Keyword: students

ABSTRACT: Immigrant and foreign-born students are one of the fastest-growing populations in higher education across the US, and yet there is a dearth of research around their sense of belonging on campus and in the classroom. Therefore, this paper will cover the development and evaluation process for a scale designed to evaluate the perception of college welcome provided to immigrant students. Data from 94 college students were used to conduct a series of factor analyses to assess the survey questions and their utility for measuring college welcome. The scale is made up of four factors. The Cognitive awareness of college welcome factor showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.72, the Emotional college welcome factor showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.732, Behaviors of college welcome showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.75, and the Relational college welcome showed a Cronbach’s alpha 0.767. Overall, Cronbach’s alpha is 0.864 for the perception of college welcome which is excellent. While the results are promising that this scale could indeed be measuring college welcome, it is important that more data be collected, reflect a higher percentage of immigrant students, and that future research be done to continue to assess the reliability and validity of this scale. This scale is the first step in better understanding the perception of welcome provided to foreign-born students, which is critical so that social workers can intervene and help improve the social and emotional well-being of students.

ABSTRACT: This study highlights the drawbacks of monolingual instruction in university disciplines and its adverse effects on students’ knowledge acquisition, mental, emotional, and academic well-being. Incorporating Afrofuturism, the research positions translanguaging
as an innovative component to explore the advantages of employing multilingual strategies. The goal is to mitigate limitations posed by monolingual approaches and contribute to safeguarding students’ comprehensive well-being in academic contexts. Methodologically, this study utilizes textual analysis with the researcher as a research instrument. It analyzes how multilingual teaching not only addresses limitations associated with monolingual instruction but also developmentally enhances African students’ well-being. Innovative case studies on translanguaging practices are highlighted, offering multilayered insights into the dynamic interplay of languages and knowledge in disciplines. By introducing Afrofuturist-aligned translanguaging practices, the research illuminates innovative pathways that surpass monolingual limitations, demonstrating the advantages of embracing multilingualism in disciplines. This Afrofuturistinspired method promotes an inclusive understanding of linguistic diversity, nurturing belonging and resilience among students. Recognizing the detrimental effects of monolingual instruction on holistic growth in Africa’s universities, this study champions a transformative transition toward multilingualism.

ABSTRACT: The study aims to explore Strategies for restrainingClassroomDisruptive BehaviorAmong Public Secondary Schools Students in Ekiti State. Specifically, it sought to examine the types of disruptive behaviors, problems encountered by the schools, and strategies to be adopted to curb disruptive behaviors perpetuated by students in the classroom during teaching and learning. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design and utilized a quantitative approach. A sample of 100 respondents involving principals and teachers was used through purposive sampling. Strategies for Restraining Students’ Disruptive Behaviors in Public Secondary Schools served as an instrument. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The analysis revealed that (1) lateness to school, irregular class attendance, fighting with each other within and outside the school, refusal to do assignments given by teachers, non-participation in-class activities, use of abusive language against one another, and operating phones during class hours were disruptive behaviors perpetrated by students. (2) The school encountered several problems such as bullying of teachers and management by the punished students, and teachers get discouraged going back to class, which causes more stress for teachers as they become detracted from academic routine. (3) The use of classroom management, allowing students to have easy access to the teachers, promptness of teachers to the discharge of their tasks of teaching profession, ensuring of appropriate seating arrangement by teachers, attentiveness of the teachers to both reported and unreported cases in class, regular checking of children by parents in schools, and maintenance of small and well-controlled
class size were strategies to be adopted to curb disruptive behaviors among public secondary schools students in Ekiti state.

ABSTRACT: Tests or examinations are an essential part of education, creating test anxiety among students. Several studies identified a negative correlation between test anxiety and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students’ academic performance in higher education, and female students in STEM subjects showed more test anxiety before and during an examination. Studies also identified that STEM students could pay less attention to their examinations due to test anxiety. Such evidence in the context of Bangladeshi universities is yet to be understood. This study investigated the level of test anxiety among Bangladeshi university students of STEM subjects, including gender differences and the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance. We considered the quantitative research design to understand the status of test anxiety among undergraduate STEM students. A survey was conducted online from two STEM departments of a private university in Bangladesh using the shorter version of the CAEX test anxiety instrument, and a total of 246 undergraduate students participated. The findings show that Bangladeshi undergraduate STEM students generally felt slight anxiety during or before the examination. Female students were more anxious before or during a test than male students, and no significant relationship was found between test anxiety and academic achievement. The study reflects the need to conduct further research to understand the physiological, cognitive, and psychological factors leading to test anxiety among university students, as well as establishes a demand to identify the reasons behind having no relationship between test anxiety and students’ academic performance.