A study of adjustment (academic, social and to the urban environment) among Malaysian students at Jordanian universities and its correlation with their academic achievement

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Awad, Zakaria Alcheikh Mahmoud
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	This paper aims at examining the adjustment (academic, social and to the urban environment) and its correlation with academic achievement among Malaysian students in selected governmental universities in Jordan. Relevant qualitative and quantitative data were collected an analyzed. 386 Questionnaires were distributed randomly. The questionnaires were designed to measure the extent of academic and social adjustmen t and the adjustment to the urban environment. They were backed up with a brief interview covered 50 students and revolved around the difficulties the students faced during their stay in Jordan. The findings revealed that the students reached a acceptable level in adjustments. The male students achieved better social and academic adjustment than the female students while the adjustment of female students to urban environment was more than that of the male students. The mean of academic achievement for females was better than that for th e males. Further, there is a positive and strong correlation among the adjustment dimensions. Furthermore, there is a correlation between each of the adjustments and the academic achievement, but the relationship is very low.
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Language	English
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