Issa Aljubaili

Prof. Russell Winfrey

UWRT 1102
09/13/2017
Research Log

1- Chavajay, P. "Perceived Social Support Among International Students at a U.s.

University." Psychological Reports. 112.2 (2013): 667-77. Print.

Comment: The article is good enough to be used in academic research study and the

reason for this is that the researcher Chavajay clearly outlines a research problem,

variables that may influence student achievement and he identifies the causal factors

such as family education, family income, parents criminal activity, and family structure.

2- Lee, Jenny. "International Students' Experiences and Attitudes at a Us Host Institution:

Self-Reports and Future Recommendations." Journal of Research in International

Education. 9.1 (2010): 66-84. Print.

Comment: I think this journal article meets the requirements of an academic research

study. A research tittle is clearly provided, a research problem has also been provided

where the Lee and Jenny seek to determine the international students experiences at a

US university. The goal is outline problems and c=recommend solutions data is collected

and research findings are well stated.

3- Andrade, Maureen. "International Students in English-Speaking Universities." Journal of

Research in International Education. 5.2 (2006): 131-154. Print.

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Comment: I think this journal article meets the requirements of an academic research

study. A research problem has been clearly outlined and the researcher seeks to determine

the problems that international students undergo while in English speaking universities.

The researcher clearly states that these students are significant economic contributors and

hence ought to be treated well. Research objectives, sample size and all other aspects of

research study are well addressed.

4- Marks, Martha S. "Preparing International Students in the United States for Reentering

the Home Country." Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development. 15.3 (1987):

120-128. Print.

Comment: I think this journal article meets the requirements of an academic research

study. All aspects of a research project have meet met; a research problem, justification

of the study, hypothesis postulation, literature review and hence a meeting standard of a

research study. It is true that international students face challenges while blending in to

their native country and ways of helping them blend in should be formulated.

5- Poyrazli, Senel, Philip R. Kavanaugh, Adria Baker, and Nada Al-Timimi. "Social

Support and Demographic Correlates of Acculturative Stress in International Students."

Journal of College Counseling. 7.1 (2004): 73-82. Print.

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Comment: I think this journal article meets the requirements of an academic research

study. The researcher clearly outlines the research aim as to find out whether Social

Support and Demographic Correlates of Acculturative Stress in International Students,

the reseacrher then statistically sample the targeted population to a convenient sample

survey on which data is collected, analyzed and comes up with statistical results that

students who primarily socialized with non-Americans and that students from Asian

countries experienced more acculturative stress compared with other subgroups. Hence

an excellent research study.

6- Manese, Jeanne E, William E. Sedlacek, and Frederick T. L. Leong. "Needs and

Perceptions of Female and Male International Undergraduate Students." Journal of

Multicultural Counseling and Development. 16.1 (1988): 24-29. Print.

Comment: I think this journal article meets the requirement of an excellent academic

research study. The reason is very simple, the researcher has met all the requirements of a

research study, a research problem statement, and justification of the study and target

population, methodology, results and conclusion at the end, hence fit as a research study.

7- Sumer, Seda, Senel Poyrazli, and Kamini Grahame. "Predictors of Depression and

Anxiety Among International Students." Journal of Counseling & Development. 86.4

(2008): 429-437. Print.

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Comment: This journal article meets requirements of a research study. Effective

statistical research study components are well applied. The researchers seek to determine

the factors that impact depression and anxiety among international students. That is an

excellent research study, the target population here are international students and

effective statistical methods have been postulated in the project.

8- Lee, Jihye. "Education and Family in Conflict." Journal of Studies in International

Education. 15.4 (2011): 395-401. Print.

Comment: I must admit that this article really touched me and it is a good research study.

The researcher seeks to determine problems that pop up in families that have sent some

of their relatives to seek education in the international universities. Separation comes in,

financial problems, and suffering and instead crisis result. An excellent research problem

supported with vivid research facts.

9- Flaitz, Jeffra, and Leslie K. Eckstein. Understanding Your International Students: An

Educational, Cultural, and Linguistic Guide. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press,

2003. Print.

Comment: An excellent research study. The researchers seek to determine the role that

the culture and native language of the students play in the acquisition of knowledge with

an aim of ensuring effective teaching/learning of international students. International

students come from countries and continent sharing diverse culture and linguistic
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backgrounds and its only via understanding them well that effective learning can be

ensured.

10- Yakushko, Oksana, M M. Davidson, and Tiffany C. Sanford-Martens. "Seeking Help in a

Foreign Land: International Students' Use Patterns for a U.s. University Counseling

Center." Journal of College Counseling. 11.1 (2008): 6. Print.

Comment: I believe that this journal is good for a research. This is because it has a well-

defined research problem which is the examination of university counseling centers

services by international students during a five-year period. The research variable are also

very well illustrated and they include the clients presenting concerns, the students

demographic characteristics, number of counselling sessions attended by each client and

specific reasons for termination of the guidance session for each specific client.

11- Wan, Teh-yuan, David W. Chapman, and Donald A. Biggs. "Academic Stress of

International Students Attending U.s. Universities." Research in Higher Education:

Journal of the Association for Institutional Research. 33.5 (1992): 607-623. Print.

Comment: I think that this article is an excellent source of research materials. This is due

to the fact that it clearly outlines the research problem which is to examine the various

factors associated with the academic stress experienced by international students

attending graduate schools in the USA. It also provides an estimate number of research

sample population which is indicated as N= 412.

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12- Leong, Pamela. "Coming to America: Assessing the Patterns of Acculturation, Friendship

Formation, and the Academic Experiences of International Students at a U.s. College."

Journal of International Students. 5.4 (2015): 459-474. Print.

Comment: Yes, I think this journal is a good source for a research. This is because the

research problem depicts itself clearly. It involves a comparison of both negative and

positive experiences internal students encounter at a single American university and the

acculturation issues they encounter. The research sample population as the data will be

collected from eleven international students via interview as a method of data collection.

Research finding are also indicated in this research journal.

13- Caplan, Nigel A, and Scott G. Stevens. "step Out of the Cycle: Needs, Challenges, and

Successes of International Undergraduates at a U.s. University." English for Specific

Purposes. 46 (2017): 15-28. Print.

Comment: I strongly believe that this a good source of research information and data. A

research problem is well identified as it is an investigation on the challenges, needs and

successes of international undergraduates at the US universities. Also, the article provides

various research methods used during the research which include survey, interviews and

open-ended comments. The research finding in this journal are also clearly highlighted.

14- Shi, Hong, Jamie Harrison, and Daniel Henry. "Non-native English Speakers'

Experiences with Academic Course Access in a U.s. University Setting." Journal of

English for Academic Purposes. 28 (2017): 25-34. Print.

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Comment: yes, I think that is journal can be a good source for academic research material

and reference. First, the journal clearly defines the research problem as study to explore

the experiences of the non-native English speaking students in a graduate course. Second

reason is it adopts an effective statistical research methodology; qualitative analysis

method. Third, a research sample is also identified and involved five graduate students

from Egypt and china. Finally, research requirement for data coding is also tremendously

observed and findings clearly outlined.

15- Lacina, Jan G. "3 Preparing International Students for a Successful Social Experience in

Higher Education - Colleges and Universities Can Increase Their Retention of

International Students by Providing Those Students with Help in Adjusting to U.s.

Culture." New Directions for Higher Education. (2002): 21. Print.

Comment: I think that this scholarly journal is not a good source of academic research.

Despite the fact that the research tittle, Preparing international students for a successful

social experience in higher education carries a significant weight, the formulated research

journal lacks facts, evidence and does not met the standards of a good research study.

16- Kovtun, Olena. "International Student Adaptation to a U.s. College: a Mixed Methods

Exploration of the Impact of a Specialized First-Year Course at a Large Midwestern

Institution." Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. 48.3 (2011): 349-366.

Print.
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Comment: I this this journal is an excellent source of academic research. This can be

supported by the fact that the article provides the significance of the research study; the

impact of a specialized first-year course for international students at a large Midwestern

public institution. It also, adopts an effective statistical research methodology; qualitative

analysis which provided quantitative results.

17- Choi, Jung Y. "Reasons for Silence: a Case Study of Two Korean Students at a U.s.

Graduate School." Tesol Journal. 6.3 (2015): 579-596. Print.

Comment: yes, I think this scholarly journal provides a great source of academic research.

The research tittle carries significant weight; Reasons for Silence: A Case Study of Two

Korean Students at a U.S. Graduate School. The research journal structure also illustrates an

effective data collection method from the targeted population; interview method. The

findings are also clearly identified and explained.

18- Angelova, Maria, and Anastasia Riazantseva. ""if You Don't Tell Me, How Can I

Know?": a Case Study of Four International Students Learning to Write the U.s. Way."

Written Communication. 16.4 (1999): 491-525. Print.

Comment: The journal articles depicts itself as a good source of academic research. This

is because the title significantly identifies the problem statement of the research journal;

examined the problems that four international graduate students of various linguistic and
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cultural backgrounds encountered in the process of adapting to the requirements of

discipline-specific written discourses during their first year of studies in the United

States. Effective data collection methods were used; interviews, written samples and

reflective journals. Efficient findings were documented.

19- Eqalite, Anna J. How Family Background Influences Student Achievement. Education

Next, educationnext.org/how-family-background-influences-student-achievement/.

Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: This article is a good research study material. It incorporates the main significant

aspect of a good research study. The researchers clearly state the research problem: impacts

of family background on the educational performance by an individual, here the researchers

reckon that education is important and having suspected that family background has an

impact on it, they seek to determine how his happens. Significant segments of a research

study have also been included.

20- Paul, Annie Murphy. Why Parenting Is More Important Than Schools. Time, 24 Oct.

2012, ideas.time.com/2012/10/24/the-single-largest-advantage-parents-can-give-their-kids/.

Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I think that this academic journal is not a good research study. To begin with, the

research problem statement is not significant as the researcher is seeking to compare two

effective factors of bringing up and ensuring healthy community growth which are all inter-

dependent by turning one insignificant in favor of the other. I mean both parenting and
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schools are all equally important and are all means of upbringing individuals in the society.

Both complement each other.

21- topor, David R., et al. Parent involvement and student academic performance: A

multiple mediational analysis. Journal of prevention & intervention in the community,

U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2010,

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020099/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I must admit that this article really touched me and it is a good research study.

The researcher seeks to determine problems that pop up in families that have sent some of

their relatives to seek education in the international universities. Separation comes in,

financial problems, and suffering and instead crisis result. An excellent research problem

supported with vivid research facts.

22- Hindawi. A Review of the Relationship between Parental Involvement and Secondary

School Students' Academic Achievement. Education Research International, Hindawi,

15 May 2011, www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/2011/915326/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I think that this academic journal is an excellent research study. It brings out a

significant research problem; the association between parental involvement and the

performance of their kids at secondary schools. We has seen several heated debates pop

up on whether parenting should impact performance of students. The researcher has a

target population and statistically moves ahead to show out a significant relationship

between parenting and academic performance.

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23- Published on 08/27/2013 by Andrea Moran. Common Fears (and Solutions!) for Parents of

Study Abroad Students. Go Overseas, 5 Feb. 2017, www.gooverseas.com/blog/common-

fears-and-solutions-parents-study-abroad-students. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I think that this academic journal is not a good research study. I mean the aims

of the research are obvious and well known facts that I can even state 20 of them without

reading the article. Hence the article carries less weight and not fit to be termed as a really

good research study.

24- Jenkins, Jack. Real Family Values: Making College Affordable and Alleviating Student

Loan Debt. Center for American Progress, 14 Jan. 2014,

www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/reports/2014/01/14/82110/real-family-values-

making-college-affordable-and-alleviating-student-loan-debt/. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I think that this article does not meet the requirements of a good research study. It

has a nice tittle but fails to meet the standards of a research study. A research study should have

a clear a format, an aspect not met by the article, there is no abstract, introduction,

methodology, data collection or even references, but a clumsy postulation of the writers ideas.

25- Wolpert-Gawron, Heather. The Education of Student Success: Top 10 Family

Responsibilities to Help Their Student Avoid Failure. The Huffington Post,

TheHuffingtonPost.com, 3 Dec. 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-

wolpertgawron/the-education-of-student-_b_789565.html. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

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Comments: This article does not meet the requirements of a good research study. The

researcher outlines a title of study, however he does not adopt any aspects of a research

study. I mean, there is no problem statement, justification of his research article, and his

conclusion is not based on any facts or data.

26- Project, Harvard Family Research. Family Engagement: A Shared Responsibility. Family

Engagement: A Shared Responsibility / Browse Our Publications / Publications &

Resources / HFRP - Harvard Family Research Project, Nov. 2009,

www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/family-engagement-a-

shared-responsibility. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: I think that this article does not meet the requirements of a good research study. I

mean the writers have the knowledge of their title but fall short of integrating the aspects of

a good research study on their article. I believe that a good research study should be

founded on rich facts and evidence, follow a certain criterion of drafting and these are not

met by the article by the Harvard Family Research.

27- Weiss, Heather B. Family Engagement as a Shared Responsibility in a Digital Learning

Environment. Family Engagement as a Shared Responsibility in a Digital Learning

Environment / Browse Our Publications / Publications & Resources / HFRP - Harvard

Family Research Project, 24 Apr. 2014, www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-

publications/family-engagement-as-a-shared-responsibility-in-a-digital-learning-

environment. Accessed 12 Sept. 2017.

Comment: This journal article by the Harvard Family Research looks like a goggled

work, hence not a good research study. It has got some significant information in it, but a
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research study has a format, hypothesis formulation, justification of the problem and

statistical methodology of data collection from the sampled or targeted population. These

are all aspects not incorporated in the article journal hence would not term it a good

research study journal.

28- Murray, Charles A. Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools

Back to Reality. New York: Crown Forum, 2008. Print.

Comment: Social support for new students in universities by older students may

help and facilitate facilitation, Living and adapting to university life and the

new learning environment .Results also indicated that younger international

students perceived more socioemotional and instrumental support from

others than did older international students.

29- Wilson, Nancy O. Optimizing Special Education: How Parents Can Make a Difference.

New York: Insight Books, 1992. Print.

Comment: Numerous schools and colleges are feeling the loss of the chance of

putting resources into their students who later turn into their representatives.

As indicated by Lee (2010), " The view of accepting reasonable and equivalent

treatment was the most vital impact driving an understudy to prescribe the
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host college to others, trailed by fulfillment with institutional administrations

and the college's notoriety "

30- Empowering Parents: School Box., 2007.

Comment: International students in establishments of advanced education in

English-talking nations make profitable instructive and financial commitments.

For these advantages to proceed with, colleges must turn out to be more

educated about the change issues these students face and execute proper

help administrations. This audit distinguishes factors that impact the

alteration and scholarly accomplishment of International students.

31- Steinberg, Laurence D, B B. Brown, and Sanford M. Dornbusch. Beyond the Classroom:

Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do. New York: Simon &

Schuster, 1996. Print.

Comment: Inspects issues associated with preparing international students,

who went to American schools and colleges, for the social and expert changes

they will confront when they come back to their nations of origin. Reentry

challenges are examined and classes or workshops are prescribed as projects

to help prepare international students for their arrival home.

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32- Senge, Peter M. Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents,

and Everyone Who Cares About Education. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Print.

Comment: This article is useful for expatriate students so that it encourages

the strengthening of the relationship between the family and the school or

institution so that the student adapts to the school and completes homework

more consistently and positively affects the academic achievement.

33- Vincent, Carol. Including Parents?: Education, Citizenship, and Parental Agency.

Buckingham [England: Open University Press, 2000. Print.

Comment: Investigated contrasts in necessities and observations amongst

male and female undergraduate international students, utilizing subjects

(N=96) who were approaching undergraduate international students.

Contrasts were found in the way female and male undergraduate

international students saw themselves with females scrutinizing their self-

viability and guys not addressing. Females were particularly keen on vocation

directing.

34- Berger, Eugenia H. Parents As Partners in Education: Families and Schools Working

Together. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Merrill, 2000. Print.

Comment: he part of gender, age, race/ethnicity, length of stay, social help,

and capability in English in the difference in wretchedness and tension among

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international students uncovered that social help was a huge indicator of

despondency and uneasiness among international students. Age

fundamentally added to the difference in uneasiness, and self-appraised

English capability exceptionally added to the fluctuation in both melancholy

and tension. Latino/an students had altogether more elevated amounts of

sadness than did Asian students.

35- Auerbach, Aline S. B. Parents Learn Through Discussion: Principles and Practices of

Parent Group Education. New York: Wiley, 1968. Print.

Comment: This article presents a new idea of the role of the family for the

psychologically divorced student so that if the relationship of parents stables

there is a positive impact on the behavior and performance of the student and

also focuses on the income of the family material so that if stable, it leads to a

state of academic stability.

36- Marschark, Marc, and Peter C. Hauser. How Deaf Children Learn: What Parents and

Teachers Need to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.

Comment: Understanding Your International Students overviews the school

societies of the numerous nations whose students top the International

Student enlistment records in the U.S. instructive establishments. No other

volume so exhaustively addresses the instructive, social, and etymological

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foundations of the International Students who are examining in English-talking

nations

37- Hargreaves, Margaret B. Learning Under Stress: Children of Single Parents and the

Schools. Metuchen, N.J: Women's Action Alliance, 1991. Print.

Comment: This authentic examination inspected the utilization of a college

directing focus' administrations by international students amid a 5-year

period. Factors examined incorporated customers' introducing concerns,

students' statistic qualities, number of guiding sessions went to, and purposes

behind end. Suggestions for instructor preparing, outreach exercises, and

guiding administrations on school grounds are examined.

38- Barth, Roland S, and Linda S. Guest. Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents,

and Principals Can Make the Difference. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990. Print.

Comment: An investigation of so many foreign graduate students explored

their view of the unpleasantness of part requests and capacities to adapt to

those requests. Results showed students related English dialect abilities and

social separation with stresses and dialect, scholastic, and critical thinking

aptitudes with adapting limit. Suggestions for helping remote students are

talked about
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39- Power, Sally, and Alison Clark. "The Right to Know: Parents, School Reports and

Parents' Evenings." Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice. 15.1 (2000): 25-

48. Print.

Comment: Utilizing meeting information from some international students,

this paper looks at worldwide students' encounters at a solitary American

college, and the cultural assimilation issues that they experienced. The

students surveyed their encounters at the college, both positive and negative,

and talked about their view of American methods for getting things done. The

discoveries recommend that, when contrasted with students from different

nations, students from China confront impressive more troubles both

scholastically and socially, given the considerable dialect and social

obstructions.

40- Ginsburg, KR, CJ Howe, AF Jawad, M Buzby, JM Ayala, A Tuttle, and K Murphy.

"Parents' Perceptions of Factors That Affect Successful Diabetes Management for Their

Children." Pediatrics. 116.5 (2005): 1095-104. Print.

Comment: The Office of Parental Affairs and Family Relations assists in the

exchange of experiences among university students and focuses on their

development and development. The teacher needs to be not only in the role

of the teacher but also as the teacher of the students and help in providing
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09/13/2017
activities for the community and relieving the burden on needy families.

Improve student behavior to face all challenges