Progress in Education. Volume 84

This book focuses on advancements in education. Chapter 1 aims to examine preschool morphological awareness within a broader framework of factors: domain-specific factors (phonological awareness, vocabulary) and domain-general factors (short-term/working memory, paired-associate learning, RAN, intelligence, family background). Chapter 2 investigates a thematic map case study to examine a technique which can be used to merge and collapse the nodes of tree diagrams. Chapter 3 delves into cutting-edge research concerning culturally responsive leadership within the field of gifted education to glean insights for advancing the field. Chapter 4 aims to explore South-Asian international students' sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Chapter 5 focuses on different modalities and uses of technology in education, and on the changes of the learning processes, learners' preferences and needs, learning environment, applied theories, and practices. Chapter 6 explores the connections between parental attachment, school attachment, present hope, future hope, and risky behaviors in adolescent girls. Chapter 7 highlights the importance of using word and pseudoword reading in the assessment process and the analysis of the factors that influence the reading of these stimuli. Finally, Chapter 8 delves into the transformative innovations and emerging trends in progressive pedagogy that are redefining education.