This series presents substantial results from around the globe in selected areas of educational research. The field of education is consistently on the top of priority lists of every country in the world, yet few educators are aware of the progress elsewhere. Many techniques, programs and methods are directly applicable across borders. Topics discussed herein include technological constructivism; heritage language development among 2nd generation Chinese immigrants in bay area; education in sustainability in home economics in Norway; impact evaluation at the convergence of evidence based policy and monitoring and evaluation; element interactivity in secondary school mathematics and science education; knowledge transfer in community-embedded learning; modeling of adaptive system for distance learning with an emphasis on student profile; the dimensions and behaviors existent in a reflective-group dialogue among students with intellectual disabilities; and self-efficacy as an accurate predictor of teaching skills.