📄 social science

When AI Becomes a Resource: AI-Supported Teacher Design Capacity in Mathematics Teacher Education

This qualitative study proposes the framework of AI-supported Teacher Design Capacity (AI-TDC), characterized by five knowledge-in-action dimensions, to explain how pre-service mathematics teachers critically transform and integrate AI-generated resources into effective teaching documents through cycles of individual design, collective scrutiny, and enactment.

Chongyang Wang, Luc Trouche2026-09-10
📄 social science

Understanding Pre-service Science Teachers' Intentions to Integrate Generative AI: Cognitive, Affective, and Contextual Predictors

This study of 203 pre-service science teachers in South India reveals that perceived usefulness and ethical concerns are key predictors of their intention to integrate generative AI, suggesting that teacher education programs should prioritize demonstrating pedagogical benefits and addressing ethical issues to foster adoption.

M Devaraj, Patnamsetty Dinesh Kumar, Harshith B Nair2026-09-10
📄 social science

Trends of Multiple Representations in Physics Learning (2020-2025): A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of 28 empirical studies from 2020–2025 reveals that multiple representations significantly enhance physics students' conceptual understanding and critical thinking, though their effectiveness depends on instructional design, while highlighting a need for future research to address gaps in cultural context and representational coordination.

Tugirin Tugirin2026-09-10
📄 social science

The Three Principles Beliefs Scale: Development and Preliminary Validation

This study presents the development and preliminary validation of the Three Principles Beliefs Scale (3PBS), a nine-item, three-factor instrument that demonstrates good psychometric properties and confirms that beliefs in Thought, Consciousness, and Mind fully mediate the relationship between Three Principles exposure and psychological well-being outcomes like purpose in life and positive affect.

Adriaan J. M. Denkers, Jeanne Catherine-Gray, Anita McGinty2026-09-10
📄 social science

Beyond Access: Development and Exploratory Pilot Evaluation of a Social Sustainability Framework for Interactive Technologies in Vulnerable Educational Communities

This study presents the development and exploratory pilot evaluation of a social sustainability framework for integrating technology in vulnerable educational communities in Colombia, revealing that while the framework resonates with stakeholders and shows conceptual promise, the initial validation phase yielded low inter-rater agreement, highlighting specific areas requiring refinement before large-scale implementation.

Juan Camilo Espinosa, Juan Pablo Rivera, Juan Fernández, Carlos Peláez, Andrés Solano, Leonardo Saavedra, Juan Núñez, Sa (…)2026-09-09