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Comparing metabolic profiles between female endurance athletes and non-athletes reveals differences in androgen and corticosteroid levels
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Endurance training is associated with physiological changes in elite athletes, but little is known about female-specific effects of endurance training. Despite the significant rise in female sports participation, findings ... -
Conditions for student-centered teaching and learning in Qatari elementary math and science classrooms: Relationship between classroom processes and achievement of curriculum standards
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)Qatar K-12 school reform emphasizes student-centered classrooms where students actively engage in enquiry and use their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Classrooms characterized by these elements should ... -
Conditions for Student-Centered Teaching and Learning: Relationship Between Classroom Processes and School Achievement of Curriculum Standards
(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 ... -
Criminal thinking in a Middle Eastern prison sample of thieves, drug dealers, and murderers
( 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, ... -
Cross-national differences in special education coverage: An empirical analysis
( 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
( 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
( 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 ... -
Culture shapes face perception: Comparisons of egypt and the UK
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2017 , Book chapter)The psychological literature reports a variety of cross-cultural differences in cognition, but most of these are based on comparisons of Western and Asian observers. Here, we discuss quantitative and qualitative cross-cultural ... -
Depression Following Major Life Transitions in Women: A Review and Theory
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2020 , Article Review)Depression can occur due to common major life transitions, such as giving birth, menopause, retirement, empty-nest transition, and midlife crisis. Although some of these transitions are perceived as positive (e.g., giving ... -
Developing a Test of Early Arabic Literacy Skills
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)In recent years, stronger literacy development has emerged as a critically important issue in Arabic speaking nations. Results of international assessments indicate that most of the participating Arab countries are near ... -
Developmental improvement and age-related decline in unfamiliar face matching
( Pion Limited , 2015 , Article)Age-related changes have been documented widely in studies of face recognition and eyewitness identification. However, it is not clear whether these changes arise from general developmental differences in memory or occur ... -
Do Diacritical Marks Play a Role at the Early Stages of Word Recognition in Arabic?
( Frontiers Media , 2016 , Article)A crucial question in the domain of visual word recognition is whether letter similarity plays a role in the early stages of visual word processing. Here we focused on Arabic because in this language there are various ... -
Does the Visual Attention Span Play a Role in Reading in Arabic?
( Routledge , 2018 , Article)It is unclear whether the association between the visual attention (VA) span and reading differs across languages. Here we studied this relationship in Arabic, where the use of specific reading strategies depends on the ... -
Does visual letter similarity modulate masked form priming in young readers of Arabic?
( Academic Press Inc. , 2018 , Article)We carried out a masked priming lexical decision experiment to study whether visual letter similarity plays a role during the initial phases of word processing in young readers of Arabic (fifth graders). Arabic is ideally ... -
Early writing development: kindergarten teachers' beliefs about emergent writing in Qatari preschool settings
( 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 ... -
Early years education in Qatar: The good practice guide in theory and practice
( Consortia Academia Publishing , 2016 , Article)Qatar’s massive education reform, Education for a New Era has dramatically shaped the educational landscape by implementing professional and curriculum standards and introducing best pedagogical practices at all levels. ... -
Editorial: Face Recognition Difficulties in Children: Hits and/or Correct Rejections?
( 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 ... -
Effect Of Learner-centered Professional Development On Teaching Behaviors In Qatari Elementary Math And Science Classrooms
( QScience , 2014 , Conference Paper)In late 2002, Qatar established key elements of educational reform, known as "Education for a New Era", including curriculum standards, emphasis on problem-solving through student-centered teaching; standards-based ... -
Effect of professional development on teaching behaviors and efficacy in Qatari educational reforms
( 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 ... -
Effect of sera from elite athletes on cytokine secretion and insulin signaling in preadipocytes and skeletal muscle cells
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Introduction: The immunomodulatory effect of physical activity can impact insulin signaling differentially in adipose tissues and skeletal muscle cells, depending on sport intensity. In this study, the effect of serum from ...