📄 social science

Scaffolded and Unscaffolded Generative AI Use in Mathematics Teacher Education: Effects on Pre-Service Teachers’ Instructional Design Competence

This mixed-methods study demonstrates that providing pedagogical scaffolding for generative AI use significantly enhances pre-service mathematics teachers' instructional design competence, AI readiness, self-regulated learning, and critical thinking compared to unscaffolded AI use.

Francis Ohene Boateng, Isaac Davor, Ernest Larbi, Esther Adwubi Boateng2026-09-27
📄 social science

Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Postgraduate Students in the University of Calabar and the University of Cross River State, Nigeria

This cross-sectional study of 427 postgraduate students at the University of Calabar and the University of Cross River State reveals that moderate perceived stress is prevalent and significantly predicted by financial instability and institution type, with students primarily utilizing time management and emotion-focused coping strategies.

Antor Odu Ndep, Etta Desmond Ntui, Precious Chidozie Azubuike, Temidayo Akinreni, Emmanuel Chikaima Azubuike, Christian (…)2026-09-26
📄 social science

Epistemic Responsibility in Arabic L2: Coordinating Source, Evidence, and Stance

This article proposes "epistemic responsibility" as a critical, higher-order discourse-pragmatic dimension of advanced Arabic L2 competence that involves coordinating source, evidence, and stance, and validates this construct through a mixed-methods learner-corpus study of 65 learners that establishes a theoretical development model, a coordination index, and specific recruitment guidelines for future research.

Bunder Alshammari, Khaled Alfraidi, Wafaa Alrashidy, Tahani Hamoud Alharbi, Nuwayyir Abdulaziz Altamimi2026-09-26
📄 social science

Betting from the margins: gambling, respectability and the invisible incorporation of women into sports betting in Gweru, Zimbabwe 

Drawing on interviews in Gweru, Zimbabwe, this paper argues that women's entry into the sports betting sector represents an "invisible incorporation" where economic necessity drives participation through tactics that conceal their presence, thereby reinforcing rather than transforming the industry's masculine and moral character.

Tafadzwa Blessing Choto, Manase Kudzai Chiweshe2026-09-26
📄 social science

Measuring the Female Leaky Pipeline in Academic Careers: Evidence from 21 EU Countries (2013–2022)

This paper introduces the Female Leaky Pipeline Index (FLPI), a multidimensional tool analyzing 21 EU countries from 2013 to 2022, which reveals that female attrition in academia stems from diverse structural barriers across all career stages—not just senior promotion—and identifies seven distinct national models of gender exclusion while highlighting the recent stagnation of equality gains.

Rosario Gómez-Álvarez Díaz, Jesús Artero López, David Patiño2026-09-25