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This study seeks to identify the effect of internal components, such as (1) self-efficacy and (2) curriculum perceptions, as well as external factors, such as (3) institutional environment and (4) students' finances. This study employs a sequential model and a mixed-methods, explanatory methodology, namely quantitative research followed by qualitative research. Based on Isaac Michael's methodology, this study's respondents were the school (Pondok) and the students (santri) in Pondok Lirboyo with a total sample size of 286 samples. The analysis of this study employs multiple regression using the t-test and F-test, followed by the Determination Test (R2) to demonstrate the null hypothesis. The results of this study's analysis indicate that (1) there is a positive and significant direct effect on student persistence, (2) there is a positive and significant direct effect on curriculum perceptions on student persistence, (3) there is a positive and significant direct effect on the institutional environment on student persistence, (4) there is a positive and significant direct effect on student (santri) finance on student persistence, (5) there is a substantial regressive effect on student persistence, and (6) there is a substantial regressive effect on the student persistence.

The study investigated perspectives of third grade teachers in Jordan toward educational illustrations included in science textbooks for third grade students. to achieve the goals of the study, the researchers developed a questionnaire to collect data consisting of (54) items distributed into five areas: the extent of clarity of the educational illustrations contained in the textbook, the scientific accuracy of the educational illustrations, educational illustrations relevance to subjects, educational illustrations relevance to students and diversity of the educational illustrations. The sample of the study consisted of (114) male and female teachers. Results showed teachers' perspectives toward the scientific accuracy of educational illustrations were high, but their perspectives on the other aspects were moderate.

The goal of this study is to determine whether playing extracurricular educational games increases third-grade primary children's academic achievement levels in Jordan. The study sample includes 56 male and female students (28 male and 28 female) from Madaba Governorate's Al-Khansaa Secondary Comprehensive School for Girls. A two-group quasi-experimental design is used, with an experimental group and a control group. An achievement test, three educational games, and resources relating to three topics of supplication, travel etiquette, and playing etiquette, are produced and used by the researcher. The experimental group is taught these concepts through educational games in the schoolyard, while the control group receives traditional classroom instruction. SPSS software is used to conduct a statistical analysis. The achievement test results for the control and experimental groups do not indicate any statistically significant (α≤0.05) differences. The results reveal no statistically significant (α≤0.05) gender-related variations in the experimental group's level of success. The researchers suggest that Islamic education sessions might be designed to avoid the characteristic inertia, using extracurricular educational games.

Interactive whiteboards are provided in most schools in Oman, including those in the Al-Batinah North Governorate of the Sultanate, but many are not activated. Some teachers abandon them despite their presence and prefer to use the traditional blackboard or whiteboard for teaching. This study reveals the views of physics teachers in the Al Batinah North Governorate about the use of the interactive whiteboard for teaching physics. This study adopts a descriptive approach to collecting data from 377 male and female physics teachers, undertaken in the second semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. Statistical analysis shows that the teachers’ responses to the tool were positive and profound, and there were no significant differences in their views about the effectiveness of using interactive whiteboards for teaching due to the variables of gender, educational qualification, or years of experience. This result is satisfactory because of the similarity of the job environment for all members of the sample, which leads to the absence of a difference in the viewpoints of male and female teachers. In light of the results, the study recommends holding workshops and training courses for teachers to develop their skills in using the interactive whiteboard in teaching and conducting similar studies in other provinces with larger samples to generalize the results. Keywords: interactive whiteboard; teaching; physics teachers; Oman

"Technology at the level of university education has become an important basis for designing educational curricula, and it is considered one of the most essential elements of teaching in our time, especially creative teaching based on employing critical thinking skills and problem-solving method. The use of technological applications and their use in managing the educational process and organizing it within institutions Is considered one of the most critical foundations of quality standards. Still, instead, it is a component of the quality of the educational process. This study seeks to confirm the extent of the technological awareness of students at the College of Education at Qatar University before going on to training in the field by adopting a descriptive method to measure the students' technological awareness levels .The study was applied to all students of the College of Education at Qatar University distributed on eight specializations. The number of students in the college for the academic year 2020/2020, in which the questionnaire was, applied 2063, 17.9 % responded to the study instrument, equivalent to 371 students .The results of the study showed that the general level of both the emotional and cognitive fields of technological awareness is high, and the level of awareness of the skill field was average. The results revealed that there are no differences in all dimensions of Technology about sex, specialization, or nationality. While the study found technological awareness increases with the number of years of study and the level of academic performance. A set of recommendations was proposed in light of the study results, Such as the College of Education holding workshops and seminars specializing in Technology, adding a course in educational technology for students in the secondary education program in particular, and providing courses in Technology first-year students. Keywords: Technology; teaching; learning; awareness; Qatari students

This research aims to determine the effectiveness of the use of interactive smartboard techniques and applications in teaching a unit of a social studies curriculum for preparatory stage students in Qatar. The selected sample (47 students) is distributed into two groups, the experimental group which studied a chosen unit using the interactive smartboard, and the other group, the control group, which studied the same lesson plan conventionally. The two methods administered to the groups, before and after the experiment, are codified through a cognitive performance evaluation using the three stages of Bloom, and a structured assessment of the inclination towards social studies is applied. All groups are taught the same unit, prepared by the same teacher, but with a different method of teaching. To statistically test the research hypotheses, a quantitative comparison between the scores of the two groups before and after the experiment is carried out. The results indicate that the differences between the two groups in average values in favor of the trial group are statistically significant. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.19.3.1

This study explored early career teachers’ perspectives on their competencies in professional teaching in Qatar. Using a mixed-method research design, this study drew on empirical data from ninetly-five survey respondents and ten individual interviews with teachers who were in their first four years of working in Qatari governmental schools. The findings of this study indicate that professional teaching competencies are strongly related to professional training through a teacher preparation program. This study identified a few of the specific challenges that novice teachers encounter and revealed a significant need to address these challenges to maintain their competencies. The study contributes to the literature by investigating novice teachers’ perspectives on their teaching competencies as supported by their teacher preparation program. More efforts to bridge the gaps between programs and schools are needed to prepare teachers in their early careers better. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.19.1.7