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Undergraduate physiotherapy students’ performance in theoretical and practical examinations: A correlational case study in the UAE See

The study aimed at finding the correlation between the theoretical and the practical examinations marks of first year physiotherapy students and explore the possible contributory factors for any differences in exam performances. Mixed approach was used and correlation was analysed using Microsoft excel 2013 and interviews were employed to explore the factors associated with good or poor performances in the written and objective structured clinical examinations. There were no significant diff...

The impact of using Socrative based formative assessment to enhance student achievement in a nutrition course: A digital forward assessment See

The purpose of this paper is to describe an experimental study that examined the impact of using Socrative as a tool for formative assessment “Feedforward” on EFL tertiary college students’ conceptual understanding of a nutrition course in the United Arab Emirates. The impact is determined by student test achievements. The study used true experimental design on 47 nutrition students and randomly assigned 23 participants into an experimental group and 24 into a control group. Both groups took...

Investigating the Impact of Applying Different Strategies of Formative Assessments on Students’ Learning Outcomes in Summative Assessments in a Private School in Sharjah, UAE See

Among contemporary methods for improving the learning of students, formative assessments stand out amongst the most essential and powerful. While formative assessment thoughts and practices appear to have a demonstrated record in upgrading students’ ability to take in information, these practices are difficult to completely incorporate into teachers' everyday classroom practices. This study investigated the impact of applying different strategies of formative assessment practices on students...

The impact of Alef Platform on students’ performance at Al Asayel School in Abu Dhabi, UAE See

As times and people are changing so should processes and systems. One thing that all experts can agree on is that, driven by technological advancements, the global economy is transforming at a rapid pace and there is need for education to keep up with this transformation. Jobs and most importantly people who are hired for those jobs will need to have very different capabilities in the future. Careers will change and will require that employees be creative, innovative and have expertise in in...

Teachers’ Empowerment and the Self-Study Process: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study of Teachers’ Perceptions and Lived Experiences of New England Association of Schools and Colleges Self-study within US-Curricula School in Dubai See

This dissertation investigates whether NEASC self-study as part of the accreditation process empowers teachers, contributes to improving self-efficacy, and encourages reflective deliberation. The study explores the lived experience of teachers in a US-curricula school in Dubai during NEASC self-study by employing a phenomenological approach in a postmodern framework of complexity theory and interpretivism to present teachers’ perceptions and accentuate their voices. Interviews of structured ...

Evaluation of the Effects of Social and Cultural Differences in Learning English as a Secondary Language See

Teaching and learning English language not only involves phonetic development or cognitive functioning, instead there are certain other factors which affect the English learning process. These factors mainly involve social and cultural differences of both the target culture and native culture because learning English as a secondary language involves learning style, language skills mainly involving speaking or listening and approaching of instructions. Understanding the effects of social and c...

Investigating Teachers’ Views of the Importance and Use of Critical Thinking in Dubai See

Critical thinking is needed more than ever to handle various challenges accompanied with the rapid technological development. This study investigated mathematics and science teachers’ views about the importance and use of critical thinking. A sample of twenty-five middle and high school teachers from two private schools in UAE participated in the research. The participants attended a critical thinking professional development and shared their views about eight strategies to develop students’ ...

The Effects of Online Formative and Summative Assessment on Test Anxiety and Performance: A Study Among First-Year Undergraduate Students at A Higher Education Institution in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates See

The presented study was conducted to provide greater insight into the potential positive, neutral and/or negative effects of online formative and summative assessment on test anxiety and performance. The aim of the study was to determine if online assessment could address the problems associated with test anxiety, which include poor study habits, distraction during testing, mental blocks and other physiological and psychological effects that students might experience as a result of perceived ...

Exploring the Adoption of 3D Printing for Reducing Capital and Operational Costs of Façades in Office Buildings See

The construction sector is one of the most important sectors worldwide today. Everyday lives of humans revolve around the use of infrastructure and buildings that are created by construction companies hence their importance in society today. For a long time, people have taken for granted the technologies or innovations that they use today and hardly try to dig into the people or companies behind the innovations. For several years, people have described the construction industry as conservativ...

Oral Reading Fluency Model: An Investigation of Reading-aloud Strategies, Assessment Methods and Factors Affecting Students’ Oral Reading Fluency in Private Schools in the UAE See

Oral reading fluency skill is considered to be the bridge to reading comprehension. However, it has been neglected in public schools in the UAE despite the fact that different theories (including behaviorism, information processing model theory, automaticity theory, and Ehri and McCormick’s word learning theory) have shed light on this skill. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate this skill in private schools, which focus on teaching and assessing oral reading fluency. This s...

The impact of sustainable urban planning on land property and markets in Sharjah See

Modern civilization faces numerous challenges in its quest to meet its needs despite the limited nature of the available natural resources available to humanity. The nature of land as a natural resource supports the arguments opining for the implementation of sustainable urban planning (SUP) measures. The implementation of sustainable urban planning measures in Sharjah must target essential aspects such as housing, infrastructure, and social amenities among other notable and desirable outcome...

The Legal Provisions of the Arbitral Award of Electronic Arbitration With respect to the International Conventions and UAE Law See

In the current business and market setting where everything is now online, new challenges have emerged in terms of how the traditional means of doing business can successfully translate to the electronic world. In terms of related laws, numerous countries have implemented appropriate laws to implement electronic arbitration. Thus far, these efforts have included electronic laws from Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Europe, the UK, and the US. International Conventions have also been set forth to...

Comparison between the American code ASCE7-16 and the Australian code AS1170.4 against the seismic design effects See

Engineering is a professional art of applying science to the efficient conversion of natural resources for the benefit of man. Engineering, therefore, requires above all creative imagination to the innovative, useful application for natural phenomenon.” (International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 3 Issue 3, March – 2014). This work implemented to compare two codes, American and Australian by designing a sixty -floors building using reinforced concrete structure ...

Talent Management in the UAE The Potential of Talent Management for Organisation Performance See

Managing talent is one of the most important areas to be studied, and organisations should manage talent strategically. A problem is that many organisations do not yet fully acknowledge Talent Management (TM) concepts and approaches, and although they may know the importance of TM, they are not implementing and practicing it. This research highlights three main issues about talent management. Firstly, it describes what TM is and its definition. Secondly, how its approach is distinctive from ...

Dynamical Torsional Analysis of Schweizer 300C Helicopter Rotor Systems See

The study in this research focuses on building simulation model the motion systems of Schweizer 300C helicopter and Emphasises is put on examine the most suitable simulation techniques used to deal with the most accurate and closest to reality dynamical torsional response of the motion systems which will lead to the best analysis. In The first part of this research, an introductory to the history of helicopters and their dynamic fundamentles and the development and expansion of the Modelin...

Studying the Impact of Height and Unified Design model in Housing Communities on Micro-climate condition in Dubai Case Study of Mohammad Bin Rashid Housing Establishment Project See

This research investigates the impact of Building heights and unified building form over the microclimate variables within a residential community located in Dubai . The research begins by conducting a literature review to establish a profound base in which this research can develop by analyzing and understanding similar cases for other researchers that tackles similar subject. The research set number of questions in which the answer to those questions would contribute to the ongoing researc...

Achieving Sustainable Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the American University of Sharjah Campus See

There are many factors that impact and influence the success of an urban space. Numerous physical and social environment components and location of the given space in the city are all key components that play part. This study however, mainly focuses on one physical environmental aspect known as the thermal environment. Thermal environments are components of physical environments that dictate the human thermal comfort. The control of this comfort is conducted through exchange of energy b...

Future proofing Karachi for Urban Heat Island See

"Future proofing cities is one of the most researched and pressing topic of this century due to climate change. This research is focused on Urban Heat Island, one of the many issues faced by the mega city of Karachi, due to climate change. Although Karachi has been faced with this concern for years, however, it was emphasized and highlighted during the recent heat waves of 2015 and 2016. The primary methodology used was simulation using ENVI-Met software to access how the temperatures can be ...