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Looking for Value through Networked Learning in Social Context
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Bagheri, Amin; Yamani douzi sorkhabi, Mohammad – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' social networking strategies based on learning values in the social context of Iranian universities. Design/methodology/approach: This research has used the case study method to investigate students' networked learning (NL) strategies among students of four different universities in…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Student Attitudes, College Students, Social Environment
Social-Cognitive Predictors of Iranian College Students' Academic Well-Being
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Sadeghi, Ahmad; Mahdavi, Fatemeh – Journal of Career Development, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the application of Lent and Brown's social-cognitive model in predicting academic well-being of Iranian students. A total of 400 undergraduate students (252 female students and 148 male students) completed the measures of academic satisfaction, self-efficacy, environmental support, goal progress, and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, College Students, Well Being
Social and Academic Support and Adaptation to College: Exploring the Relationships between Indicators' College Students
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Turkpour, Azita; Mehdinezhad, Vali – International Education Studies, 2016
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the relation between social and academic support on student ability to adapt to college. Results demonstrated a weak and reverse relation between expression of support and personal ability to adapt and total adaptation. A direct relation was determined between emotional support and social adaptation and…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, College Environment, College Students, Peer Relationship
Factors Contributing to University Image: The Postgraduate Students' Points of View
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Aghaz, Asal; Hashemi, Amin; Atashgah, Maryam S. Sharifi – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2015
Despite several studies having been conducted to examine organizational image from a business perspective, there has not been adequate research in the area of perceived image in nonprofit organizations such as universities. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the factors contributing to university image, from the postgraduate students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Universities, Reputation
Examining the Effects of Residence and Gender on College Student Adjustment in Iran: Implications for Psychotherapists
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Mohammadi, Mehdi; Schwitzer, Alan M.; Nunnery, John – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2010
This study examined the effects of on-campus residence, in comparison with commuter status, on academic performance, vocational commitment, self-efficacy, and perceptions of the college environment among female and male Iranian students at Shiraz University, Iran. The study sought to extend previous work investigating the effects of college…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes
At a Foreign University: An International Study of Adaptation and Coping.
Klineberg, Otto; Hull, Frank W., IV – 1979
An international study of adaptation and coping of students, faculty, and administrators involved with foreign student exchange is examined using data obtained in 11 countries--Brazil, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following are included:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty