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Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Education: University Students’ Perceptions and Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study, grounded in the Technology Acceptance Model, reveals that while university students in Ghana perceive AI tools as highly beneficial for mathematics learning, they face significant challenges including a lack of institutional support and concerns about declining mental math skills, with perceptions of these challenges varying by gender and AI experience.

Francis Ohene Boateng, Isaac Davor2026-09-23

📄 social science

Human–GenAI Interaction in Higher Education: A Multi-Agent Fuzzy Delphi Framework for Co-Creative Environmental Learning

This study introduces a novel multi-agent human–GenAI fuzzy Delphi framework to empirically model and optimize co-creative environmental learning in higher education, revealing how orchestrated interactions between educators and diverse AI systems foster systems thinking, engagement, and adaptive learning strategies through three iterative interaction loops.

Amirali Boroumand, Mohammad Javad Amiri2026-09-23

📄 social science

Invisible Inequality in Peer–AI–Peer Interaction: Rethinking Inclusion in Digital EFL Classrooms

Drawing on Sociocultural Theory, this qualitative study reveals that Peer-AI-Peer interactions in digital EFL classrooms generate invisible epistemic inequalities where expert peers dominate AI-mediated knowledge construction, suggesting that true inclusion requires shifting focus from mere technology access to equitable engagement and the strategic role of expert scaffolding in sustaining collaborative learning.

Van Huong Nguyen, Minh Tuan Dang, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Nhu Huong Nguyen2026-09-23

📄 social science

The Impact of Agentic Verbal Expression in Companion Chatbots on User Satisfaction: An Explanatory Sequential Investigation

Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, this study demonstrates that companion chatbots expressing independent viewpoints significantly enhance user satisfaction compared to those exhibiting compliant agreement, a finding supported by qualitative themes including self-expansion, social presence, perceived dialogic tension, sincerity, and anthropomorphism.

Zhaohang Cao, Jaehwan Lee, Zibin Chen2026-09-22

📄 social science

The Middle Way as Mutual Acceptability: Buddhist Political Thought and the Normative Logic of Centrist Governance

This paper reinterprets the Buddhist Middle Way not as mere moderation but as a practical framework for centrist governance that establishes political legitimacy through mutually acceptable arrangements among disagreeing actors, thereby avoiding absolutism and domination without requiring shared comprehensive justifications.

Kazuo Kadokawa2026-09-22

📄 social science

Understanding the Interpersonal Development in Adults of Parental Substance Use Disorders: A Phenomenological Examination from Childhood Through Adolescence

This phenomenological study explores adults' recollections of living with parental substance use disorders involving non-alcohol substances during childhood and adolescence, highlighting recurring patterns of disrupted relationship development and underscoring the need for further research into their long-term emotional and interpersonal impacts.

Chanda Pinkney, Bilal Urkmez2026-09-22

📄 social science

Preliminary evaluation of the seven-item Explicit Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People With Cancer Scale

This study presents the preliminary evaluation of a seven-item Polish-language scale (ESATC-7) for measuring explicit stigmatizing attitudes toward people with cancer, which demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and preliminary construct validity but requires further independent validation before broader clinical or research application.

Katarzyna Gibek2026-09-22

📄 social science

Innovation Teaching Model and Effect Evaluation of Basketball Program in Physical Education

This study demonstrates that an innovative basketball teaching model integrating modular skill training, situational teaching, and diversified evaluation significantly outperforms traditional instruction in enhancing college students' athletic skills, tactical understanding, physical fitness, teamwork, and motivation, though its findings warrant further validation across diverse educational contexts.

Mingchen xu, Haixia liu, chao fu, Xiaojing zhang2026-09-22

📄 social science

Network Structure of Linguistically and Racially/Ethnically Focused Mental Health Care Providers in Michigan

This study analyzes Michigan's mental health provider network to reveal that while geographic proximity is the primary driver of professional ties, significant homophily persists for Arabic, Spanish, Black/African American, Native American, and Asian-focused providers even after controlling for location and professional factors, highlighting distinct subnetwork structures that go beyond simple provider counts.

Nari Yoo, Daniel Baslock, Addie Weaver, Doris Chang2026-09-22

📄 social science

When Epistemic Delegation Becomes Abdication: The Limits of Clinical Authority in AI-Mediated Medicine

This paper argues that while clinical medicine has always relied on external expertise, AI-mediated question-generation creates a distinct risk of epistemic abdication unless clinicians retain meaningful control through intelligibility, contestability, and situated verification at the point of care.

Andrea Mangiameli¹2026-09-22

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