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Cognitive Load, Writing Anxiety, and Syntactic Complexity in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language: An Experimental Intervention Study

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that a 14-week Cognitive-Affective Writing Enhancement Programme significantly improves syntactic complexity in Turkish as a Foreign Language learners by simultaneously reducing cognitive load and writing anxiety, with anxiety partially mediating the relationship between cognitive load and writing performance.

Kılıç Köçeri, Ahmet Akçay, Adnan Aydıntürk, Akif Arslan2026-09-24
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NAVIGATING THE POST-NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT ERA: Collaborative Governance, Citizen Participation, and Administrative Hybridity in Developing Contexts

This study employs a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis to argue that in developing contexts, the transition from New Public Management to a post-NPM era requires reframing administrative hybridity as an institutional asset, where authentic citizen participation and collaborative governance emerge only by intentionally bridging state mandates with indigenous relational practices.

Edio Mariano Piedade Soares, Santino Baros2026-09-24
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Probation Officers’ Perceptions on the Utilization of Intermediary Support Services: A Child and Human Rights Perspectives

Grounded in child and human rights perspectives, this qualitative study of 15 probation officers reveals that while intermediary support services are recognized as vital for protecting child offenders' rights, their effective utilization is hindered by knowledge gaps and systemic barriers, necessitating enhanced training, policy guidance, and multi-disciplinary partnerships to achieve child-sensitive justice.

Tumelo Sekgobela, Dzunisani Euginea Baloyi2026-09-24
📄 social science

This Time is Different: Evaluating the Effect of the March for Our Lives GOTV Campaign on the Outcomes of the U.S. 2018 Midterm Election

This study utilizes a quasi-experimental design to demonstrate that the March for Our Lives "Road to Change" campaign significantly increased voter registration and turnout in visited counties during the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, suggesting that peer-led, issue-salient activism can effectively boost civic participation among young people.

Jill Laufer, Alice Malmberg2026-09-24
📄 social science

Informants in China’s drug investigations: operational logic, practical challenges, and system reform

This study analyzes 8,592 Chinese court judgments and 15 case studies to reveal how unregulated informant use in drug investigations relies on moral compromise, covert tactics, and procedural manipulation, leading to significant risks of abuse and evidentiary gaps that necessitate standardized recruitment, multi-level monitoring, and enhanced procedural protections.

Tianmin Wang2026-09-24
📄 social science

When VALUE Rubrics Travel: A Case Study of Creativity Assessment in Chinese Private/minban Higher Education

This mixed-methods case study at a Chinese private university reveals that while the AAC&U Creative Thinking VALUE rubric can facilitate pedagogical innovation in art and design, its U.S.-centric descriptors and cultural assumptions create a disconnect between students' rich learning experiences and their self-assessments, arguing for the co-construction of global assessment tools with local educational cultures.

Xiao Ma, Huiyuan Ye, Tao Xu, Le Ding, Yi Lyu2026-09-24