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Criminal thinking in a Middle Eastern prison sample of thieves, drug dealers, and murderers
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Wiley
, 2015 , Article)
The Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS) has been applied extensively to the study of criminal behaviour and cognition. This study aimed to explore the psychometric characteristics (factorial structure, ...
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 ...
Identity issues: expatriate professors teaching and researching in Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2015 , Article)
Today, academics are more transient, working outside their home countries,
than at any other time in the history of academics especially in the Arab World were there
is great demand for faculty members educated in Western’ ...
Editorial: Face Recognition Difficulties in Children: Hits and/or Correct Rejections?
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OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
Face recognition difficulties during childhood are well-documented.
However, mixed results were obtained regarding the precise nature of
these difficulties using different experimental tasks. Using recognition
memory ...
Self-reported psychopathy in the Middle East: a cross-national comparison across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United States
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BioMed Central
, 2015 , Article)
Background
The construct of psychopathy is sparsely researched in the non-Western world, particularly in the Middle East. As such, the extent to which the psychopathy construct can be generalized to other cultures, including ...
Teaching writing in Qatari early years education: the perceptions of early childhood teachers
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
The present study aimed at 1) exploring early childhood teachers' perceptions about teaching writing in Qatari early years settings, and 2) identifying the impact of several social-demographics variables on these views. ...
Analytical view of statistics and probability curriculum standards in Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Ten years ago, Qatar initiated an education reform based on curriculum standards that draw on international expectations of what students should know, understand, and be able to do at each stage of their schooling. The ...
Facebook: A potential educational tool in higher education
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Introduction: Facebook is the most frequently visited social media networking site worldwide (Ryan & Xenos 2011). Mason and Rennie (2007: 199) reasoned, "shared community spaces and inter-group communications are a massive ...