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Correcting Misconceptions And Enhancement Of Reasoning Skills - Simulation-Supported Dual Situated Learning Model, Adel R. Althubyani May 2026

Correcting Misconceptions And Enhancement Of Reasoning Skills - Simulation-Supported Dual Situated Learning Model, Adel R. Althubyani

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of using the Simulation- Supported Dual Situated Learning Model (Sim-DSLM) to correct students’ misconceptions, retention, and enhancement of reasoning skills. To address this objective, a quantitative, experimental approach with pre- and post-learning tests was employed. The researcher developed two tests: (1) a physics misconceptions test and (2) a reasoning thinking skills test, which were both checked for validity and reliability. The tests were administered twice, before and after lessons were taught, to 57 participants recruited randomly from the seventh grade in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The experimental group (30) was taught using the Sim-DSLM …

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Factors Affecting Students' Readiness For Flipped Learning: An Innovative Approach, Abdulhameed R. Alenezi May 2026

Factors Affecting Students' Readiness For Flipped Learning: An Innovative Approach, Abdulhameed R. Alenezi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This research aims to investigate factors that affect students' readiness for a flipped learning approach in blended courses. For this purpose, the research has proposed an extensive model to examine the critical factors that could influence students' readiness for flipped learning, namely technology self-efficacy, course design, learning flexibility, learning management, online interaction and online environment. Moreover, the moderating role of motivation in affecting the relationship between flipped learning readiness and both learning flexibility and learning management has been examined. A quantitative method was adopted, and 240 valid respondents were obtained and utilised for the data analysis. Both structural and measurement …

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Writer-Reader Interaction: Investigating Interactional Metadiscourse In Advertisements From Arab Universities, Aisha Saadi Al-Subhi May 2026

Writer-Reader Interaction: Investigating Interactional Metadiscourse In Advertisements From Arab Universities, Aisha Saadi Al-Subhi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Nowadays, universities heavily rely on digital marketing and social media to recruit more students and to generate interest in their schools. Digital marketing and online advertising constitute a kind of interaction between writers and their potential readers. This paper explores how such an interaction is achieved by investigating a wide range of linguistic resources that writers use to express their stance toward the content in the text and toward the reader. A corpus of 80 academic advertisements from 38 universities, totaling approximately 2,118 words, was compiled and analyzed using Hyland’s (2005b) interactional metadiscourse. The corpus was searched manually for all …

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The Early-Field Experience For Female Kindergarten Student Teachers: Saudi Arabia, Ibtisam Yassin Hussain, Amani Khalaf Hamdan Alghamdi, Hanan Abdel Ghaffar Attia Ibrahim May 2026

The Early-Field Experience For Female Kindergarten Student Teachers: Saudi Arabia, Ibtisam Yassin Hussain, Amani Khalaf Hamdan Alghamdi, Hanan Abdel Ghaffar Attia Ibrahim

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

’The aim of the current research is to determine, from the female students point of view, the effectiveness of having early field experience in preparing kindergarten teachers as part of a bachelor's program. To accomplish its goal, the research tracked the program from an organizational, administrative, educational, and professional perspective for five semesters. It also measured professional participation in the program's early field experience. It used longitudinal surveys, and followed the longitudinal research approach, with the sample consisting of 135 students in the bachelor’s program for early childhood education at a Saudi university. The results of the research showed an …

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Online Teachers: Stepping Out Of The Comfort Zone Is A Must, Amina Abdelhadi May 2026

Online Teachers: Stepping Out Of The Comfort Zone Is A Must, Amina Abdelhadi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The urgent shift to the online instructional environment has produced unprecedented challenges for teachers and placed new obligations on them. In this context, the study at hand investigated higher education teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of online teaching, their readiness to teach online and their willingness to teach outside their comfort zone. To this end, an online survey was conducted with 24 EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers from various Algerian universities using a questionnaire created in Google Forms. The obtained results reveal that the majority of the EFL teachers perceive online teaching as less effective than face-to-face teaching …

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Saudi Arabia's Colourful Culture: Exploring Colour In Saudi Heritage Homes' Al-Majlis Rooms, Douha Attiah, Abeer A. Alawad May 2026

Saudi Arabia's Colourful Culture: Exploring Colour In Saudi Heritage Homes' Al-Majlis Rooms, Douha Attiah, Abeer A. Alawad

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Saudi Arabia considers its architectural heritage a part of its wealth and has extensively tried to preserve it. Several studies on Saudi Arabia’s heritage, particularly its architectural heritage, have been conducted; however, there is a lack of studies detailing elements of the interiors of historical buildings. This study analyses the colours in interior spaces of traditional Saudi Arabian houses. A descriptive-analytical method is applied to eight traditional houses from the four main regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: central, eastern, western and southern. This study demonstrates that the two houses selected from each of the four regions have similarities …

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Improved Recreation Skills For Those With Autism And Intellectual Disabilities, Atef Abdallah Bahrawi May 2026

Improved Recreation Skills For Those With Autism And Intellectual Disabilities, Atef Abdallah Bahrawi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of training programmes on recreation and entertainment skills provided remotely for people with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disabilities. The researcher used the descriptive approach in his survey input and the study sample was chosen by the stratified random method, where the subjects were distributed in groups and the individuals of the sample were identified. The results indicated that the level of recreational programme planning and implementation was moderate, while the level of follow-up was low. The results also indicated that there are statistically significant differences due to the variables of the recreational …

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Flipped Learning Of Irrational Numbers: Saudi Arabia, Maha Saad Alsaeed May 2026

Flipped Learning Of Irrational Numbers: Saudi Arabia, Maha Saad Alsaeed

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

There is a growing interest in the flipped design model in K–12 mathematics classrooms, as it has been shown to have a positive influence on learning. This study aims to help improve students’ learning of irrational numbers using the flipped design model. This study outlines four design elements of the flipped environment that are shown to increase student engagement. Two eighth-grade classes (n = 60) were examined using a quasi-experimental research design in terms of students’ mathematical achievements and engagement levels. Each class was tested using a different instructional approach: traditional learning or flipped learning. The results indicated that the …

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Educational Services And Women's Education: Saudi Arabia, Mufadhi Ratyan Alsharari May 2026

Educational Services And Women's Education: Saudi Arabia, Mufadhi Ratyan Alsharari

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study sought to identify the impact of current educational services on women’s education in Saudi universities. The study community focused on female students from Northern Border University, which has higher education services in relation to the target group environment of (n=775). Drawing on the perspectives of female students at the university, the study analyzed relationships between the educational and academic services provided (education services, health services, sports clubs and kindergartens) and individual education satisfaction and attainment. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from the study sample using a survey analysis methodology. Findings showed that higher quality academic and …

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Do Stock Market Risk Factors Explain Mutual Fund Returns: Evidence From Saudi Arabia, Bader Jawid Alsubaiei May 2026

Do Stock Market Risk Factors Explain Mutual Fund Returns: Evidence From Saudi Arabia, Bader Jawid Alsubaiei

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This paper examines the risk factors of the Saudi Arabian equity market using an extensive data set. The study demonstrates which risk factors explain mutual fund returns in the largest mutual fund market in the Middle East, a fast-growing economy and a major player in the oil market. This paper also assesses the global and emerging market risk factors. This study analyzes 256 equity funds that operated in Saudi Arabia from January 2006 to July 2017. Time series regression models (e.g., the CAPM, the Fama and French three-factor model and the Carhart four-factor model) are used. In addition, modified versions …

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Contemporary Career Theories In The Light Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Critical Literature Review, Abdulrahman Alshaikhmubarak May 2026

Contemporary Career Theories In The Light Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Critical Literature Review, Abdulrahman Alshaikhmubarak

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This paper critically reviews and observes the nature of contemporary careers and the orientation in which careers research has advanced over the past decade. The contemporary concept of career refers to an individual’s pursuit of career advancement without being restricted to a single job in a single company. Specifically, career concepts that appeared in the 1990s, including the protean and boundaryless career frameworks, and the next generation of career concept, including integrative frameworks, hybrid careers, and the kaleidoscope career model, are discussed. These models and theories all focus on the change in the concept of career management for individuals. This …

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Arab Online Courses And The Disabled: An Automated And User-Testing Approach, Jamilah Mohammed Alamri, Wejdan Abdulrahman Barashi, Rehab Alsulami, Lulwah Alharigy, Bassmah Shuaib May 2026

Arab Online Courses And The Disabled: An Automated And User-Testing Approach, Jamilah Mohammed Alamri, Wejdan Abdulrahman Barashi, Rehab Alsulami, Lulwah Alharigy, Bassmah Shuaib

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

There is a significant increase in the adoption of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) by higher education institutions worldwide and Saudi universities in particular. These pedagogical tools empower teaching and learning by providing access to online learning materials. However, all university students, including students with disabilities, encounter countless instances of inaccessibility that negatively impact their learning experience. In order to offer equal access to all students, it is of paramount importance to enhance the accessibility of LMSs and remove such barriers. The purpose of this case study is to evaluate an online course in the LMS Blackboard (Bb) using an automated …

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Multiple Intelligences And The Evaluation Of Giftedness With A Sample Of Gifted Secondary Students, Samia Mokhtar Shahpo, Noha Hassan Alfadil May 2026

Multiple Intelligences And The Evaluation Of Giftedness With A Sample Of Gifted Secondary Students, Samia Mokhtar Shahpo, Noha Hassan Alfadil

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The research aims at identifying reasonable more common and disappointing to the gifted secondary school students and to discover if the statistically significant difference in the types of. 85 multiple intelligences of gifted secondary school students is due to having a grade or not. It is " "17,15 important for this research to prove that there is a need for plans and programs to aid in the "8,42 development of gifted female students. The study sample consisted of 85 gifted students, with an average age of 17.15 years, and a standard deviation of 8.42 percent. Current research applies the descriptive …

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Identifying Gifted And Talented Students And Methods To Enhance Their Development - A Conceptual Framework, Fouad Ahmed Ali Albrahim, Sumaihan Naser Al Rashidi May 2026

Identifying Gifted And Talented Students And Methods To Enhance Their Development - A Conceptual Framework, Fouad Ahmed Ali Albrahim, Sumaihan Naser Al Rashidi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This research intends to address the problems of identifying gifted students, supporting their excellence and promoting their care. Identifying gifted students is a challenge for individual teachers and for educational institutions, particularly in terms of developing programs that suit and contribute to the development of their skills. This article provides a comprehensive exploration of the characteristics of gifted students and the relationship of these characteristics to the identification of talent. The characteristics of the gifted have already attracted the attention of researchers and others interested in educational matters and the current article therefore seeks to answer some of the most …

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Accelerating Saudi Students Into Higher Education Programs - Identifying Potential Educational Interventions To Expedite Development, Jawaher Hamad Bin Yousef May 2026

Accelerating Saudi Students Into Higher Education Programs - Identifying Potential Educational Interventions To Expedite Development, Jawaher Hamad Bin Yousef

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Academic acceleration is an intervention that can reduce the effort, time and cost required for the educational process. In 2014 Saudi Arabia released a new regulation for acceleration (grade skipping) as one of the provisions for gifted students: it allows gifted students in the fourth grade (age ten) to move to the / sixth grade (age twelve), and from the seventh grade (age thirteen) to the ninth grade (age fifteen) after passing several criteria. Although these practices are useful for talented students (Col Angelo et al., 2004), A clear policy for ) 2004 acceleration at tertiary-level education was missed in …

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A Proposed Program Based On The 20 Principles To Develop Teachers Skills In Dealing With Gifted Students With Intellectual Disabilities In Primary School, Ahmed Mohamed Gadelmawla May 2026

A Proposed Program Based On The 20 Principles To Develop Teachers Skills In Dealing With Gifted Students With Intellectual Disabilities In Primary School, Ahmed Mohamed Gadelmawla

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The research aims to introduce a program to develop teachers’ skills in dealing with gifted, primary-school students with intellectual disabilities. This research is based on the 20 principles endorsed by )American Psychological Association (APA the American Psychological Association (APA) in its report prepared Coalition for Psychology by the Coalition of Psychology in Schools and Education (2015 entitled, “Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K to 12 Teaching in Schools and Education 2015 Top 20 principles from and Learning”. A descriptive approach has been used in this research. psychology for Pre-K to 12 teaching and learning The procedures used include an …

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Arab Official Efforts To Raise Awareness Of Covid-19 - The Crisis And Emergency Risk Communication Model In The Uae, Rahima Aissani May 2026

Arab Official Efforts To Raise Awareness Of Covid-19 - The Crisis And Emergency Risk Communication Model In The Uae, Rahima Aissani

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to identify the contents of crisis communication used by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to raise awareness of the dangers of coronavirus (COVID-19) and reduce its spread in three phases - preparation, initial and maintenance - following the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication model. The study implemented content analysis for three elements from the crisis and risk communication components introduced by the UAE government. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic crisis, the UAE government quickly drew up a national plan to deal with the crisis under the leadership of the National Emergency Crisis …

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Transitivity - An Application Of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar To Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea, Samah Abdel-Karim Ibrahim Mohammed May 2026

Transitivity - An Application Of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar To Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea, Samah Abdel-Karim Ibrahim Mohammed

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to investigate the functional significance of transitivity in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, depending upon Halliday’s Systemicfunctional Grammar (SFG). Transitivity is a set of grammatical choices made by language users to express their experiences. These goings-on are realised by the verb type in the clause. The study investigates the process types: material, mental, relational, behavioural and existential, with a particular focus on the presentation of the protagonist's inner thoughts and his conscious practices. It examines the percentage of the frequent pattern of five process types in the novel and investigates the role of transitivity model …

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Physical Education Teachers And Their Knowledge Of Observation And Analysis Skills, Mohamed Dahy Abass Hassan May 2026

Physical Education Teachers And Their Knowledge Of Observation And Analysis Skills, Mohamed Dahy Abass Hassan

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Knowledge and information related to qualitative kinetic analysis involve personal experiences, which are of great importance in physical education. Teachers conduct qualitative analysis, which is concerned with the observation and analysis of skill performance, evaluation, diagnosis, and the provision of feedback to students. The present study aimed to identify the knowledge of the skills of observation and analysis accumulated by physical education teachers in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researcher used the descriptive method, which was well suited to the nature of the research. A sample of 194 teachers was chosen from physical education teachers …

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Modern Arab Women And Traditional Morality, Gamil Mohammed Alamrani May 2026

Modern Arab Women And Traditional Morality, Gamil Mohammed Alamrani

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study uses a descriptive–analytical methodology, based on a postmodern deconstructive feminist approach, to analyze the struggle of modern Arab women fighting against patriarchal biases, violence, and the hypocritical morality system that dominate most tribal Arab societies. Applications for the study are taken from major Arab contemporary novels that continue to create strong independent female characters to expose the misogynistic nature of selected traditional tribal Arab societies. Many of these characters challenge the existing tribal moral codes that incite physical and psychological violence against women who are suspected of violating accepted social and cultural codes of family honor. The study …

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Saudi Youth And Risky Behaviours, Desouki Jalal Mohammed Hamed, Ibrahim Al-Husseini Abdel Moneim Hilal May 2026

Saudi Youth And Risky Behaviours, Desouki Jalal Mohammed Hamed, Ibrahim Al-Husseini Abdel Moneim Hilal

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study examined the problem of risky behavior, its prevalence among Saudi youth, and the degree of their awareness of it. These behaviors were determined on the basis of academic scientific studies and reports of the relevant international organizations. They consisted of: dangerous driving, smoking, drug addiction, violence, Unsafe healthy behavior, food, and physical activity. The researchers adopted the quantitative and qualitative approaches using the electronic questionnaire and the SPSS 21 statistical system at the quantitative level, and the Focus Groups tool at the qualitative level, on a sample of 625 individuals in Hail. The study concluded that Saudi youth …

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The Awareness Of Cyber Security In Distance Learning, Manal Hassan Muhammad Ibrahim May 2026

The Awareness Of Cyber Security In Distance Learning, Manal Hassan Muhammad Ibrahim

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The present paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of a training program in improving the awareness of cyber security in distance learning among female primary school science teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher used the quasi-experimental approach based on the one-group experimental design; the study tool was the cyber security awareness scale. The sample consisted of 30 teachers. The pre-application of the cyber security awareness scale was performed, then teachers were trained on the proposed program during the first semester of 2020–2021. At the end of the experiment, the post-scale was conducted. …

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The Impact Of Sociocultural Changes On Obesity Among Arab Women - Kuwait As A Case, Yagoub Y. Al-Kandari May 2026

The Impact Of Sociocultural Changes On Obesity Among Arab Women - Kuwait As A Case, Yagoub Y. Al-Kandari

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to reveal the impact of sociocultural changes on obesity among Arab women (Kuwait as a case). A sample of 250 Kuwaiti women, ranging in age from 20 years to 76 years, was selected from all Kuwaiti governorates. The sample was selected from groups with different social, cultural, and economic status in the society. Social and health scales were used. Degree of religiosity, food habits, physical activity scales were used. Height, weight, triceps skinfold, subscapular skinfold, hip circumference, and waist circumference were also used. Whereas the World Health Organization indicates in the February 2018 statistics that 40% of …

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Impacts Of Price Shocks - Price Modeling Analysis For Saudi Sectors, Imtithal A. Althumairi May 2026

Impacts Of Price Shocks - Price Modeling Analysis For Saudi Sectors, Imtithal A. Althumairi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This paper investigates the impacts of increasing prices on the following sectors in Saudi Arabia: electricity, gas, water, manufacturing, agriculture, transport, storage, and communications. It evaluates the changes in producer and consumer prices and household living expenses. The Saudi Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) was developed along with a price multiplier approach used to analyze different simulations. Two findings stand out. First, there are differences in impacts according to household groups and the direction of the effects. Low-income and middle-income households were the most negatively affected by the price hikes. Second, the potential impacts of manufacturing, transport, storage, and communications price …

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Improved Professional Life For People With Intellectual Disabilities - An Induction Programme, Atef Abdullah Bahrawi May 2026

Improved Professional Life For People With Intellectual Disabilities - An Induction Programme, Atef Abdullah Bahrawi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aimed at identifying the effect of the training and orientation program in improving the quality of the professional lives of trainees with intellectual disabilities. The study was conducted on a sample of 21 Intellectual Disability Trainers. They were nominated for training in the King Faisal University Rehabilitation Project during the academic year 2019–20. The study tool was used to determine the quality of their professional lives while the training and preparation program measured the quality of the professional lives of the trainees with intellectual disabilities, prepared by the researcher, where the validity of the tool was calculated and …

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Analysing Islamic Curricula In View Of Digital Citizenship, Sameerh Ahmed Alzahrani, Moradi Ammar Alshakrah May 2026

Analysing Islamic Curricula In View Of Digital Citizenship, Sameerh Ahmed Alzahrani, Moradi Ammar Alshakrah

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study is aimed at determining the inclusion scope of the nine digital citizenship dimensions within the content material of a jurisprudence course at the high school level in Saudi Arabia. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers designed a digital citizenship checklist listing the dimensions that must be included in the high school jurisprudence course. The list encompassed the following nine areas: digital arrival, digital-physical fitness and morals, digital rights and responsibilities, digital telecommunications, digital laws, digital health and safety, digital trade, and digital security. A descriptive content analysis was used to examine the data. Based on …

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Feminist Awareness Of The Self And The Other - A Critical Enquiry Into Short Stories, Wasfi Yassin Abbas May 2026

Feminist Awareness Of The Self And The Other - A Critical Enquiry Into Short Stories, Wasfi Yassin Abbas

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of this research is to provide a cultural reading of formations of feminist awareness of the self and the other in the short story collection (Just Like any Bucket) of the Egyptian storyteller (Rihab Ibrahim). The purpose of the research is to reveal the extent to which a person can reconcile with the self, the ability to accept a different 'other', and the image of the narrative male, which requires the narrative deconstruction and reconstruction of the stories. The research draws on the cultural reading method, posing several questions and attempting to answer them. The research concludes that …

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College Majors And Their Harmony With Students Multiple Intelligences, Eiad Abdulhalim Mohammad Alnajjar May 2026

College Majors And Their Harmony With Students Multiple Intelligences, Eiad Abdulhalim Mohammad Alnajjar

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to explore the harmonisation of scientific specialisation for undergraduate science students using multiple intelligences (MI), their relationship to academic achievement (GPA) and the students’ attitudes towards science. The sample consists of 198 male and female students chosen randomly from different year groups in the departments of physics and chemistry at Al-Qunfudah College at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia. The study used a tool to survey MI and a questionnaire to measure the sample’s attitudes towards science. The researcher obtained the students’ GPAs from the college administration department. The results showed that the ranking of intelligences for …

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Psychological Resilience And Well-Being - Saudi Arabia, Atayf Mohammed Ahmed Humedi May 2026

Psychological Resilience And Well-Being - Saudi Arabia, Atayf Mohammed Ahmed Humedi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of the research was to explore the relationship between psychological resilience and the subjective well-being among female students in high school, in the development housing area of the Jazan region. Additionally, we explored the possibility of predicting subjective well-being stemming from )psychological resilience. The total number of participants (female students selected from high school were 390; the girls were chosen from five developmental housing areas: Ramadh, Alhasmh, Alkarish, Alsehi, and Alrewan. A descriptive method was used for this research; two scales were used: psychological resilience scale (prepared by Najah Kobisi in 2017) and a subjective well-being scale (prepared …

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Social Media And Depression - Saudi Arabia, Adel Alaraifi May 2026

Social Media And Depression - Saudi Arabia, Adel Alaraifi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of online social media (OSM) assimilation on individuals’ levels of depression in Saudi Arabia. Over the last decade, Saudi Arabia has witnessed an exponential increase in the number of OSM users. Previous studies suggest that OSM usage can be used as a predictor of many behavioral outcomes for individuals. Nevertheless, the literature on the assimilation and risk of OSM within Saudi Arabia is still very limited, especially in terms of linking OSM to depression. This cross-sectional study adopts a quantitative approach using an online survey of 626 users to measure …

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