Of the estimated 0.6 million teachers employed at government schools in Pakistan, 43 percent have not received any professional development training. A considerable amount of research has focused on the effects of teachers' psychological characteristics and academic qualifications on subsequent student achievement but there is limited evidence on…

The educational productivity theory directed that students' variables affect their performance. Therefore, this descriptive correlational study was designed to examine students' interpersonal skills and its association with their achievement. There were 3,200 high school students participated in this study, selected from 80 high schools of Punjab…

The present study examines the link between children's number of older siblings and their cognitive development, as measured by executive function (EFs) skills and verbal skills (VIQ) in a sample of 1,302 4-year-old children (54% boys) living in rural Pakistan. Specifically, we investigate whether the links between the number of older siblings and…

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the mediating role of relational mobile usage on the relationship between personal values (individualism, collectivism and academic self-efficacy) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among the faculty members of higher education/degree-awarding institutes (DAIs) in Pakistan. The paper also examines the…

The current study was carried out to explore the role of academic stress with health complaints among students experiencing online education and find out the demographic difference in these variables. In the present study along with the demographic sheet three instruments, Academic Stress Scale (Bedewy & Gabriel, 2015), and the Chinese Health…

Test anxiety is the fear of students about negative results of the evaluative procedures. Low to moderate level of test anxiety is often thought beneficial for students. Test anxiety has two components worry and emotionality that are found in test anxiety research work. Academic Achievement encompasses students' academic potential. It is a common…

The present study examined the mediating role of fluid intelligence between working memory (WM) and academic achievement and tested the invariance of this model across gender in a random sample of university students (N = 560, 228 boys & 332 girls). Heart and Flower task (Diamond, 2013) and Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices[superscript TM]…

This quantitative research study explores the external factors of plagiarism among university students in Pakistan. Data were collected from Islamabad city-based university students using an on-line survey that contains questions related to students' plagiarism, from the internet access, ethical control, and teaching factors. For this research, we…

The research was conducted to find out the relationship of work engagement and job performance of university teachers. Quantitative approach was selected and correlation research design was used. The sample of the study was four hundred teachers of public and private universities of Central Punjab. Data were collected through questionnaire.…

The objective of the present research was to find out gender differences in corporal punishment, academic self-efficacy and drop-out in secondary school students. The research design used for the study was correlation design. By using purposive sampling technique, a sample of 250 (74%) students of 13-18 (M= 15.59, SD= 1.62) years was recruited…

Policies shift their focus from increasing enrolment to quality improvement and enhancing the conceptual knowledge and investigating skills of the students. Students' achievement scores are generally considered the true reflectors of quality improvement. This study investigated the relationship between public sector students' physics achievement…

The primary objective of this research article is to study the concept of ethical leadership by determining the perceptions of school teachers regarding ethical leadership behaviors of the school leaders and establishing its relation with teacher's commitment. In addition, this study tests the validity of ELQ survey instrument in educational…

The research intends to explore correlation between morale and satisfaction of teachers working at universities. Moreover, it also intends to measure the difference of job satisfaction and morale on gender basis. This research was conducted on teachers from three public universities. 150 teachers were asked to provide their responses regarding the…

This study investigated in Math and Classroom Learning Environment (CLE) through quantitative approach Public Schools of Punjab were the population of the study. Using random sampling, 997 respondents (Boys = 489, Girls = 508) from two districts (conveniently) were selected. The scale (Fraser, 2007). Self measured students' self scale developed by…

The current study explored the possible effect of workplace diversity on employees' performance in Allama Iqbal Open University. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of workplace diversity on the performance of employees. The sample of study comprised of 105 Head of departments and 545 regular (BPS-2 to15), contractual, daily wagers…