Objectives: To investigate undergraduate students’ test anxiety level; to measure the correlation between undergraduate students test anxiety with their academic achievement; and to measure the correlation of undergraduate students’ test anxiety from the perspective of their gender. Methodology: Students of eight departments at University of Swat constituted the study sample. Among these, 126 undergraduate level students were selected through simple random sampling technique. The to...
The current research was undertaken to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and Moral Judgment among students. The study sample consisted of 81 students and the datawere collected from 3 different schools (i.e. Asif Public School, House of Secondary Education and Al-Ameen Public School Rawalpindi). The sample consisted of students of ages 13 to 18 years. Self-esteem Scale of Raffia(1999), comprising 29 items, was used to measure self-esteem while the Urdu version of Padua Mora...
This study was designed to find the comparative effects of scientific attitude toward Physic of females’ students of Grade 9 teaching Physics through inquiry teaching method and traditional lecture method teaching. The objectives of the study was (a ) to compare the scientific attitude toward physics Grade 9 of female students teaching Physics through inquiry teaching method (ITM) and traditional teaching lecture method (TTLM).one hundred and twenty (120) sciences females students of grade ...
Objectives: To identify the learning styles of secondary school students and to find out the relationship of these learning styles with their academic achievement. Methodology: The population of the study comprised of all tenth grade male and female students of public sector schools of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. A total of 745 students were randomly selected from 12 schools by applying simple random sampling technique. Results: The major findings of the study were that male students ...
Quality university education is the central aspiration of universities in the 21st century where different dimensions are explore as starting point including classroom learning environment. This classroom learning environment can boost or hinder students’ learning which covers the physical and psychological dimension shaving significant effects on classroom teaching learning process at university level. Promoting quality education therefore needs; supportive classroom environment, students�...
The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school children in Pakistan. The sample of the study was comprised of 522 randomly selected students aged 10-16 years from five flood affected districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. The instrument used in the study was The Impact of Event Scale- Revised (IES-R) to measure Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among flood affected school children in Pakistan.. The main findings of...
Objective: To investigate entrepreneurial skills of business students and their learning styles and to measure the relationship of entrepreneurial skills with students’ learning styles. Methodology: Though co-relational survey and cluster random sampling techniques, 527 business schools students were selected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa public sector universities. Entrepreneurial Skills Questionnaire (ESQ) and Neil Flaming VARK Learning Style Model (FSLSM) were used for data collection. Results...
This study intended to investigate the instructional practices at business schools and the learning of entrepreneurial skills. The objectives of the study were: to find out prevailing instructional practices of business educators, entrepreneurship skills of business graduates and the relationship of instructional practices with entrepreneurial skills. The population of the study comprised of business educators and business graduates of the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. The data was...
Entrepreneurial leadership emphasize on innovative, creative, resilient and a dynamic organizational environment. It leads the organization through capability building, collaboration, team building, sharing of responsibilities and providing maximum leading opportunities. This study explored the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on the performances of higher education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Three research questions guided the study and a qualitative phenomenological research designed was ad...
Overcrowded classrooms and its associated problems are always under investigation of researchers. This study investigated the teaching methodologies and disciplinary problems in overcrowded classrooms. Through a descriptive survey research design, the problem was investigated. Among six hundred and thirty eight female Secondary School Teachers (SSTs), through purposive sampling techniques eighty eight teachers identified as sample who were teaching to overcrowded classrooms. The selected resp...
Prospective teachers’ training is carried out adopting various approaches. Every approach has some merits and demerits. The current study adopted a flip learning approach for the training of prospective teachers in pedagogical skills. The study was delimited to four pedagogical skills (instructional planning, presentation, classroom management and assessment skills). Null hypotheses were formulated and in pre-experimental designs one group single case study design was adopted. The treatment...
Background: Students in the modern world are busy using social media for different purposes along with other activities. Research studies revealed that excessive use of social media influence the mental health of students. This study was design to measure the relationship of social media and depression among university students. Objectives: The main objectives of the study were, to investigate the perception of university students regarding the usage of social media networks, to find out gend...
There are different instructional models that teachers adopted for the teaching of students different subjects. Among all those a student centered model is 5Es instructional model. This model concentrates on the engaging students, made exploration through students, explains and elaborate the learning concepts by students and then to evaluate students learning. All these 5Es provide ample space for students’ hands-on practices of the learning contents. This experimental study was conducted a...
Accreditation Councils are all about quality assurance in the academic programs. All the mechanisms of accreditation concentrates on the quality for which Quran uses and stress words ihsan and itqan (good and quality). National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE) like other academic accreditation councils is also working to ensure quality in teacher education. The accreditation processes of NACTE concentrate to ensure the quality in terms of infrastructure, facilities and inst...
Objectives: To find the occurrence of PTSD among secondary school students of District Swat and to measure the relationship of PTSD and academic achievement of students. Methodology: This descriptive study comprised of 25 boys and girls high schools destroyed during militancy and military operation in District Swat. The sample consisted of 941 students comprising of 573 male and 368 female students. Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) was used to measure PTSD. Results: Female students developed h...