The purpose of this pretest/posttest quasi-experimental study was to explore the strategies English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students use on understanding the meanings of idioms both in oral and written submissions. The study also investigated the strategies on comprehending …
Students with learning disabilities are now taught in inclusive classrooms in Saudi Arabia. There is a lack of research on female general education teachers' knowledge of and skills related to the inclusion of students with learning disabilities. The purpose of this mixed method…
This study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of secondary school teachers of their principals' supervisory behaviors and of their schools' climate. Furthermore, the study examined the relationship between supervisory behaviors and school climate in Kuwaiti secondary s…
Educators who believe in continuing education know that professional development is a process of refining skills and developing new methods that encourage deeper thinking and support student academic achievement. At the same time, teachers who work in a school in the Kingdom of …
Problem Over the last decade, the Ministry of Education in Kuwait undertook the responsibility of reforming the Kuwaiti education system. While it noted the importance of school principals in this reform process, it has not yet focused on the development of school leaders throug…
The purposes of this study were to examine the level of communication satisfaction and to investigate the relationship between communication satisfaction and four teachers' demographic variables; gender, nationally, years of experience, and school district. Moreover, the study a…
This study investigates the impact of the privatization policy of the educational institutions in Nigeria on students' academic performance. The purpose is to assess the academic performance of students from private and public schools in Nigeria as well as to assess the impact o…
Scope of Study. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the actual and ideal functions of college deans as perceived by deans and faculty members at King Faisal University. More specifically, the study attempted to answer questions related to various functions perfo…
The purpose of this study was to investigate administrators' participation in three types of decisions (urgent, developmental, and routine), their participation in the six stages of the decision-making process, and their participation according to their position or level at the …
This study is an exploratory-descriptive one to examine adult basic education in Plateau State, Nigeria. The study examines pertinent Plateau State documents and interviews 130 central and local level adult education leaders associated with both the Plateau State government and …
Purpose. The specific problems of this study were (1) to analyze the governance practices of the University of Tehran, the largest and most prestigious university in Iran, with respect to existing governance models for higher education, (2) to evaluate the organizational practic…
This study describes and analyzes major reform movements in Mali since independence to determine the extent to which they have met their goals and the national development needs of the country. The study also examines the social, political and economic factors that have influenc…
This study examined whether faculty members in selected universities are worldminded, and whether any set of experiences or demographic characteristics distinguish those who are worldminded from those who are not. The study determined whether selected demographic data or life ex…
The Chicago area Hebrew Day Schools under the auspices of the Associated Talmud Torahs employed two separate sets of faculties within each school building. The Hebrew faculty was responsible for the religious education of the students while the General Studies faculty taught sec…
Nigerians educated in America play crucial roles in the cross pollination and fertilization of ideas in favor of American image, influence and interest in Africa. Hence, any concern for the problems that confront Nigerian students will form a fertile ground for the growth and pr…
In 1969 a military regime came into power in the Sudan. In their claims for reform they declared in 1970 what they called the educational revolution, which is also known as the New Educational Policy of 1970-85. The present study is an analysis of the implementation of the New E…
The main purpose of this study was to determine the internal efficiency of the Basic/Primary Education System in Egypt and to identify those factors which most affected the internal efficiency of the system. The study included all students enrolled in both public and private pri…