• Conditions for Student-Centered Teaching and Learning: Relationship Between Classroom Processes and School Achievement of Curriculum Standards 

      Ikhlef, Atman; Knight, Stephanie L. (2011 , Conference Paper)
      Qatari educational curriculum standards emphasize student-centered classrooms where students actively engage in inquiry and problem solving. Classrooms characterized by these elements should emerge as more successful on ...
    • Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Increases Vigorous Physical Activity Levels and Is Associated With Reduced Hypoglycemia Avoidance Behavior In Youth With Type 1 Diabetes 

      Jabbour, Georges; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)
      The primary goal of this study was to explore physical activity (PA) levels, hypoglycemia fear scores and hypoglycemia episodes according to insulin administration and blood glucose monitoring methods in youth with type 1 ...
    • Controlling higher education from a distance: using foucault’s governmentality to better understand accreditation 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2022 , Article)
      The Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) has expanded significantly in quantity, scope, and complexity over the past two decades, advancing into a complex system able to influence and control numerous aspects of ...
    • Correction to: A qualitative assessment of medical students' readiness for virtual clerkships at a Qatari university during the COVID-19 pandemic (BMC Medical Education, (2023), 23, 1, (186), 10.1186/s12909-023-04117-3) 

      Bawadi, Hiba; Al-Moslih, Ayad; Shami, Rula; Du, Xiangyun; El-Awaisi, Alla; ... more authors ( BioMed Central Ltd , 2023 , Other)
      Correction: BMC Medical Education (2023) 23:186 Following publication of the original article [1], due to a typesetting error, references [19] and [20] were written incorrectly. The correct references are given below: [19] ...
    • Correction to: Training During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of 12,526 Athletes from 142 Countries and Six Continents (Sports Medicine, (2022), 52, 4, (933-948), 10.1007/s40279-021-01573-z) 

      Washif, Jad Adrian; Farooq, Abdulaziz; Krug, Isabel; Pyne, David B.; Verhagen, Evert; ... more authors ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Other)
      The affiliation of the author Lone Bogwasi, which previously read as: Lone Bogwasi Department of Orthopedics, Nyangabgwe Hospital, Francistown, Botswana Botswana Football Association Medical Committee, Gaborone, Botswana. ...
    • CORRUPTION AND MICROCREDIT INTEREST RATES: DOES REGULATION HELP? 

      Al-Azzam, Moh'd ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      Misunderstandings about the structure of microcredit interest rates continue to generate rich criticism of the industry's high interest rates. Research has focused attention on the cost structure of interest rates and, ...
    • COVID-19 Lockdown: A Global Study Investigating the Effect of Athletes' Sport Classification and Sex on Training Practices 

      Washif, Jad Adrian; Sandbakk, Oyvind; Seiler, Stephen; Haugen, Thomas; Farooq, Abdulaziz; ... more authors ( Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. , 2022 , Article)
      Purpose: To investigate differences in athletes' knowledge, beliefs, and training practices during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work extends an initial descriptive evaluation ...
    • COVID-19 Lockdowns: A Worldwide Survey of Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Quality in 3911 Athletes from 49 Countries, with Data-Driven Recommendations 

      Romdhani, Mohamed; Rae, Dale E.; Nédélec, Mathieu; Ammar, Achraf; Chtourou, Hamdi; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2021 , Article)
      Objective: In a convenience sample of athletes, we conducted a survey of COVID-19-mediated lockdown (termed ‘lockdown’ from this point forward) effects on: (i) circadian rhythms; (ii) sleep; (iii) eating; and (iv) training ...
    • COVID-19 Pandemic and Physical Exercise: Lessons Learnt for Confined Communities 

      Ghram, Amine; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briki, Walid; Jenab, Yaser; Khaled, Mehdi; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)
      The novel pandemic called "Coronavirus Disease 2019" (COVID-19), as a global public health emergency and global threat, has affected many countries in unpredictable ways and impacted on physical activity (PA) behaviors to ...
    • Covid-19 pandemic and quality of life among Romanian athletes 

      Cosma, Germina Alina; Chiracu, Alina; Stepan, Amalia Raluca; Cosma, Marian Alexandru; Nanu, Marian Costin; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)
      The aim of this study was to analyze athletes’ quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved 249 athletes between 15 and 35 of age, M = 21.22, SD = 5.12. The sample was composed of eight Olympic Games ...
    • Criminal thinking in a Middle Eastern prison sample of thieves, drug dealers, and murderers 

      Megreya, Ahmed M.; Bindemann, Markus; Brown, Anna ( 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, ...
    • A critical review of research on STEM education in Qatar 

      Sellami, Abdel Latif; Fadlelmula, Fatma Kayan; Abdelkader, Nada; Thani, Maryam Fahad Al ( Common Ground Research Networks , 2021 , Article Review)
      In the light of the mounting national promotion, encouragement, and support of the skillsets that are critical to the knowledge economy in Qatar, the present article offers a critical review of the current body of literature ...
    • Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities 

      Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ...
    • A cross-cultural comparison of health behaviors between Saudi and British adolescents living in urban areas: Gender by country analyses 

      Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M.; Al-Nakeeb, Yahya; Duncan, Michael J.; Al-Sobayel, Hana I.; Abahussain, Nada A.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2013 , Article)
      This study investigated the cross-cultural differences and similarity in health behaviors between Saudi and British adolescents. A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted at four cities in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and ...
    • Cross-national differences in special education coverage: An empirical analysis 

      Anastasiou, Dimitris; Keller, Clayton E. ( 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 ...
    • Cross-race correlations in the abilities to match unfamiliar faces 

      Kokje E.; Bindemann M.; Megreya A.M. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      The other-race effect in face identification has been documented widely in memory tasks, but it persists also in identity-matching tasks, in which memory contributions are minimized. Whereas this points to a perceptual ...
    • Culture as a driver for the design of social robots for Autism spectrum disorder interventions in the Middle East 

      Javed, Hifza; Cabibihan, John John; Aldosari, Mohammad; Al-Attiyah, Asma ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      In this paper, we discuss the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Gulf region. We examine the importance of providing state-of-the-art ASD interventions, and highlight social robots as therapeutic tools ...
    • D oes the moon cycle affect the physical endurance, balance, reaction-time, mood state and well-being in trained athletes? 

      Yousfi, Narimen; Arbimejri, Mohamed; Kasmi, Sofien; Tabben, Montassar; Haddad, Monoem; ... more authors ( Edizioni Minerva Medica , 2020 , Article)
      BACKGROUND: Fascination with the moon has spanned millennia. It has recently been asserted that the moon cycle affects endurance performance in untrained individuals. The present study aimed at investigating the effects ...
    • Definitions of educational leadership 'Arab educators' perspectives 

      Sellami, Abdel Latif; Sawalhi, Rania; Romanowski, Michael Henry; Amatullah, Tasneem ( Routledge , 2019 , Article)
      This study aims to provide a general overview of how educational leadership is defined by Arab educators and education specialists in the Arab region, concentrating on the State of Qatar. The study builds on insights from ...
    • Determinants of poor academic performance among undergraduate students-A systematic literature review 

      Al-Tameemi, Rusol Adil Naji; Johnson, Chithira; Gitay, Rizwan; Abdel-Salam, Abdel-Salam G.; Hazaa, Khalifa Al; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      There are several reasons for student academic underperformance, such as academic, personal, and social factors students face when transitioning from high school to higher educational institutions. In this review paper, a ...