of this study is to identify and justify the effectiveness of using UDL in developing the adaptive potential in SMO participants in additional vocational education. The research was organized at the Tyumen State University. Survey involved 51 students of additional vocational program «Military Sports Training: Theory and Methods of Pedagogical Work» (252 academic hours). Following diagnostic methods were used: 1) non-standardized questionnaire for assessing the conditions for organizing the educational process using universal design for learning; 2) test-questionnaire «Study of volitional self-regulation» (Zverkov & Eydman, 2024); 3) test of life-meaning orientations (Leontyev, 2000); 4) life satisfaction scale (Diener et al., 1985); 5) non-standardized proactive behavior questionnaire. The diagnostic results showed that use of UDL in the process of additional vocational education increased the adaptive potential of SMO participants.
Psychological components of prosocial orientation of students’ personality and their changes during the process of studying at the university
At the present stage in the system of professional training of specialists of psychological specialties the necessity of formation of future psychologists not only professional competencies, but the components of his professional consciousness: personal readiness for professional activity in the educational system, formation of professional subjectivity, world outlook and prosocial qualities is manifested. Various contexts of prosocial behavior are widely studied in foreign and Russian scientific schools, as a form of prosocial activity; prosocial orientation in pedagogical activity; prosocial motivation and others. But in the majority of scientific studies, the subject of inclusion of psychological components of specialists’ personality in the model of prosocial behavior is poorly studied. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to determine the composition and content of psychological components of prosocial orientation of students’ personality, to track the dynamics of changes in these components in the process of learning in higher education. Research methods: methods of mathematical statistics, correlation analysis, factor analysis using the method of principal components based on the statistical program SPSS 23. The sample of the study: students studying in psychological and psychological-pedagogical directions of training (N= 106). Research results: on the basis of factor analysis to identify groups of psychological components of prosocial orientation and determine meaningful changes in the process of training. The results of the study can be used in the implementation of educational programs and educational supervision of students on the formation of professionally significant qualities.
Role of Visual Aids for Understanding and Assimilation of Chemistry Lectures Content in English Language by Foreign Students
When teaching foreign students in Russian universities training of qualified specialists requires solving a number of problems associated with teaching special disciplines. In the context of bilingual education, the problem of low level of understanding and assimilation of the content of an English-language chemistry lecture by the medical university foreign students was studied. In the study two groups of foreign students participated: control group and experimental one. During the ascertaining experiment, both groups of foreign students were asked to assess the level of understanding of the content of the oral text of the English-language chemistry lecture and the expression of interest in the subject being studied during the lecture. The level of assimilation of the lecture content was calculated. As a result, the problem of a sharp decrease in the level of understanding of the oral English-language educational material by students during the lesson was discovered. A low level of assimilation of the lecture content was revealed. In order to improve the levels of understanding and assimilation of the content of English-language chemistry lectures by foreign students, the author developed visual aids accompanying the lectures and proposed its use as a tool for solving the problem. The correctness of the hypothesis was confirmed experimentally. It was shown that the use of visual aids increases the levels of understanding and assimilation of the content of an English-language chemistry lecture by foreign students.