The purpose of this study was to compare the self-perceptions of Saudi international student mothers while living in the United States with their self-perceptions while living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to explore any changes that may have occurred. A set of 21 Saudi mothers enrolled at three Northeast Ohio universities were administered a…

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes represent a unique subculture on college campuses, and the athlete must balance the rigors of coursework, athletics, and the non-traditional dynamics associated with being an athlete, which include "dumb jock" stereotypes, isolation, negative criticism, and the fear…

This case study is based on teachers' personal observation of students of Oberlin College, Ohio, US, and students' feedback, and addresses cross-cultural communication of Chinese as a foreign (L2) language teacher, who is also the first author of this article. The study was conducted during the global pandemic; L2 language teaching methods in…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine persistence factors of Minority and White female students at "three rural community colleges in Ohio. The study also examined the demographic characteristics of female Ohio rural community college students." The independent variables in this study were race (White, Minority), gender,…

Information literacy skill acquisition is a form of learning that is influenced by cognitive, emotional, and social processes. This research studied how two emotional constructs (emotional intelligence and dispositional affect) and two cognitive constructs (motivation and coping skills) interacted with students' information literacy scores. Two…

The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…