Early Screening for Children’s Visual Impairment with Innovative App
Dr. Nicola McDowell's team validated the Austin Assessment, an iPad card-matching app, finding it moderately accurate at flagging children who may have cerebral visual impairment.
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Mind & Society
Psychology, neuroscience, education and the social sciences.
Engaging the Digital Generation: New Horizons in Physics Education with XR
Brandon Cárdenas-Sainz and Dr. María Barrón-Estrada found that PhysXR, a web-based virtual and augmented reality physics app, raised Mexican students' motivation and improved their learning of Newtonian mechanics.
Navigating Identity: The Role of Family Communication in Self-Development
Dr. Ömer Erdoğan's interviews suggest that people raised in conversation-oriented families describe a more positive self-image and stronger sense of belonging than those from conformity-oriented families.
IT Value and Economic Performance under Unemployment and Inflation: A New Perspective
Professor Winston Lin's team found that the business value of information technology depends on supporting resources and interacts with unemployment and inflation differently from one economy to another.
Fair Pay, Better Data: Unveiling the Link in Crowdsourcing Research
Carolyn Ritchey's team found that higher pay for online crowdsourcing participants reduced drop-out and improved data quality, while extra instructions made little difference.
Unveiling Key Factors in English Medium Instruction Success
Dr. Lei Feng's systematic review found that English proficiency best predicts success in English-taught classes, with self-efficacy and vocabulary also important, while academic motivation did not.
Harnessing Intellectual Capital for Innovation: A New Frontier in Knowledge Sharing
Professor Jinhong Xu and Professor Wei Wei's review links a strong knowledge-sharing culture and intellectual capital to employees' innovative behaviour and firms' competitive advantage after the pandemic.
ChatGPT in Academia: Balancing Innovation with Academic Integrity
Dr. Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan's survey of academics found that time savings, self-efficacy, self-esteem and lower stress drew them to ChatGPT, while integrity concerns held some back.
Enigmas of gender and cooperation in social dilemmas
Professor Andrew Colman's team found that cooperation did not steadily decline over many rounds of Prisoner's Dilemma games, and that male pairs cooperated far more than female pairs.