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Brian Mumba; Yasmin Sultana-Muchindu – SAGE Open, 2024
The study examined students' attitudes toward online learning classes introduced during the pandemic lockdown among students at the University of Lusaka. The study adopted a quantitative methodology with descriptive and comparative design methods. The study developed an attitude scale toward online learning and administered it to 1,542 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, COVID-19
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Costas N. Tsouloupas; Constantinos M. Kokkinos – SAGE Open, 2023
In response to the need for further research on factors influencing university students' well-being during challenging circumstances, this study tests a potential mechanism to unravel the complex relationships between perceived impacts of COVID-19 on psychological health, academic performance, and financial status, subjective well-being, and…
Descriptors: Well Being, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Salehi, Mohammad; Gholampour, Samaneh – SAGE Open, 2021
Cheating is an academically dishonest behavior about which there has been a thrust of research. However, it has not been extensively researched in an Iranian context. Therefore, the current study was conducted with 310 Iranian students. A cheating questionnaire was devised and administered to the participants. Certain demographic variables were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cheating, Ethics, Student Behavior
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Reem Khalid Abu-Shawish – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper unpacks the factors likely to influence students' use of supplementary private tutoring in Qatar. Drawing on insights from Ajzen's theory of planned behavior (TPB), the current study seeks to understand the main predictors of private tutoring usage in the context of Qatar. This study used survey questionnaire data to ascertain key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Private Education, Influences
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Bulut, Mustafa Hilmi; Fung, Chi-Keung Victor; Lehmberg, Lisa J.; Kindap Tepe, Yeliz; Hernly, Patrick; Özgül, Yusuf; Mehdiyev, Esmira; Kaptan, Zekeriya – SAGE Open, 2022
The personality trait of openness has been shown to contribute to a person's ability to function effectively. Additionally, scholars have suggested that openness to experience and foreign language experience were related to music preference. Extending from earlier scholarship, this study examined the relationship between openness to experience and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students)
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Anikwe, Chidebe C.; Anikwe, Helen I.; Okorochukwu, Bartholomew C.; Ikeoha, Cyril C.; Ikeotuonye, Arinze C.; Ewah, Richard L.; Eze, Justus N. – SAGE Open, 2023
To assess the knowledge, attitude, practice, and determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) among nursing female student in a tertiary hospital in Abakaliki. A cross-sectional descriptive study was done in a tertiary hospital in Abakaliki between 1st March 2018 and 31st August 2018 among 450 nursing female student. They were interviewed using…
Descriptors: Females, Nursing Education, Student Attitudes, Hospitals
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Qadir, Sarkawt Muhammad; Bensen Bostanci, Hanife; Kurt, Mustafa – SAGE Open, 2021
Although many studies have investigated writing apprehension among students of different education levels during the last decades, several of its aspects have remained uninvestigated in different contexts. One of these contexts is North Cyprus. For this reason, this study aimed to measure the level of writing apprehension experienced by English as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Correlation
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Kaba, Abdoulaye; Abdullah, Abdulrahman Dheyab – SAGE Open, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the attitude of students toward Arabic and English textbooks in communication and media. The study used a survey questionnaire to collect data. A total of 157 university students, consisting of 95 females and 62 males, participated in the study. English textbooks received the highest satisfaction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, English, Textbooks
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Santokhie, Stefan; Lipps, Garth E. – SAGE Open, 2020
This study developed and validated a measure of Locus of Control in university students. Tertiary academic locus of control is the general expectancy that university students have regarding their ability to change their academic outcomes. Students who have an internal academic locus of control expect that their own efforts, skill, or luck will…
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Outcomes of Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Siddiquah, Aishah – SAGE Open, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to identify the effect of different variables on the locus of control of secondary school students. About 520 students participated in the study. Brown Locus of Control Scale (BLOCS) was used to assess the internal, external social, and external other loci of control of students. The t-test and ANOVA were…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Family Income
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Zhou, Shuhuan – SAGE Open, 2021
The debate over teenagers' exposure to cyberbullying has aroused broad public concern, but there are few nationwide empirical studies on teen cyberbullying in China. Based on social cognitive theory, this study analyzes the current state of cyberbullying among Chinese teenagers using a questionnaire survey (N = 1,538) distributed to teenagers in…
Descriptors: Risk, Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Foreign Countries