Research studies have proved that students' mathematics self-efficacy and self-regulation is directly related to students' mathematics achievement and overall learning. In this research, correlations and differences of students' mathematics self-efficacy, self-regulation and mathematics achievement in a sample of five hundred female students from five public sector secondary schools studying in grade nine were investigated. The sample was elected by multistage random sampling technique. Two questionnaires were administered to collect data and then it was analyzed. The study exposed that self-efficacy, self-regulation and achievements regarding mathematics are positively connected. Furthermore, it was concluded that students from different schools have no difference [...]

The present study investigates the role of smartphone usage, self-regulation, general self-efficacy and cyber loafing on university student's smartphone addiction and its impact on students' academic achievement. The data has been collected from 453 students of a private sector higher education institute of Pakistan through an online questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that both smartphone usage and cyber loafing positively and significantly affects smartphone addiction. The effect of self-regulation was negative but significant on smartphone addiction and cyber loafing. Moreover, the effect of general self-efficacy on cyber loafing was positive and significant. However, smartphone addiction has no significant [...]

The modern globalization and development of information technology, easy and fast access to information processing activities become essential for the success of organizations. Decision making on updated data, quality monitoring and effective communication through LMS have become important and key factors for effective e-leadership that use learning management system in their schools. The current study explores the E-Leadership by secondary school principals through a learning management system provided by 3-P Learning organization Australia. This LMS is implemented in more than fifty private schools in order to increase school effectiveness. This study was conducted under the interpretive paradigm and phenomenology design [...]

This paper analyzes a) the effect of organizational climate, supervisor support, and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB-I) on cognitive job engagement (CJE); b) the effect of CJE on teacher performance; and c) the moderating roles of occupational stress and mentoring for the positive relationship between CJE and teacher performance. Data from 313 full-time teachers from public and private universities of Karachi (Pakistan) are analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results show that organizational climate and morale, and OCB-I have a significant effect on CJE which in turn, has a significant effect on teacher performance. However, supervisor support has been found completely unrelated [...]

The study was based on classroom interaction to identify patterns of class talk supportive to prompt reasoning ability of students. Two intact classes pertaining 25 students each of grade VII were involved in the study. The data were based on classroom observation. One unit of science text book was taught by the teacher in nine sessions, each comprised of 40 minutes and was audio recorded. A content free worksheet based on the concepts included in the unit was developed to assess reasoning ability of the students. The worksheet was applied as pretest, post test procedure. Paired sample t-test was used [...]

The purpose of the contemporary research was to study the school-related factors of academic underachievement and academic high-achievement among 8th -grade students of school. The sample of the study comprised of 245 students (132 boys and 113 girls). The entire sample was selected from 8th standard of various private schools of Karachi through convenience sampling method. The age of the participants ranged from 13 to 16 years with the mean age of 13.142 years. The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM, 1983) was used to measure the general cognitive abilities of participants and the last exam cumulative percentage was used [...]

The British initiated formal art education in Pakistan, but at the time of independence, only a few tertiary-level formal art education options were available. Later, art departments were established in universities, but the pursuit had never been a policy preference. Art remained a privilege, for both education and career. This paper reports the findings of a study conducted to gauge Pakistani stakeholders' perception of Art as a higher education option, eliciting data from a premier art school in the country. The study was designed to determine if stakeholders perceive the institute as elitist and how do they evaluate the institute's [...]

This study identifies the determinants of household expenditures on education in four provinces of Pakistan. The household survey data are used to identify the factors that affect household's decision to spend on education. Lognormal hurdle model is employed which suggests that household income, gender and age of household head, awareness about education, school going children and rural urban residence affect household expenditures on education. Household expenditures on education are income inelastic implying that households consider education as an importance and necessary budget item. This elasticity is different in magnitude for Punjab, Sindh, KPK and Balochistan. The concavity of relationship between [...]

Cloud computing is an emerging field that is revolutionizing the way we access and use computer infrastructure and services. This paper investigates how cloud computing adoption enhances the academic performance of the students through knowledge management practices and by using TAM as a theoretical base. For this purpose, the data was collected from 628 university students through an online questionnaire. This study uses SmartPLS software which is a powerful statistical tool used for the analysis of structural equation modeling, its data and model validation. The study explores the factors that affect cloud computing adoption in higher educational institutions. The findings [...]

This paper has been drawn from a larger PhD research project on women's experiences of academic leadership in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. This qualitative study aims to examine the influence of socio-cultural factors on women's leadership experiences in higher education. In-depth interviews were taken from eleven participants, who were selected through purposive sampling method. The data analysis is informed by Foucauldian discourse analysis. This paper argues that leadership norms are discursively produced, according to the cultural system of Pakistani society, to limit women's participation at senior leadership positions in higher education. This research article encompasses a combination of four themes [...]

The study tried to establish the role of non-verbal IQ tasks to screen the children for reading deficits including dyslexia at initial stages of their schooling. The participants of the study were 66 children screened from a bigger sample of a prior study (Farukh & Vulchanova, 2014). The participants were 9 years old, and studying in public and private sector schools of a developing district in Punjab, Pakistan. They were tested on 7 standard IQ tasks (WISC III & Raven's matrices). No significant difference on IQ scores was observed between the reading deficit group and the control group except the [...]

This paper evaluates the anticipated impact of the COVID - 19 pandemic on mainstream higher education in Pakistan as the country's institutions plan an unprecedented shift to digital mode of instruction. The outbreak has forced the institutions to call off face-to-face teaching and move to the online instructional method. The world, struggling to delineate the new normal, moved quickly towards lockdown. This measure was imperative to enforce social distancing to contain the epidemic. In this paper, we argue that the panic has not permitted the academic community to systematically investigate the challenges and offer solutions. Still, it is possible to [...]

The transition from primary to secondary education is an important period in children's lives: academically, socially and emotionally, and can be particularly challenging for some children. Occurring alongside puberty and a change in focus from parents to peer relationships, the transition can be a difficult adjustment for some to navigate. This paper reviews the existing literature on this important school transfer, focusing particularly on three key areas of adjustment: academic, social and emotional. We outline the factors that impact successful school transfer, whilst also highlighting that the transition can create positive opportunities for children. We also highlight from the existing [...]

This paper discusses the implications of distance teaching in the current epidemic situation on learning from students', teachers' and parents' perspectives, and discuss ways to transform current learning scenarios with secure, equitable and conducive learning at and/or outside the schools. The analysis suggests deeper reform in policy and practices to enhance student deep learning in the current scenario and beyond. [...]