ISSN: 2760-7259 The Washington DC Conference on Education 2026: Official Conference Proceedings

Published on: June 26th, 2026

WCE2026 | The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, United States & Online
April 15-20, 2026
ISSN: 2760-7259



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Proceedings Contents


1–10
Culturally Responsive Mother Tongue Instruction: Enhancing Students’ Retention of Mathematics Concepts Through Igbo-Based Teaching
Felix Egara
Moeketsi Mosia
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.1)
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11–30
Cross-Cultural Pedagogy and Interdisciplinarity Learning in the ESL Class: A Practice-Oriented Contribution in Middle and High School Levels
Nhora Lucia Reyes Navarro
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.2)
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31–42
A Corpus-Based Typology of English Culture-Bound Idioms
Rena Alasgarova
Jeyhun Rzayev
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.3)
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43–55
Texting for Persistence: Leveraging Text Messages and Near-Peer Mentoring to Build Student Self-Efficacy
Jacqueline Diaz-Mewes
Jonathan Dodrill
Ted Scholz
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.4)
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57–66
CRA-Based Learning in the 21st Century: Empowering Learners Through Inquiry and Conceptual Reasoning in Mathematics in the Modern World
Aileen A. Diansuy
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.5)
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67–72
Teacher–Student Relationships and Willingness to Communicate in English: A Comparative Study of Thai and Chinese College Students
Zhai Yan Wen
Ravinder Koul
Yuwarat Srisupawong
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.6)
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73–80
Exploring the Intersections of Globalization, Equity, and Quality Education in Africa
Sunday Onyi
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.7)
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81–87
Measuring More Than Miles: Assessing the Impact of Short-Term Study Abroad on Students’ Global Citizenship Identity
Saori Doi
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.8)
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89–96
Empowering Teachers With AI-Driven 3D Model Generation for Augmented Reality in Education
Malek El Kouzi
Omar Bani-Taha
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.9)
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97–110
Reflective Practice of a Philippine Cultural Exchange Teacher in a United States Classroom
Karen Joy Bahatan-Umila
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.10)
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111–126
An Explanatory Study of Social Entrepreneurship and Educational Curriculum
Zeleke Worku
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.11)
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127–137
Underscoring Creativity of High-Achieving Secondary School Students: A Discourse on Gender, Environment and Cognitive Interference
Olusola Akintunde Adediran
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.12)
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139–156
The Role of AI in Teaching Low-Resource Languages: The Case of the Georgian Language
Ketevani Lomidze
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.13)
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157–161
Reconceptualizing Performance Spaces as Learning Environments in Music Education
Tianci Lu
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.14)
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163–175
Empowering Immigrant Women Through Continuing Education: A Conceptual Analysis of Integration in Quebec’s Early Childhood Sector
Fatma Abuareaf
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.15)
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177–186
Digital Pedagogy for Peace: Using Collaborative Technologies to Build Human-Centered Learning Communities
Senem Seda Demirtaş
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.16)
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187–194
A Baseline Statistical Model for Analyzing PISA Data in Denmark
Hans Bay
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.17)
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195–208
What Went Wrong: Millennial Higher Education Failures and Lessons for Generation Alpha in the AI Era
Will O'Kane
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.18)
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209–218
Exploring the Correlation Between Ideation Confidence and Motivation and Its Effect on Writing Proficiency
Wesley P. Davis
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.19)
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219–231
Generative AI’s Role in Computer Science Classrooms: A Rapid Mapping Review
Michael Pin-Chuan Lin
Gaganpreet Jhajj
Fuhua Lin
Eric Poitras
Daniel Chang
Jeeho Ryoo
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.20)
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233–256
Comparing ChatGPT and Traditional Online Search for Learning R Programming and RStudio Visualization: A Pilot Study
Amit Lal
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.21)
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257–268
Autonomous Learning Enhanced by Digital Pedagogy: Final Year Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions
Beatrice Ngulube
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.22)
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269–275
Negotiating Gender in Childhood: Insights From Third Graders’ Classroom Experiences
Jeonghee Choi
Yeonsun (Ellie) Ro
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.23)
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277–295
Social and Academic Factors That Foster Inequality and Discrimination Against Students With Disabilities in Public Schools in the New Amsterdam, Berbice Area
Marcia Alexis Conway
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.24)
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297–310
Social Support, Work–Family Conflict, and Well-being Among Vocational School Teachers: Differential Effects by Gender and Career Stage
Udomphubethsawa Somboonret
Ravinder Koul
Voravit Sritrakool
Soontornpathai Chantara
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.25)
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311–329
Exploring Teachers’ Perspectives of Developing Creativity in Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Mary Strickland
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.26)
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331–341
Developing Problem-Solving Skills in Mathematics Teacher Education: Detecting Missing Ideas
Margo Kondratieva
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.27)
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343–357
Structured Co-production in Crisis: Rethinking Centralization Through the UAE Volunteer Teaching Initiative
Karima Almazroui
(DOI: 10.22492/issn.2760-7259.2026.28)
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