This study examined whether the theory of deliberate practice could be applied and expanded to the field of education to explain how school leaders successfully work with teachers to improve student achievement in schools with a high percentage of student identified as minority …
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The implications of educational and language policies in Sudan and developing nations in general make this study relevant and important. The researcher investigated the potential effect on Sudanese institutions of higher education of a government scheme to change the language of…
The blended learning (BL) approach provides an efficient and effective instructional experience. However, adopting BL poses some challenge to faculty; the most important obstacle found in this research is faculty's lack of knowledge regarding the use of technology in their teach…
This is an ethnographic study that examines differences between the traditional Muslim approaches to learning and the approach reflected in the study circle. It also examines and explores the extent to which collaborative learning principles and methods are used and possible sho…
Individuals learning a second language improve their cultural and social communications when coupling language skills with cultural awareness of a target area. Comprehensive foreign language structures combined with culture, traditions, and target-area experiences are contributi…
Effective strategies and techniques for reform improvement require an understanding of the forces of the change process that facilitate its implementation. The involvement of classroom teachers in the process of formulating changes surface factors that influence reform's effecti…
The purpose of this study was to determine through available documents and select interviews: (1) The challenges that Catholic youth in today's society experience in living their Catholic Faith; (2) How well the Catholic schools are meeting these challenges; (3) What needs to be…
The purpose of the current study is to examine language learners' perceptions of teacher written corrective feedback (WCF) in the context of English as a second language (ESL) program. Most previous research studies center on the effectiveness of WCF on improving writing accurac…
Internet access has grown in Saudi Arabia between 2000 and 2005 by more than 1000% and many governmental organizations are starting to provide part of their services using the internet. In addition, the Ministry of Higher Education has provided funding to all governmental univer…
Education is finally embracing school leadership as an important component in reform schools. School leaders have become central for building schools that promote powerful teaching and learning for all students. Therefore, well-prepared principals help to change schools and impr…
Although Saudi Arabia has an inclusive classroom for students with learning disabilities (LDs) the general education teachers are not prepared to handle the special needs of the students with LDs. This study examined attitude, knowledge of evidence based practices, and perceived…
The study was designed to identify and evaluate the anticipated/unanticipated, desirable/undesirable consequences of changing a continuous nine-months calendar and the introduction of the credit hour system at Sanaa University as perceived by academic administrators, faculty, an…
The purpose of this pretest/posttest quasi-experimental study was to explore the strategies English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students use on understanding the meanings of idioms both in oral and written submissions. The study also investigated the strategies on comprehending …
Students with learning disabilities are now taught in inclusive classrooms in Saudi Arabia. There is a lack of research on female general education teachers' knowledge of and skills related to the inclusion of students with learning disabilities. The purpose of this mixed method…
This study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of secondary school teachers of their principals' supervisory behaviors and of their schools' climate. Furthermore, the study examined the relationship between supervisory behaviors and school climate in Kuwaiti secondary s…