Although some attention has been given to student issues at university, the literature on the relationship between social connectedness, achievement motivation and emotional-social learning with student adjustment is relatively limited. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of social connectedness, achievement motivation and emotional-social learning upon the adjustment of students in a university context. In addition, this study looks into the differences in achievement motivation and emotionalsocial learning levels between the genders. The sample comprised 240 university students, both male and female. According to the findings, the relationship between the study variables does not significantly differ between genders. Emotional-social learning is significant in terms of predicting the adjustment. Furthermore, gender differences were noted in terms of emotional-social learning levels, but not in terms of achievement motivation and social connectedness. The study explores implications of the significance of emotional-social learning in the university environment and makes recommendations in light of these implications.

Learning disabilities (LD) include difficulties in learning the basic language skills including speaking, reading, spelling and writing. Moreover, the pupils at schools can achieve better through proper support and intervention than conventional methods. In the Saudi context, the Ministry of Education (MoE) incorporated LD in its educational system in 1996 to facilitate the learning of pupils with LD nationwide. This study is an attempt to explore the impact of the intervention program on enhancing the basic skills in spelling and writing of the Arabic language among Saudi primary school pupils with LD studying between first and third grades. The study sample comprised of 38 male pupils with LD, aged between 6-8 years, and were selected from four primary schools in Rafha Province. The study adopted the quasi-experimental research design including control and experimental groups. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant and positive impact of the program on enhancing the performance of the participants in both spelling and writing skills. It is thought that pupils can achieve better through appropriate intervention. Future studies on examining the performances of spelling and writing independently are recommended.