background: cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies are identified as important solutions for improving academic achievement. this study aimed toevaluate the effect of teaching cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies on academic achievement among nursing students. methods: this study was an experimental with pretest and posttest and follow-updesign.  the study population include...

The present study examined teacher attitudes toward dyslexia and the effects of these attitudes on teacher expectations and the academic achievement of students with dyslexia compared to students without learning disabilities. The attitudes of 30 regular education teachers toward dyslexia were determined using both an implicit measure and an explicit, self-report measure. Achievement scores for...

This study investigated language teaching strategies, as reported by teachers and students, and the effects of these strategies on students’ motivation and English achievement. The participants consisted of 31 English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and their students (N = 694) in Catalonia, Spain. The teachers and students rated the frequency of use of 26 strategies in their classes. In a...

Homework is a debated issue in society and its relationship with academic achievement has been deeply studied in the last years. Nowadays, schools are multicultural stages in which students from different cultures and ethnicities work together. In this sense, the present study aims to compare homework involvement and academic achievement in a sample of native and immigrant students, as well as ...

The purpose of this study was to examine students’ academic self-concept and social presence in face-toface (FTF) and online version of the same course, and to examine the effects of these two variables on student learning achievement and satisfaction. A total of 257 undergraduate students enrolled in a digital design course were randomly assigned to either of two treatments: one offered FTF in...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Over the last two decades, research into video game addiction has grown increasingly. The present research aimed to examine the relationship between video game addiction, self-control, and academic achievement of normal and ADHD high school students. Based on previous research it was hypothesized that (i) there would be a relationship between video game addiction, self-contr...

PURPOSE This study aimed to explore the associations between learning styles and high academic achievement and to ascertain whether the factors associated with high academic achievement differed between preclinical and clinical students. METHODS A survey was conducted among undergraduate medical students in Chiang Mai University, Thailand. The Index of Learning Styles questionnaire was used t...

It is common in the implementation of teacher accountability systems to use a procedure known as Empirical Bayes shrinkage to adjust the teacher value-added estimates by their level of precision. Because value-added estimates based on fewer students and students with “hard-topredict” achievement will be less precise, the procedure could have differential impacts on the probability that the teac...

Dyscalculia is a mathematical learning disorder in which the mathematical ability of students is found lower than the expected for a person’s age, intellect and edification. There are various symptoms of Dyscalculic such as -having difficulty in counting objects, difficulty in processing and memorizing sequences and others. Infographic design presents simple brain exercises and activities for d...

School climate is a leading factor in explaining student learning and achievement. Less work has explored the impact of both staff and student perceptions of school climate raising interesting questions about whether staff school climate experiences can add "value" to students' achievement. In the current research, multiple sources were integrated into a multilevel model, including staff self-r...