This study investigates the effectiveness of metacognitive strategies on reading comprehension and comprehension strategies of 11th-grade male students in Kuwaiti high schools in the subject of Arabic language. This study concentrates on two metacognitive strategies (the K-W-L P…
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The present study was designed to explore and examine the degree of availability and comprehension toward the reflective teaching approach of teachers of Islamic education in Kuwaiti middle schools. I investigated the degree to which the teachers of Islamic education reflected u…
International statistics have revealed that the prevalence of obesity is rising to epidemic proportions at an alarming rate in both developed, “Westernized”, and less developed countries around the world. This epidemic is not only with adults but also children. The prevalence of…
Kuwait enjoys a diverse press system very much like those in Lebanon and Morocco, which sets them apart from the other press systems in the Arab world. To date, however, very little research has been conducted on the sociopolitical and cultural roles of the Arab press. This prof…
The need for understanding the audience as to who reads what for what reasons and what their reading are habits have always been of deep interest to the newspaper industry in Kuwait. Although some studies have been done in this area in Kuwait these were done by the newspapers th…
The present study assessed possible links between religion and the buffering of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a population of Kuwaiti Military Personnel. Specifically, this investigation assessed the effects of religious belief versus religious practice as psychosocia…
This paper investigated whether the Kuwaiti audience still uses foreigner media or if they have increased their reliance on the Internet as an alternative news source within the state-controlled news media environment of Kuwait. To investigate this phenomenon, the researcher dre…
This study examined the attitudes of Kuwaiti mathematics pre-service teachers before and after participation in a teacher preparation mathematics course that used dynamic geometry software called Geometer's Sketchpad, with instruction delivered using the guided inquiry teaching …
This research is a qualitative ethnographic case study of Kuwaiti students attending the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The purpose of this research was two-fold: to understand the academic and cultural factors that affected the adjustment of Kuwaiti students sponsored by t…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the stages of exercise change, the levels of physical activity, and barriers to exercise among Kuwaiti individuals with and without disabilities. This study was conducted on 100 participants (50 males and 50 females) aged from 18 to 5…
This study aimed to investigate the attitudes, knowledge and reported practices of Kuwaiti kindergarten teachers regarding computer use in the classroom. The study was completed using a mixed methods research design whereby both quantitative and qualitative data was collected an…
This study examines the perceptions of Kuwaiti elementary school English language teachers, and their supervisors regarding the teachers' effectiveness in teaching English to first and second graders. The study also investigates the teachers' and supervisors' opinions of the tex…
The purpose of this descriptive, qualitative study is to examine Kuwaiti parents' experiences with autism, with the goal of capturing the essence of the parents' life with individuals with autism. The research involved interviews with 11 mothers who have children diagnosed with …
This study measures to what extent students of Al-Dharra Madressor (ADM), a private school in Kuwait, achieve American, Western "cultural proficiency," defined as the ability to understand and function in another culture. ADM operates as its own self-contained bilingual school s…
This study examines the relationship of forgiveness, desire for revenge, adherence to Islam, depression, and psychological well-being among Muslim, Kuwaiti civilians who experienced a war-related transgression during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and subsequent seven-mont…
Schools, as vital transmitters of societal values, help to shape students' values and personalities. In Kuwait, female students are subjected to a continuous stream of messages from teachers and textbooks regarding the social roles they are expected to occupy. The school system,…
While Arabic calligraphy has maintained its traditional forms for the past 13 centuries in various cultural and artistic expressions, it has not been modernized for use in computer graphic design as Western writing and letterforms have. Over the centuries, traditional Arabic cal…