In Saudi Arabia, mathematics is an essential subject for all freshmen except students majoring in medical sciences. The struggle of students in mathematics is one of the most common issues in the last ten years (Khoshaim, 2015). According to Higbee and Thomas (1999), mathematics self-efficacy, along with other effective characteristics such as…

Problem: During the COVID-19 crisis, particularly in the context of Saudi education, the ability to physically attend schools and colleges was greatly hindered due to the widespread transmission of the virus and the resulting obstacles. The issues necessitated the use of crisis management strategies. Some Saudi universities are capable of…

Mobile learning is a rapidly growing field in education that has gained increasing worldwide attention in recent years due to the widespread availability of mobile devices and their potential to enhance learning experiences. In Saudi Arabia, higher education institutions have explored the use of mobile learning to support teaching and learning,…

STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) are a key source of economic progress in many countries. As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia works toward an innovative and knowledgeable economy, more qualified national professionals in STEM are needed. Nevertheless, the problem of STEM attrition is still insufficiently explored in Saudi…

Recent data have indicated that universities in the United States (U.S.) host as many as 21,933 students from Saudi Arabia, making Saudi Arabia one of the top four countries for international students attending U.S. universities. Several research studies have indicated that religiosity and acculturation influence student's performance. However,…

The purpose of this study was to focus on teacher job satisfaction in Saudi Arabia. This quantitative study aimed to identify the relationship between teachers' perceptions of distributed leadership and job satisfaction in public secondary schools in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It additionally examined if there is a difference between…

Researchers have been looking into the stressful nature of teaching for quite some time. Kyriacou (2001) maintains that teaching is one of the top five most stressful careers, while Stoeber and Rennert (2018) indicate that teachers exhibit a higher level of stress than any other profession (Bowen, 2016, p. 1205). Much educational and psychological…

This study examined the problems and challenges of social and academic integration in U.S. higher education institutions for Saudi Arabian and Mexican undergraduate international students. The purpose of this quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and causal-comparative study was to examine the relationship among a) demographic variables…

Academic stress has been identified as one of the major concerns in current academic circles. Academic stress is an example of mental distress associated with anticipation or awareness of academic failure and/or the result of being in a given educational facility or pursuing academic work. Academic stress is a major concern because its effects are…

Even though, there are many studies on teacher professional learning and many studies on teacher motivation, there is a lack of research to examine the relationship between teacher professional learning and motivation. This study examined the relationship between teacher motivation and professional learning in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This study was…

The continuous advancement of technologies and their increasing integration into the education process places a great demand on teachers to be able to use such technologies effectively in their teaching and learning processes. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), efforts to advance the education system, as articulated in the "Vision…

This study explored the massification of Saudi higher education by utilizing contemporary Chinese higher education expansion as a framework to identify the drivers of expansion, challenges encountered, and diversification within the massification process. This study employed a qualitative approach of policy analysis of background literature,…

Students often see mathematics as a hard subject because they have to rely on logic, mathematical theories of equations, proofs, and some of math concepts that are difficult to understand, which contributes to students' poor performance and low motivation to learn math. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the…

The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate special education teachers' perceptions of their knowledge and responsibility about special education principles according to Saudi government vision 2030 in a major city in Saudi Arabia in terms of their gender, educational qualifications, years of experiences, and Saudi Vision 2030…

Blended learning has been implemented in different designs and significantly impacted the learning process. It has been reported that students learned more when online classes were added to traditional courses, and it improved student interaction and satisfaction. In Saudi Arabia, more research is needed to understand the challenges and…