Browsing AURA by Author "Zakariya, Yusuf F."
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Academic Achievement and Delay: A Study with Italian Post Graduate Students in Psychology
Barattucci, Massimiliano; Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Ramaci, Tiziana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Analysis of relations between attitude towards mathematics, prior knowledge, self-efficacy, expected and actual grades in mathematics
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Barattucci, Massimiliano; Fernández-Cézar, Raquel; Solano-Pinto, Natalia (Chapter, 2022)The purpose of this study is to analyse relations between students’ attitude towards mathematics, prior knowledge, self-efficacy, expected grades, and performance in mathematics among 115 firstyear engineering students. ... -
Analysis of relationships between prior knowledge, approaches to learning, and mathematics performance among engineering students
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Nilsen, Hans Kristian; Bjørkestøl, Kirsten; Goodchild, Simon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Approaches to learning have been identified as crucial factors that influence students’ mathematics performance. However, there have been mixed findings on which of the different approaches improve performance in undergraduate ... -
Application of an innovative alignment optimisation method to a cross-cultural mean comparison of teacher self-efficacy: A cross-country study
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Teacher self-efficacy is a crucial personal characteristic that is important not only for teachers’ well-being but also for the overall teaching and learning. However, the difficulty to ascertain scalar invariance in the ... -
Approaches to Learning Mathematics: Preliminary Evidence of a Concise, Valid, and Reliable Instrument
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We assess students’ approaches to learning mathematics not only to predict students’ learning outcomes but also for its crucial utilities in the teaching and learning process. These utilities range from evaluating effective ... -
Assessing first-year engineering students’ pre-university mathematics knowledge : Preliminary validity results based on an item response theory model
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Nilsen, Hans Kristian; Goodchild, Simon; Bjørkestøl, Kirsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Calculus Self-Efficacy Inventory : Its Development and Relationship with Approaches to Learning
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Goodchild, Simon; Bjørkestøl, Kirsten; Nilsen, Hans Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Cronbach’s alpha in mathematics education research: Its appropriateness, overuse, and alternatives in estimating scale reliability
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Development of mathematics motivation scale: A preliminary exploratory study with a focus on secondary school students
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Massimiliano, Barattucci (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Digital Escape Game and Students’ Learning Outcomes in Mathematics: Experience From Brunei
Pg Abu Bakar, Dk Nurul Najiah; Shahrill, Masitah; Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Educational stakeholders in Brunei are not exempted from the search for innovative instructional approaches as a tool to stem the tide of poor performance of students in mathematics. This study was designed to contribute ... -
Effects of school climate and teacher selfefficacy on job satisfaction of mostly STEM teachers : a structural multigroup invariance approach
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Exposing Empirical Links between COVID-19 Situation Report and Available Data: The Case of Nigeria
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Global epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 and lessons for effective control of this and future pandemics
Njoga, Emmanuel Okechukwu; Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Jaja, Ishmael Festus; Okoli, Chinwe Elizabeth; Mshelbwala, Philip Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Impact of a Social Constructivist Instructional Strategy on Performance in Algebra with a Focus on Secondary School Students
Ginga, Umar A.; Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Improving students’ mathematics self-efficacy: A systematic review of intervention studies
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Investigating Some Construct Validity Threats to TALIS 2018 Teacher Job Satisfaction Scale: Implications for Social Science Researchers and Practitioners
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Job satisfaction of mathematics teachers: an empirical investigation to quantify the contributions of teacher self‑efficacy and teacher motivation to teach
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Wardat, Yousef (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The shortage of mathematics teachers necessitates deliberate efforts to retain high-quality ones in many parts of the world. This puts teacher job satisfaction in the spotlight since satisfied teachers are likely to retain ... -
Reforming the Teaching and Learning of Foundational Mathematics Courses: An Investigation into the Status Quo of Teaching, Feedback Delivery, and Assessment in a First-Year Calculus Course
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Midttun, Øystein; Nyberg, Svein Olav Glesaaen; Gjesteland, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Self-efficacy and approaches to learning mathematics among engineering students : empirical evidence for potential causal relations
Zakariya, Yusuf F.; Nilsen, Hans Kristian; Goodchild, Simon; Bjørkestøl, Kirsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Self-Efficacy Between Previous and Current Mathematics Performance of Undergraduate Students : An Instrumental Variable Approach to Exposing a Causal Relationship
Zakariya, Yusuf F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)