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Small Steps Lead to Quality Assurance and Enhancement in Qatar University
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Routledge
, 2009 , Article)
This paper presents a brief overview of Qatar University's history since it was started in 1973. Its primary focus is on the various small, but important, steps taken by the University to address the needs of quality ...
Matching Face Images Taken on the Same Day or Months Apart: the Limitations of Photo ID
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2013 , Article)
It is well-established that matching images of unfamiliar faces is rather error prone. However, there is an important mismatch between face matching in laboratory and realistic settings. All of the currently available ...
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, ...
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 ...
Giving fathers a voice: Towards father involvement in early years settings
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Taylor & Francis
, 2014 , Article)
It has been widely recognised that fathers can play a key role in the development and well-being of young children. In many cases, however, fathers still have limited involvement in the early years education of their ...
Relationship between perceived and observed student-centred learning environments in Qatari elementary mathematics and science classrooms
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Springer Netherlands
, 2014 , Article)
Recently, Qatar established educational reform in charter (independent) schools focusing on curriculum standards, student-centred teaching, standards-based assessment, English as the language of instruction, and extensive ...
Effect of professional development on teaching behaviors and efficacy in Qatari educational reforms
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Qatar is undergoing major educational reform that is shifting its educational policy toward an instructional orientation grounded in constructivism and student-centered instruction. Differences in cultural conceptions of ...
Early writing development: kindergarten teachers' beliefs about emergent writing in Qatari preschool settings
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article)
Writing often begins during the very early years of childhood; however, some children first learn writing when they begin attending school. Teachers' beliefs about early writing development can influence when and how ...