The Role of Applying the Quality Standards of University Education in Enhancing the Quality of Academic Performance in Jordanian Universities-A Case Study of Zarqa University in Jordan

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Dr. Hasan Yasien Touama ,

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Volume 3 - March 2014 (03)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of the application of quality standards of university education in enhancing the quality of academic performance in Jordanian universities: a case study of Zarqa University. To achieve this purpose has been to build and develop a questionnaire included seven standards for the quality of university education, and the variable of academic performance, consisted of (45) items, were then test the sincerity of the tool and its reliability, was applied to the study sample of (116) teaching staff, chosen at random of the study population (253) teaching staff using a stratified random sample. The study findings a number of results, including:

1-There is statistically significant relationship (positive correlation) at the level (α = 0.05), between each of the quality standards of university education and the academic performance quality.

2- There are no statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05), between the means responses of the study sample about the applying degree of the educational quality standards, which indicates that the homogeneity of the study sample responses about the applying degree the standards from the point of view.

3- There are exist statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05), between the means responses of the study sample about the applying degree of the quality standards of university education, attributed to (experience years in the university), in favor of the class (4-8) years.

4- There are no statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05), between the means responses of the study sample about the applying degree of the quality standards of university education, attributed to (job title, qualification, and academic rank).

5- There are no statistically significant differences between the means responses of the study sample about the evaluation level of the quality of academic performance, attributed to (job title, qualification, academic rank, and experience years in the university). 

Keywords

Quality of Higher Education, the Quality of Academic Performance, Zarqa University, Jordan

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