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A Macro-Micro-Symbolic Teaching to Promote Relational Understanding of Chemical Reactions

Jaber L.Z.; BouJaoude S. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2012)

The purpose of this research is threefold: (1) to identify the difficulties that Grade 10 students in a Lebanese school have that hinder their conceptual understanding at the micro-macro-symbolic interface in chemistry, ...
A profile of pre-college chemistry teaching in Beirut

Ayoubi Z.; BouJaoude S. (, 2006)

The purpose of this study was to answer the following questions: 1) How well prepared are chemistry teachers in terms of content and pedagogy, 2) What are chemistry teachers trying to accomplish in their teaching and what ...
A Reconstructed Vision of Environmental Science Literacy: The case of Qatar

Khishfe R. (Routledge; ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2014)

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) develop a conceptual framework for environmental science literacy; and consequently (b) examine the potential of science standards-curricula to prepare environmentally literate ...
A Reconstructed Vision of Environmental Science Literacy: The case of Qatar

Khishfe R. (, 2014)

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) develop a conceptual framework for environmental science literacy; and consequently (b) examine the potential of science standards-curricula to prepare environmentally literate ...
A tool for analyzing science standards and curricula for 21st century science education

Dani D.E.; Salloum S.; Khishfe R.; BouJaoude S. (IGI Global;, 2013)

Twentieth century curricula are no longer sufficient to prepare students for life and work in today's diverse, fast-paced, technologically driven, and media saturated world of the 21st century. This chapter presents a new ...
A tracer study of Lebanese upper secondary school students

Vlaardingerbroek B.; Dallal K.; Rizkallah G.; Rabah J. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2007)

This paper presents data arising from a tracer study of 90 terminating Beirut upper secondary school students. Nearly all the students intended to transit to university, about half of them to science and technology programmes, ...
ADHD in Lebanese Schools: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment

Al-Hroub, Anies; Berri, Hala Mohammed (Springer, )

This brief addresses the causes, assessment, and treatment of ADHD in Lebanese school children. It details how the disorder is currently defined in Lebanese elementary schools and examines school teachers’ understanding ...
An exploratory study of the achievement of the twenty-first century skills in higher education

Ghaith G. (, 2010)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a survey study of the achievement of twenty-first century skills in higher education. Design-methodology-approach: The study employs a quantitative survey ...
Are women engineers in Lebanon prepared for the challenges of an engineering profession?

Baytiyeh H. (, 2013)

This study investigates the status of women engineers in the Middle East, considering women engineers in Lebanon as a case study. The author investigated the following questions: What are the influences behind females' ...
Assessment of preservice teachers' knowledge and attitudes regarding biotechnology: Across-cultural comparison

Erdogan M.; Ozel M.; Boujaoude S.; Lamanauskas V.; Usak M.; Prokop P. (, 2012)

This study examines the level of knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnology of preservice teachers from Lebanon, Lithuania, Slovakia and Turkey. Data were gathered from a total of 768 preservice teachers from these ...
Attention-deficit and hyperactivity among school-age United Arab Emirates children

Khamis V. (, 2011)

The prevalence of ADHD was studied among 200 UAE school-age children. Variables that distinguish ADHD and non-ADHD children were examined, including child characteristics, parents' sociodemographics, socioeconomic status, ...
Attitudes toward pursuing doctoral studies in engineering

Baytiyeh H.; Naja M.K. (, 2011)

Pursuing a doctoral degree in engineering is often seen as a risky decision. This study investigates the factors for considering enrollment in engineering doctoral programs. Two groups were involved; the first consists of ...
Biology professors' and teachers' positions regarding biological evolution and evolution education in a middle eastern society

BouJaoude S.; Asghar A.; Wiles J.R.; Jaber L.; Sarieddine D.; Alters B. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2011)

This study investigated three questions: (1) What are Lebanese secondary school (Grade 9-12) biology teachers' and university biology professors' positions regarding biological evolution?, (2) How do participants' religious ...
Careful! it is H2O? teachers' conceptions of chemicals

Salloum S.L.; BouJaoude S. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2008)

A concept commonly used by both teachers and students is the term chemical Many students and teachers think of chemicals as artificial, poisonous, and dangerous. The purpose of the study was to investigate science teachers' ...
Challenges facing graduating engineers in transitioning from college to career

Baytiyeh H.; Naja M.K. (, 2011)

Transitioning from college to an engineering career is highly complex and critical for graduating engineers. This research study examines the career transition of Lebanese engineering students as a case study of the Middle ...
Classroom environment as a predictor of behaviour disorders among children with learning disabilities in the UAE

Khamis V. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2009)

This study was designed to identify predictors of behavioural disorders in children with learning disabilities and children without learning disabilities in the United Arab Emirates public school system. It examined the ...
College students' perceptions of the theory of evolution

Hokayem H.; BouJaoude S. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, 2008)

Although a well-corroborated scientific theory, the theory of evolution has continued to cause dilemmas for some individuals who have not easily been able to accommodate the concepts of this theory within their cognitive ...
Conceptual Metaphor and Embodied Cognition in Science Learning

Amin, Tamer G.; Jeppsspn, Fredrik; Haglund, Jesper (Routledge, )

Scientific concepts are abstract human constructions invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena. Scientists use specialised languages, diagrams, and mathematical representations of various kinds to convey these ...
Conceptual metaphor meets conceptual change

Amin T.G. (BASELALLSCHWILERSTRASSE 10, CH-4009 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2009)

This paper argues that the metaphorical representation of concepts and the appropriation of language-based construals can be hypothesized as additional sources of conceptual change alongside those previously proposed. ...
Contrasting perspectives and performance of high school students on problem solving in real world, situated, and school contexts

Jurdak M.E. (, 2006)

This study describes and contrasts theoretically and empirically problem solving of situated problems in school and the real world at the macro level as a social-cultural activity system and analyzes the process of solving ...

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