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Alshammari, Sultan Hammad – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2023
Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is the use of a computer or other technology which provides education courses or training for students, such as online courses, off-line content, or mixed-mode delivery. The current study aims at developing a model to examine the effect of resource availability and students' subject interest on students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
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Albalawi, Fatemah H.; Al-Hoorie, Ali H. – SAGE Open, 2021
Research into language learning demotivation has tended to focus on the identification of discrete factors resulting in demotivation. In this article, we report an investigation into the interrelationship among factors eventually leading to demotivation using a sequential exploratory mixed-methods design. In Study 1, 13 participants were…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Structural Equation Models, Self Concept
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Kafaji, Mohammed – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
In a world of globalization and transparency, many academic institutions are prioritizing the accreditation of their teaching and learning environments in order to achieve a strategic advantage over their competitors. This research examines the perceived benefits of accreditation from students' perspectives and, in particular, assesses the extent…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Academic Achievement, Private Colleges, Business Schools
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Fakieh Alrabai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study utilises a holistic approach of positive psychology (PP) in the second language acquisition (SLA) domain to test a model of willingness to communicate in English language (L2WTC) among 328 Saudi learners. The model examines how potential connections among learners' negative emotions (anxiety and boredom), positive emotions (enjoyment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, English (Second Language)
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Majid Elahi Shirvan; Abdullah Alamer – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given the recent attention to language-domain-specific grit in the field of SLA and the scarcity of research on the antecedents of L2 grit, we proposed a model that links L2 learners' basic psychological needs (BPN) (i.e. autonomy, competence, and relatedness), L2 grit (i.e. perseverance of effort (PE) and consistency of interest (CI)), and L2…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Needs, Academic Persistence, Personality Traits
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Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed; Lashari, Tahira Anwar; Lashari, Sana Anwar; Hasan, Md Kamrul – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The study aimed at identifying the association between Bandura's four hypothesized self-efficacy sources and metacognitive reading strategies by employing reading self-efficacy beliefs as a mediating variable. A correlational research design was used. A total of 188 Saudi EFL learners were selected from five public universities of Kingdom of Saudi…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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AL-Dossary, Saeed Abdullah – International Education Studies, 2017
Cheating on tests is a serious problem in education. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a modified form of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict cheating behavior among a sample of Saudi university students. This study also sought to test the influence of cheating in high school on cheating in college within the…
Descriptors: Cheating, Student Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Behavior Theories
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Tighezza, M'Hamed – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of modeling science achievement in terms of 3 social psychological variables (school connectedness, science attitude, and active learning) and 2 self-perception variables (self-confidence and science value). Two models were tested: full mediation and partial mediation. In the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Self Concept, Correlation
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Rawashdeh, Awni – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The aim this study was to examine the relationship between the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived entertainment, attitude and the users' intention toward using the fourth-generation (4G) wireless mobile services. Data of this study were collected by survey with a cross sectional approach. The data were analyzed with factor…
Descriptors: Females, Information Technology, Adoption (Ideas), Factor Analysis