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Anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics of active and inactive saudi and british adolescents
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Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
, 2014 , Article)
To compare the anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics of active and inactive adolescents in Saudi Arabia and Britain. A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted at four cities in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and ...
Academic procrastination and its relation to motivation and self-efficacy: The case of Qatari primary school students
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Common Ground Publishing
, 2010 , Article)
Academic procrastination seems to be prevalent in academic settings where students tend to delay their tasks without valid excuses, submitting their assignments until the last minute before the deadlines. Research has shown ...
Cross-national differences in special education coverage: An empirical analysis
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Council for Exceptional Children
, 2014 , Article)
This study investigated the role of educational and socioeconomic factors in explaining differences in national special education coverage. Data were derived from several international and governmental sources, targeting ...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Challenges and tensions
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2014 , Book chapter)
Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities
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University of South Carolina Greensboro
, 2012 , Article)
In this essay, the authors use Foucauldian concepts to examine the State of Qatar’s
unprecedented educational reform, Education For a New Era. One of the key
components of this comprehensive reform centers on the development ...
An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults
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MDPI AG
, 2015 , Article)
This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst ...
Social Justice and the Engineering Profession: Challenging Engineering Education to Move Beyond the Technical
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Springer International Publishing
, 2015 , Book chapter)
This study investigates faculty and students’ perception of the significance of social justice in the engineering education program in an Arab Gulf nation. In light of the expanding ethical education of engineers stated ...
Qatar's educational reform: Critical issues facing principals
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IGI Global
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Launched in 2004, Qatar's massive educational reform, Education for a New Era, has introduced numerous changes to the K-12 educational system forcing school leaders to face challenges and issues in their role of leading ...
Math teachers' beliefs, practices, and belief change in implementing problem based learning in Qatari primary governmental school
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Modestum LTD
, 2019 , Article)
This study explored math teachers' beliefs regarding their roles, practices and perceived change in implementing Problem-Based Learning in Qatar's primary government schools. Multiple sources of qualitative data were ...
The impact of globalisation on society and culture in Qatar
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
, 2016 , Article)
The discovery of oil and the economic development and growth that followed has placed Gulf Countries on the fast path to urbanisation and modernisation, bringing an impact on traditional family relations and functions. In ...