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Zhenchun Xu – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This quantitative study examined the factors influencing international undergraduate student persistence in a large private university in Pennsylvania. A report from the Association of International Educators (NAFSA, 2019) stated that international students contributed more than $41 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 458,000 jobs…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence
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Badmus, Olalekan Taofeek; Jita, Loyiso C. – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2023
The awareness and application of the knowledge of Further Mathematics transcends the boundary of Physics as a discipline. The application of further mathematics in physics and vice versa is evident in the curriculum and literature. This study explores the attrition between physics and further-mathematics among senior secondary school students with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Achievement, Prediction, Gender Differences
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Alfawzan, Mateb – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Interest in the effect of positive and negative emotions in foreign language acquisition has soared recently because of the positive psychology movement (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2014, 2016; MacIntyre, Gregersen & Mercer, 2016). No work so far has been carried out on the differential effect of positive and negative emotions on foreign language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Anxiety, English Language Learners
OECD Publishing, 2019
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Test Results, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment