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The effects of attendance and high school GPA on student performance in first-year undergraduate courses
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2021 , Article)
Research has established that class attendance and High School Grade Point Average (HSGPA) play a significant role in student academic success in higher education. The study uses census data and records of 969 undergraduate ...
Characteristics, benefits, challenges, and socio-cultural factors of implementing pbl in qatar
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Aalborg University
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
While project-and/or problem-based learning has been implemented in higher education worldwide for several decades, both modes of PBL remain a new phenomenon in Qatar. Over the past few years, several research projects ...
Caffeine use or napping to enhance repeated sprint performance after partial sleep deprivation: Why not both?
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Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: To compare the effect of a 20-minute nap opportunity (N20), a moderate dose of caffeine (CAF; 5 mg·kg-1), or a moderate dose of caffeine before N20 (CAF+N) as possible countermeasures to the decreased performance ...
Webinars for teacher professional development: perceptions of members of a virtual professional community of practice
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Routledge
, 2024 , Article)
This study explores the significance of webinars as tools for supporting teachers’ professional development and growth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as perceived by the teachers themselves. The study employs a mixed methods ...
Anaerobic and aerobic contributions to repeated supramaximal cycling exercises and their adaptation to high-intensity interval training in obese perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2024 , Article)
Objective This study investigated the anaerobic and aerobic contributions to total energy release during repeated supramaximal cycling exercises (SCE) and their adaptation in response to 6 weeks of high-intensity interval ...
Using a PBL authoring tool to train teachers in designing an online PBL unit
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Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Problem-based learning (PBL) is proposed as one of the most well-known alternatives to subject-based learning in educating graduates to become independent workers, critical thinkers, problem solvers, lifelong learners, and ...
Problematizing Accreditation for Teacher Education
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2023 , Article)
This essay aims to problematize US accreditation of teacher education. Foucault’s notion of problematization is used as a theoretical framework to explain how accreditation emerged in the past as a solution to perceived ...
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
Qatar’s transition from a hydrocarbon-based to a knowledge-based economy spurred the development of Education City, which houses several International Branch Campuses and one home-grown university, Hamad bin Khalifa ...
Examining Qatar’s private and public-school teachers’ readiness for teaching about sustainability
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Routledge
, 2023 , Article)
Understanding teacher readiness for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) instruction is crucial. This study investigated Qatar’s preparatory and secondary public and private school teachers’ perceived readiness to teach ...
CAEP Accreditation: Educational Neocolonialism and Non-US Teacher Education Programs
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Palgrave Macmillan
, 2022 , Article)
Under the facade of globalization, educational neocolonialism occurs through the transferring of educational theories and practices from the global north to the global south, potentially challenging and undermining indigenous ...