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Khine, Myint Swe; Fraser, Barry J.; Afari, Ernest – Learning Environments Research, 2020
Relationships between students' perceptions and their non-cognitive outcomes (epistemological beliefs, self-efficacy and attitudes to science) were investigated through secondary analysis of data from 14,167 United Arab Emirates students who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Structural equation modeling…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
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Aldridge, Jill M.; Afari, Ernest; Fraser, Barry J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The purpose of our study was to examine the effects of two psychosocial features of the classroom environment (teacher support and personal relevance) on college students' academic self-efficacy and enjoyment of mathematics lessons. Data collected from 352 mathematics students attending three higher education institutions in the United Arab…
Descriptors: College Students, Classroom Environment, Self Efficacy, Teacher Student Relationship
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Afari, Ernest; Ward, Graeme; Khine, Myint Swe – International Education Studies, 2012
We investigated the relationships between global self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and academic performance among a sample of 255 college students in the United Arab Emirates. The widely used Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) and an academic self-efficacy scale, modified from (Jinks and Morgan, 1999) were used to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy