Cao, Xiaochen
Zhang, Yan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-4454
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Planning Project of the Center for Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking (2025CTCCTZD002)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2026)
Article History
Received: 9 October 2024
Accepted: 25 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Educational Science in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Approval No.: B20221027).
: This study was performed in accordance Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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: This manuscript has not been published or presented elsewhere in part or in entirety. All study participants provided informed consent, and the study design was approved by the appropriate ethics review boards. All the authors have approved the manuscript and agree with submission to your esteemed journal. There are no conflicts of interest to declare.