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Evaluation Of Curricula And Teaching Methods Used In Gifted Programs Within The Primary Stage Public Schools In The Central Region, هدى محمد سعيفان, ناديا السرور

Jordanian Educational Journal

The study aimed at evaluating the curricula and teaching methods used in the gifted programs. The study sample consisted of (23) schools that were chosen of the central region according to the intentional method .The participating students (388) were distributed as: (140) male-students, (248) female-students and (45) male and female teachers; (5) teachers with less than (5) years of experience, (15) teachers with less than (10) years of experience, and (25) teachers had more than (10) years of experience. Validity and reliability were verified.

The study was conducted using the descriptive approach.A questionnaire that consisted of (24) items was used …

Optimism And Pessimism As Well As Their Relationship With The Locus Of Control Among The Handball Players In Jordan, زين العابدين محمد بني هاني, روان عبدالله السحيم

Jordanian Educational Journal

This study aimed at identifying optimism and pessimism as well as their relationship with the locus of control among the handball clubs players in Jordan according to the variables of; the place of residence, years of experience, and playing line. The researchers used the descriptive approach due to its compatibility to the study nature. The study sample consisted of (230) players of the handball clubs players in Jordan. The researchers used the scale of optimism and pessimism (Schiere، Carver), as well as the scale of locus of control (Rotter). The researchers used means, standard deviations, t-test and z-test as statistical …

An Analytical Survey Study Of Arabic Research Dealing With The Guidance Of Gifted Students From 2000to 2017, فاطمة أحمد الجاسم

Jordanian Educational Journal

The current study aimed to describe and analyze the content of the Arabic studies that dealt with guidance for gifted students from 2000 to 2017 in terms of research objectives, research areas, and research methodology. The descriptive analytical approach was used and the study research sample consisted of (41) Arabic studies. The findings of the study revealed that the most prevalent goals in Arabic studies dealing with the guidance of gifted students from 2000 to 2017 were related to the development of the emotional and psychological skills.Also, it was revealed that the most widely spread form of guidance was educational …

Stress Patterns In Bani Saxar Arabic In Jordan: An Optimality Theory Perspective, Doa'a Faiz Al-Momani, Radwan Salem Mahadin

Jordanian Educational Journal

The present study aims to investigate stress patterns in Bani Saxar Arabic (BSA), an Arabic dialect spoken by Bedouins of the center in Jordan, from an Optimality Theory perspective. The data have been collected via tape-recording and note-taking of the participants' spontaneous speech. The study shows that the foot in the phonological system of BSA is iambic which is parsed from left to right. Degenerate feet are strongly prohibited since content words obey the word bimoraic minimality condition. The study also shows that stress assignment patterns in BSA can be accounted for by a limited number of universal constraints.

Assimilation In Jerash Fallaahi Dialect: A Non –Linear Analysis, Muneera Mohammad Jaradat, Radwan Salem Mahadin

Jordanian Educational Journal

The study aims to investigate the phonological assimilation processes which are manifested in Jerash Fallaahi Dialect (JFD), a rural Jordanian dialect spoken in the north of Jordan by 120,000 people. The study uses non-linear approaches, namely, the autosegemental and the feature geometry approaches to analyze the phonological assimilation processes because of their adequacy in representing these processes in a clear way. The data are collected by recording spontaneous conversations of twenty subjects of Jerash Fallaahi people who are native speakers of this dialect. The analysis shows that JFD displays four types of assimilation: First, emphasis assimilation in which the infix …

The Effect Of An Educational Handcraft Program Based On Historical Approach On Aesthetic Awareness Among The Eighth Grade Female Students In The Sultanate Of Oman, سميرة بنت خميس بن موسى اليعقوبية, منعم عبدالكريم السعايده

Jordanian Educational Journal

This study aims to investigate the effect of an educational handcraft program based on historical approach on aesthetic awareness among the eighth grade female students in the Sultanate of Oman. To achieve the study purpose the researchers built an educational handcraft program based on historical approach guide to teach the 4th unit “Plain Weave Made by our Hand”. Besides, the researchers built aesthetic awareness scale for eighth grade female students in the Sultanate of Oman. The designed program was adopted on female students in 8th grade from Arwa school in Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman through the second semester …

The Prevalence Rate Of Happiness And Its Relation With Well-Being And Religiosity Among Sultan Qaboos University Students In Oman, Ali Kadhim

Jordanian Educational Journal

The present study aimed to estimate the rate of happiness and its associations with well- being and religiosity among Sultan Qaboos University students (N = 381). The tools of the study included: (a) the Arabic Scale of Happiness, (b) Well-being rating scales of physical health, mental health, happiness, and satisfaction with life, and (c) religiosity. Results indicated that the prevalence rate of happiness among Omani college students was 25.4% for males and 22.59% for females according to the percentile 75. Females obtained significantly higher mean scores on the Arabic Scale of Happiness, the rating scales of happiness and satisfaction with …

The Effectiveness Of Posse Strategy On Improving Listening Comprehension Skill Among The Basic Tenth Grade Students In Jordan, عمر بن ناصر حبيب, عبد الكريم سليم الحداد

Jordanian Educational Journal

This study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of POSSE strategy on improving listening comprehension skill among the basic tenth grade male students, compared with the traditional strategy. The study participants consisted of (64) male students who were enrolled in Al- Sharaigy secondary school for boys, and belong to Amman Second Educational District. They were in two groups chosen randomly: an experimental group which studied using a POSSE strategy, and a control group which studied using a traditional strategy. The two researchers prepared a listening comprehension test which was applied before and after the experiment. For data analysis, Arithmetical means, Standard …

The Evaluation Of The Degree Of Application Of Special Education Teachers In Jordan To The Strategies Of Applied Behavior Analysis In Light Of Some Variables, ميساء عبدالحميد العجارمة, Dr.Jamal Al-Khatib

Jordanian Educational Journal

The objective of this study was to examine special education teacher's application of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). A scale with satisfactory content validity and internal consistency was constructed on (200) teachers of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, and learning disabilities who were chosen by the stratified random sample method from (27) public and private schools and special needs' centers in Amman. The results showed that teachers possess a high level application of (ABA). Furthermore, the results revealed no significant differences among teachers due to specialization, training, teaching experience and/or disability types. The results also revealed significant differences among teachers due …

Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk

Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series

The three papers collected here are based on a seminar on Islamic Studies Librarianship held on 31 January 2019 at the Aga Khan Library (AKL), in conjunction with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). Curators, area studies directors, and collection librarians, who are currently involved in this field, gathered to discuss common challenges and to identify strategic areas for collaboration.

Constructions Of Democratic Citizenship And Civic Education In Tunisia, Abigail Smith

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Although Tunisia has made significant progress in establishing procedural democracy since the 2011 revolution, the state still faces significant challenges in consolidating their new spirit of democracy throughout society. This trouble includes difficulty fostering participation from its citizens, particularly among youth aged 18-30. This article hypothesizes that these difficulties stems largely from the state’s failure to construct a concept of Tunisian citizenship in line with democratic ideologies. Citizenship construction is considered as a political science concept that describes the mechanisms by which states relate with their citizenry with the goal of defining citizen interactions with the government and national community. …

Tolerance, Prejudice, And The Ornament Of The World, Elijah Zane

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay…………………………....3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes…….32

III. Textbook Critique………………………....38

IV. New Textbook Entry………………………42

V. Bibliography………………………………..52

Lost & Found: New Harvest, Owen Gottlieb, Ian Schreiber

Presentations and other scholarship

Lost & Found is a strategy card-to-mobile game series that teaches medieval religious legal systems with attention to period accuracy and cultural and historical context.

Set in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the 12th century, a great crossroads of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The Lost & Found games project seeks to expand the discourse around religious legal systems, to enrich public conversations in a variety of communities, and to promote greater understanding of the religious traditions that build the fabric of the United States. Comparative religious literacy can build bridges between and within communities and prepare learners to be responsible citizens …

Identifying Structure In Introductory Topology: Diagrams, Examples, And Gestures, Keith N. Gallagher

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Despite the prevalence of research in calculus, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and analysis in undergraduate mathematics, the teaching and learning of general topology is a largely unexplored area of research. Although enrollment in courses like linear algebra is often higher than that of topology, the study of students’ learning and understanding of topology is of great significance to the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) community. Courses in topology present many students with their first experience in axiomatic reasoning and explicit interactions with mathematical structure, itself.

I present a thorough case study of Stacey, an undergraduate taking a first course …

Teaching Arabic In The Era Of Industrial Revolution 4.0 In Indonesia: Challenges And Opportunities, Azkia Muharom Albantani, Ahmad Madkur

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

Teaching Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) in Indonesia has been interest of many scholars, but studies on TAFL in the context of industrial revolution (IR) 4.0 have been rarely conducted. This qualitative study was aimed at investigating the challenges and opportunities in accelerating the quality of Arabic language instruction in the IR 4.0 era. Qualitative data analysis consisting of four steps, namely, data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and data verification was applied to analyze the gathered data. According to the research results, the challenges are the following: Arabic language teachers’ limited adaptation to technology, students’ low motivation to …

Use Of Eportfolios As A High-Impact Learning Practice For The B.A. In Arabic Program At Csusb, Oraib Mango

Workshops & Institutes

This paper offers a description of how ePortfolios can be used in world language learning programs--specifically Arabic-- not only to assess the success of the program but also to provide students with a platform for reflection, self regulation and self assessment. ePortfolios allow students to set and review their goals, engage with and reflect upon their learning as they document and track the progress of their language proficiency and intercultural competence starting from first year courses and ending with a capstone Signature Work project.

Indonesian Term Of Address Ustad In Film Utterances: Forms, Functions, And Social Values, Sandy Nugraha, Wiwin Triwinarti

International Review of Humanities Studies

This study analyzes the term of address ustad in Indonesian culture. Indonesia’s religious-themed movies may represent the use of the term of address ustad in daily conversation. In particular, this study aims to describe the patterns of form, the patterns of use, and the social values of the term of address ustad in film utterances. The data of the term of address ustad and its contexts are collected from the utterances in Indonesia’s four Islamic-themed movies. This descriptive qualitative study uses sociopragmatics approach in identifying the functions of the term of address in film discourse. The context of the utterances …

Arabic: Why Indonesians Have To Learn It?, Letmiros Letmiros

International Review of Humanities Studies

Arabic has many virtues. The first virtue of Arabic is that it is part of Islam. Then, Arabic as one of the old languages in the world has an amazing history of civilization. Furthermore, Arabic is an international language that has been used as one of the official languages of the United Nations since 1973. Because of these advantages, Arabic is interesting to be studied and researched by non-Arabs including by Indonesians. Arabic is studied, in addition to the purpose or because of the factors of Islam, also because of the factors of world life, for the demands of work …

Subject, Subjugation, And Subjectivity, Raef Zreik

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

This paper analyzes the ways in which complicity and dissent feed and subvert one another, or the ways in which the subjugated self becomes a political subject. The formative event of Palestinian collective identity is the loss of home and homeland in the aftermath of the Nakba of 1948. “The Catastrophe” divided the Palestinian community to two: Those who remained within the borders of the Israeli state and became Israeli citizens, and the Palestinian refugees, who came to establish the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and led an armed struggle. While examining the two narratives, I also explore two communal modes …

Examining The Impact Of Using Point Of View Video Modeling On Improving Self-Care Skills Of A Student With Autism, May Ali Elmetwally Ghoneim

Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using point of view video modeling intervention strategy on improving the self-care skills of a student with autism. The target skills were handwashing and toothbrushing skills. A single-subject ABA design was used in this study. Data was collected using mixed-method approach. The intervention lasted for six weeks. The results of this study indicated that point of view video modeling is an effective instructional tool to improve handwashing and toothbrushing skills for a student with autism. Moreover, the participant was able to generalize handwashing and toothbrushing skills to two different …

Against All Odds: A Legacy Of Appropriation, Contestation, And Negotiation Of Arab Feminisms In Postcolonial States, Hoda Elsadda

Journal of Feminist Scholarship

Arab feminists have always faced challenges related to the burden of colonialism, accusations of westernization, isolation from their cultural heritage, and elitism, but the biggest challenge of all has been the fact that their activism and their entire lives have all been in the context of authoritarian postcolonial states. This article engages with a persistent challenge to Arab feminists that questions their impact, their awareness of their cultural and societal problems, and undermines their achievements over the years. It constructs a narrative of what feminists have achieved against all odds, within the constraints of authoritarian postcolonial states that have politically …

Student Engagement In Post-Soviet Higher Education: Coping With Academic Quality Problems., J. L. Mettille

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation investigates the experiences of administrators, instructional faculty, and students within a post-Soviet higher education institution in the Kyrgyz Republic using qualitative field research and case study methods. This study identifies the perceived potential of Western benchmarks of effective educational practice to evince positive change in the institution as well as their propriety and relevance in this context. In addition, the propositions underlying the student engagement construct and overarching the benchmarks are evaluated based upon participant responses and classroom observation data. Twenty higher education practitioners and twenty students participated in semi-structured interviews preceding and following seven classroom observations. The …

Collegiate Women In Saudi Arabia: Leading Collectively For The Development Of Self, Others, And Society, Miznah Alomair

Educational Studies Dissertations

This is a constructivist grounded theory study that explored and investigated the leadership understandings of collegiate women in Saudi Arabia’s private non-profit universities, the opportunities they have to develop leadership, and how and why they develop leadership. The researcher engaged in semi-structured interviews with 25 collegiate women who have experiences in student leadership in one or more cocurricular program at their respective university. The findings revealed that collegiate women: (a) have a collective sense of the importance in developing their leadership potential to better themselves, to better each other, and for the betterment of the Saudi Arabian society; (b) they …

Lawrence University One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Commencement, June 10, 2018, Lawrence University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Foreign Language Learning Policy In The United Arab Emirates: Local And Global Agents Of Change, Mira Al Hussein, Christina Gitsaki

All Works

In an effort to highlight the multitude of local and global forces that can facilitate and shape foreign Language Learning Policy, this chapter provides a historical exploration of foreign language policies in a rather idiosyncratic context, that of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country where the indigenous locals are the minority and where the rulers of the country have embraced the global as a means to empower the local and usher the country in the era of modernisation and globalisation. English language teachers/experts and institutions have long been welcomed to the UAE to empower the nation in its quest …

Addressing The Assumption; A Case Study On Student Motivations And Barriers To Study Second Language Abroad, Rebecca Schano

Capstone Collection

Historically, second language learning and study abroad programming have run in natural conjunction. However, in recent years there has been a slow but steady decline in the number of foreign language students in higher education who are choosing to study abroad to further their second language acquisition. This study explores this topic through a case study at Marquette University, and aims to answer the research question: What are the motivations and barriers of foreign language students to study their second language abroad? Using a student survey and in-person interviews with professionals in the field, data is collected on the most …

Language Ideologies And (Im)Moral Images Of Personhood In Multilingual Family Language Planning, Lydia Catedral, Madina Djuraeva

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

Scholars have demonstrated that small-scale relatively private family decisions about language are intertwined with parental language ideologies. Using data from the context of multilingual Central Asian families—including those living in Central Asia and those living abroad—this study employs socially situated analysis of discourse and narrative inquiry to show how parents invoke language ideologies in justifying their decisions about their children’s education and linguistic exposure. The notion of “chronotope” is used to demonstrate how parental ideologies are embedded in images of space, time and moral personhood. Focusing on these images, rather than only on language ideologies, allows an incorporation of …

اختبار الكفاية اللغوية في مهارات اللغة العربية اللازمة للالتحاق بالدراسة الجامعية, Suad Salem Al-Saba

International Journal for Research in Education

Abstract

This study aimed to develop an instrument to measure language competency of students who wish to enroll university programs, as a measurement for required Arabic skills.

To achieve the goals of the study, the researcher developed a list of required Arabic skills for students who wish to study at universities. The list was submitted to fifty-three specialists in Arabic language to determine which skills are considered to be important for students entering university. The researcher approved skills that were rated as important by at least 60% of the raters. The final list composed of 39 Arabic skills (listening, silent …

Rolling With Pda And Dda: How Academic Libraries Can Use Patron-Driven And Demand-Driven Acquisition Techniques To Build Library Collections With Minimal Management And Budget, Kerry A. Falloon

Charleston Library Conference

Patron-driven and demand-driven acquisitions (PDA/DDA) have been utilized for some time in academic libraries, but some university libraries are still new to the process. With changes in the last couple of years regarding shortterm monograph loans becoming cost ineffective, the popularity of streaming video PDA, and library materials budgets increasingly being cut, the conundrum of successfully implementing a DDA/PDA program and how to evaluate its effectiveness is a question many libraries need to answer. In the fall of 2015, the College of Staten Island Library-CUNY, implemented a small DDA monograph pilot program with Yankee Book Peddler (YBP) and EBSCOhost e-books …

Aspect Comprehension And Processing In Narratives By Native Spanish Speakers, Hannah Riddle

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

Aspect is fundamental to expressing time and sequence of events in narratives. In second language acquisition literature little is known about how English aspect is comprehended. This study manipulates aspect in narratives and compares comprehension of Spanish speakers to English and Arabic speakers. English and Spanish have morphosyntactic aspect, Arabic does not. This study examines aspect comprehension in 18 native Spanish speakers, using 16 narratives to capture moment-to-moment and off-line processing. Results show that Spanish speakers comprehend aspect more like English speakers in the moment-to-moment processing, where Arabic speakers do not. Spanish speakers did not comprehend aspect like English speakers …