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Student Experiences of an AI Mediated PatientBot Simulation for Interviewing Skills in Psychology and Social Work Education A South African Pilot Study

This South African pilot study found that while an AI-mediated patient chatbot simulation was generally perceived as usable and beneficial for building interviewing confidence and reflective skills among psychology and social work students, its effectiveness is currently limited by interactional rigidity and typing burdens, suggesting it works best as a supplementary tool alongside clear orientation and traditional face-to-face practice.

Caroll Dewar Hermann, Martin Chanza2026-10-05

📄 social science

An empirical retrospective study on ethics of community engagement during research with vulnerable internally displaced people during floods in Kismayo District, Somalia

This qualitative study on flood-displaced IDPs in Kismayo, Somalia, finds that while researchers generally uphold respect and privacy, ethical challenges such as favoritism, tribalism, and exploitation persist in community engagement and aid distribution due to reliance on intermediaries.

ABDIKADIR AHMED, Nguta Joseph2026-10-05

📄 social science

Predictors of Perceived Mathematical Problem-Solving Success: A Dual-Pathway Model of Cognitive Mediation and Affective Moderation

This study of 490 Ghanaian undergraduate students reveals that while conceptual reasoning and procedural fluency directly predict mathematical problem-solving success, metacognitive monitoring partially mediates the former's impact and affective engagement significantly moderates the latter's influence, highlighting the need for integrated cognitive and emotional support in mathematics education.

Lord Ampofo Adusei, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Ernest Larbi2026-10-05

📄 social science

Socratic AI and Scientific Argumentation: An Epistemic Network Analysis of Student Reasoning Patterns

This study employs Epistemic Network Analysis to demonstrate that secondary students engaging in Argument-Driven Inquiry with Socratic AI exhibit distinct and broader reasoning patterns, particularly in evaluating competing arguments and providing personal justifications, compared to those in traditional or control conditions.

Sean Kao, Steven Woltering, Patricia Grant2026-10-05

📄 social science

Parental Acceptance-Rejection, Self-Control, Bullying, Victimization, and Emotional-Behavioral Problems Among Pakistani School children

This study of 300 Pakistani schoolchildren reveals that perceived parental warmth reduces bullying, victimization, and emotional-behavioral problems while parental rejection increases them, with self-control serving as a protective factor and highlighting the need to examine specific maternal and paternal rejection dimensions.

Areej Nasir, Hassan Iqbal, Rabia Iftikhar2026-10-05

📄 social science

Board games in Japanese classrooms: A waitlist-controlled study of social-emotional skills

A waitlist-controlled study in Japanese fifth-grade classrooms found that a minimal intervention consisting of three weekly board game lessons without additional instruction failed to produce significant short-term improvements in self-reported social-emotional skills compared to a control group.

Jimpei Hitsuwari, Nobuki Uebo2026-10-05

📄 social science

What does ‘also phonetic’ mark? The Shuōwén’s yìshēng label, homophony and derivation in Old Chinese

This study demonstrates that the *Shuōwén jiězì*'s *yìshēng* ("also phonetic") label serves as evidence for lexical relatedness and formal closeness in Old Chinese derivation, particularly for minimal derivatives distinguished by the *-s* suffix, while failing to indicate the direction of derivation.

Yusen Wu, Weiyi Qu2026-10-05

📄 social science

Analyzing How Language Functions: Demonstrating PRISM Across Three Historically Consequential Artifacts

This paper demonstrates the utility of the Prosocial Relational Integrated Scoring Method (PRISM) as a multi-level functional framework by applying it to three historically consequential artifacts—Thomas Paine's *Common Sense*, George Whitefield's *The Nature and Necessity of Our New Birth in Christ Jesus*, and Adolf Hitler's 1933 radio address—to show how the method effectively differentiates their distinct relational and governance architectures in shaping collective action beyond mere subject matter.

Beth Hawkins, Robert Styles2026-10-05

📄 social science

Disciplinary climate within and between schools and science achievement. Evidence from PISA 2025 in Colombia

Using PISA 2025 data from Colombia, this study finds that while a school's average disciplinary climate is strongly and positively associated with science achievement, individual students' relative perceptions of climate within their schools show no significant link to performance.

Jorge Eliécer Villarreal-Fernández2026-10-05

📄 social science

AI Literacy and Academic Performance among Non-STEM Students in KNUST: The Roles of LMS Quality and Blended-Learning Satisfaction

This study of 432 non-STEM students at KNUST reveals that while AI literacy directly influences academic performance, its strongest impact is realized through a sequential mediation pathway where AI literacy enhances LMS quality, which in turn drives blended-learning satisfaction and ultimately improves academic outcomes.

Charles Atta Koduah, Harry Barton Essel, Prosper Setsoafia, Edmund Boamah Acheampong, Tachie-Menson: Akosua, George Atta (…)2026-10-05

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