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Facebook: A potential educational tool in higher education
( 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 ... -
Feature instructions improve face-matching accuracy
( Public Library of Science , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but important for applied settings, such as person identification at passport control. Finding techniques to improve face-matching accuracy is ... -
Feature-by-feature comparison and holistic processing in unfamiliar face matching
( PeerJ Inc. , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but imperative for security settings, such as the verification of face identities at passport control. Therefore, finding techniques to improve ... -
Gender and age differences in life satisfaction within a sex-segregated society: Sampling youth in Qatar
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Recent decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the measures of subjective well-being, including mental and physical health, happiness and life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are ... -
Getting parents involved in children's play: Qatari parents' perceptions of and engagement with their children's play
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)The study investigates parents' perceptions of and engagement with their children's play in the context of Qatar. Quantitative data were collected using a questionnaire that was administered to parents of children aged 4-7 ... -
Giving fathers a voice: Towards father involvement in early years settings
( 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 ... -
The impact of teacher preparation on preservice teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Teachers' beliefs and attitudes are a significant component in the development and success of inclusive education. Research indicates that the foundation of positive attitudes toward inclusive education can be established ... -
Individual differences in emotion regulation and face recognition
( Public Library of Science , 2020 , Article)Face recognition ability is highly variable among neurologically intact populations. Across three experiments, this study examined for the first time associations between individual differences in a range of adaptive versus ... -
International note: Prediction of mathematics work ethic and performance from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs among Qatari adolescents
( Academic Press , 2016 , Article)Over half-a-million adolescents take part in each cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Yet often, researchers and policy makers across the globe tend to focus their attention primarily on the ... -
Investigating the Relationship Between Professional Development and Student-Centered Learning Environments in Qatari Math and Science Elementary Classrooms
(2012 , Conference Paper)While considerable study of the organizational structures and outcomes of Qatari educational reform in Education for a New Era initiatives has been planned and implemented (see Rand, 2007), little attention has been placed ... -
An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults
( 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 ... -
An Investigation of Math and Science Teaching and Learning in Qatari Independent Elementary Schools
( Peter Lang , 2011 , Book chapter)Following the establishment of a set of key elements for educational reform in Qatar, this chapter presents the findings from a research study in 67 randomly selected third and fourth grade math and science classrooms in ... -
Investigation of the Learning Environment in Higher and Lower Performing "Education for a New Era" Schools
(2010 , Conference Paper)Recently, Qatar established key elements of educational reform including curriculum standards; emphasis on student-centered teaching; charter school establishment; standards-based assessment; English as the language of ... -
Matching Face Images Taken on the Same Day or Months Apart: the Limitations of Photo ID
( 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 ... -
Mathematics anxiety and cognition: An integrated neural network model
( De Gruyter , 2019 , Article)Many students suffer from anxiety when performing numerical calculations. Mathematics anxiety is a condition that has a negative effect on educational outcomes and future employment prospects. While there are a multitude ... -
Metabolic Signature of Leukocyte Telomere Length in Elite Male Soccer Players
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Biological aging is associated with changes in the metabolic pathways. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a predictive marker of biological aging; however, the underlying metabolic pathways remain largely unknown. The aim ... -
Molecular Big Data in Sports Sciences: State-of-Art and Future Prospects of OMICS-Based Sports Sciences.
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Together with environment and experience (that is to say, diet and training), the biological and genetic make-up of an athlete plays a major role in exercise physiology. Sports genomics has shown, indeed, that some DNA ... -
The Nairobi Declaration—Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs
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Neoliberalism and Qatari preschools: A comparative study of England and Qatar
( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)Qatar is in the midst of a massive systematic reform designed to convert its schools and Ministry of Education into a world-class competitive educational system according to Education for a New Era. Influenced by ... -
Parenting, personality, and culture as predictors of perfectionism
( Springer New York LLC , 2018 , Article)This study examined the relationship between parenting styles, personality traits, culture, and perfectionism. Male and female undergraduate university students from the US (n = 168) and the Middle East (n = 74) completed ...
