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The Sands of Time: The allocation and use of instructional time in English and Mathematics in private and public schools in England and Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2008-04)This research identifies classroom activities that are related to high levels of instructional time. In the summer term of 2007, ten teachers and their year four classes were observed and their activities were coded. Results ... -
SCHOOLS’ READINESS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA IN AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT: An Investigative case study on a private elementary school in Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)Schools play the greatest role in developing the children’s reading skills and carry the biggest responsibility to discover any difficulties related to literacy. This research paper investigated the ability of a private ... -
Science Education and Provisions for Learners with Physical Disabilities in Public Primary Schools in Dubai: An Investigative Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-03)The educational system in the United Arab Emirates is moving towards including students with special educational needs (SEN) in public schools. Studies have examined the services offered for students with different special ... -
Segregation and Inclusion: A comparative analysis of three different educational settings for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-09)With the increase in the number of mainstream schools providing education for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it is important to study the benefits of such settings in ... -
Single-gender vs. Coeducational Classrooms in the Primary School: A Comparative and Relational Case Study of Student Engagement and Achievement
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-07)The effects of classroom gender composition on students’ academic outcomes have been at the center of a hotly contested discourse. The Al Ain study examines differences in student engagement and student achievement levels ... -
SOLO Taxonomy in a Visible Learning School: A Quasi-Experimental Design to Study the Effect of SOLO Taxonomy on Student Metacognitive Ability SOLO Taxonomy as a Framework of Designing Comprehension Strategies
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-03)Perspectives on the components of effective literacy learning have moved far from reading alone; however, effective literacy instructions address students’ growth through linguistic, cognitive, and text-specific processes ... -
Staff Development: A Study Into The Significance of Staff Professional Development Programs for Educators and Students Achievement
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05)The concept of staff professional development and its effectiveness has been a key area of discussion for long. Several authors/ researchers have made an attempt to touch upon the different dimensions associated with PD ... -
The Status of ESL / EFL Continuous Professional Development in Private Schools in the U.A.E Based on the Perceptions of In-Service Teachers and Administrators
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Stigma in the Classroom: an investigation into the area of Stigmatized Students at Private Schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2006-09)Despite years of reform efforts in the field of education concerning the development of learning environment according to the international standards, as claimed by Dr. Haneef ((Minister of the UAE’s Ministry of Education) ... -
Striving for Excellence: An Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges in the English Language Curricula Reform in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)High school graduates with good English language proficiency are key to the UAE’s future, yet many lack the level of English required for entry into university. In response, the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge ... -
Student Perceptions of Individual and Social Responsibility Education and Engagement in Higher Education of United Arab Emirates Higher Colleges of Technology – Sharjah Colleges
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-03)The need for Individual and Social Responsibility Education has increased in the 21st century (Brennan 2008) due to a number of political and social events which happened around the world, including the recent events ... -
Student Voice for enhancing the Quality of Inclusive Education
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-04)Student voice in inclusive education has been identified as an important component that enhances the quality of education for students with special educational needs (SEN). Moreover, Research in Academia has also highlighted ... -
Student Wellbeing Conceptualisation and Practice: Policy Overview, Stakeholders’ Perceptions and a Proposed Evaluation Tool for UAE Private Schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-06)There is a world-wide increasing interest in the study of wellbeing of children and its related practices in the context of schools. Policy efforts have also been witnessed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to engage public ... -
Students at risk of academic failure: Could differentiated instruction be a catalyst for school reform?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-01)One of the main motivations and intent for undertaking this line of research is due to the sustained concern around the continuously increasing rates of attrition among students in the Caribbean. A 2020 Joint Select Committee ... -
Students’ and teachers’ attitudes toward the use of learners’ mother tongue in English language classrooms in UAE public high schools
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-03)There are two opposing approaches regarding the impact of using learners’ mother tongue in learning English as a foreign or second language: the monolingual and bilingual approaches. The former adopts the English-only ... -
Students’ and teachers’ perspectives about using students’ laptops in a career-based technical high school in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-09)The main aim of this research was to explore the students’ and teachers’ perspectives about using students’ laptops in a career-based technical high school in the United Arab Emirates during a time interval of two academic ... -
Students’ perceptions of Kahoot!: An exploratory mixed-method study in EFL undergraduate classrooms in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-10)In recent years, game-based student response systems (GSRS) such as Socrative, Quizlet, and Kahoot! has become a popular tool to increase motivation, enhance classroom engagement, and facilitate collaborative learning. ... -
A Study of Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions on Using Robots to Learn Programming
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-03)This study seeks to explore primary and secondary students’ and teachers’ experiences, attitudes and beliefs of learning and teaching programming respectively with robots in a private school in Abu Dhabi. Specifically ... -
A study of a grade 6 elementary ESL class in a private international school in Dubai to determine the main factors affecting their acquisition of the English language
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2008-12)Second language teachers are intrigued by the factors responsible for the second language acquisition of their students and for the different rates of acquisition within a class; an understanding of the interplay of the ... -
A study of Emirati Undergraduates Students’ Perceptions of Cooperative Learning
(The British Univesity in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-02)The purpose of this study is to investigate the Emirati students’ perception of using cooperative learning to progress their learning process. The study site is one of the Higher Colleges of Technology campuses in United ...