DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

2007-2008

 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 PUBLICATIONS

Anies Al-Hroub

 ·        Al-Hroub, A. & Whitebread, D. (2008) Teacher Nomination of ‘Mathematically Gifted Children with Learning Difficulties’ at three Public Schools in Jordan, The British Journal of Special Education, 36, 36-49.

 Saouma BouJaoude

 1.      BouJaoude, S. (2007). Enhancing Students’ Ability to Learn Meaningfully in Science. Melange: Revue Culturelle de Secrétariat General des Ecoles Catholiques au Liban, 1 (May – June), 52-69.

2.      BouJaoude, S. (2007). Twenty-first century educational skills for development in the Mediterranean: Quality and curriculum relevance (pp. 82-89). In Med. 2007: 2006 in the Euro-Mediterranean Space. Barcelona, Spain: European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed).

3.      Salloum, S. & BouJaoude, S. (2008). Careful! It is H₂O: Teachers’ Conceptions of Chemicals. International Journal of Science Education, 30, 221 – 238.

4.      Hokayem, H. & BouJaoude, S. (2008). College Students’ Perception of the Theory of Evolution. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45, 395 – 419.

5.      Daoud, T. & BouJaoude, S. (2008). The Effect of Vee Heuristic on Students’ Meaningful Learning in Physics Grade 10 Laboratories in the Impact of the Laboratory and Technology on Learning and Teaching (pp. 167-200). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

6.      BouJaoude, S. & Tamim, R. (2008). Middle school students' perceptions of the instructional value of analogies, summaries and answering questions in life science. The Science Educator, 17, 72-28.

 Murad Jurdak

 ·        Jurdak, M. (2008). Action map as a tool for assessing situated mathematical problem solving performance. Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, 5, 67-78.

 Patricia Pederson

 1.      Pederson, P.V. (2007). Conflict in the Middle East: Focus on Lebanon. The Social Studies Review, 47(1), 40-45.

2.      Pederson, P.V. (2007). What is measured is treasured: The impact of NCLB on non-assessed subjects.  The Clearing House, 80(6), 287-291.

 Barend Vlaardingerbroek

 1.      Vlaardingerbroek, B. & Taylor, T.G.N. (2007). The environmental knowledge and attitudes of prospective teachers in Lebanon: A comparative study. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 16,120-134.

2.      Vlaardingerbroek, B. & El-Masri, Y.H. (2008). Student transition to upper secondary \vocational and technical education (VTE) in Lebanon: From stigma to success. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 60, 15-33.

 RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

 Anies Al-Hroub

 In press

·        Al-Hroub, A. (to be published in Sep 2008). Developing assessment profiles for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties in England. Gifted Child Quarterly.

 Submitted

1.      Al-Hroub, Anies (submitted in March 2008, under review). Analysis of WISC-III-Jordan for mathematically gifted students with learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities.

2.      Al-Hroub, A. (submitted in Dec 2007, under review). Perceptual skills and Arabic literacy patterns for mathematically gifted children with learning difficulties. The British Journal of Special Education.

 Published conference papers (refereed)

·        Al-Hroub, Anies (June, 2007). Analysis of WISC-III-Jordan for the mathematically gifted with learning difficulties and the average-IQ of learning difficulties students in Jordan. The International Association of Special Education (IASE): Tenth Biennial International Conference, University of Hong Kong, proceeding paper.

 Published conference papers (non-refereed)

·        Al-Hroub, Anies (Aug, 2007). Identifying Mathematically Gifted Children with Learning Difficulties (MG/LD) in Jordan. The World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGCT) 17th Biennial Conference, University of Warwick, England, August 8, 2007.

 Tamer Amin

 In Press

·        Amin, T.; Leitão, S. & Da Rocha, J. (2008). Semiotic articulation of process and content in a high-school science activity: An integration of three perspectives. In C. Lightfoot (Eds.). Challenges and Strategies for Studying Human Development in Cultural Contexts. Book 2 of the Mind, Culture and Development Series (Sergio Salvatore and Jaan Valsiner, Series Editors). Information Age Publishers.

 Submitted

·        Submitted two manuscripts to the journals Human Development and Educational Psychologist. Both have been reviewed and are being revised for resubmission.

 In preparation

·        Invited to contribute a chapter to a book entitled:  Science Education in the Arab Region (Edited S. BouJaoude and Z. Dagher (Eds.)

·        Invited to contribute a chapter to a book entitled Developing Methods in Psychology (Edited by S. Surgan and E. Abbey) to be published by Transaction Publishers.

 Fahmi Banafa

 In preparation

·        The impact of the Internet and multimedia on pronunciation and oral communication of Arab college students learning English in the United States.  Publishing House VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.

 Saouma BouJaoude

 In press

1.      BouJaoude, S. & Attieh, M. (In press). The Effect of using Concept Maps as Study Tools on Achievement in Chemistry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.

2.      Xavier Roegiers, X., Gerard, F. M., BouJaoude, S. & Haidar, N. (In press). A Dictionary of competencies: Trilingual Glossary of pedagogic terminology relating to the competency-based approach in the Lebanese educational system. Beirut, Lebanon: Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD)/Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

 Research Reports

·        BouJaoude, S. (2007). Improving Science Education in the Arab States: Lessons Learned from Education Practices in Four Developed Countries. Report presented at the Expert Group Meeting organized and sponsored by the UNESCO Office, Cairo, Egypt on December 15, 2007 in Amman Jordan (With contributions from Dr. Zalpha Ayoubi, Lebanese University).

 Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

·        Jurdak M., BouJaoude S. & Norma Ghumrawi N. (2007).Comparison of mathematization in microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) and verification – Type laboratory (VTL) in physics. In Pitta-Pantazi, P. & Philippou, G. (Editors), Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, pp. 2110-2119. Larnaka, Cyprus: European Society for Research in Mathematics Education and Department of Education, University of Cyprus.

 Research in progress

1.      BouJaoude, S. &Dagher, Z. Science education in the Arab Region.  This is an edited book that will be published by Sense Publishers (USA). The book will include chapters on Education in the Arab Region, the Impact of Contextual Variables on Science Achievement in the Arab Countries: Results from TIMSS 200, Language of Instruction and Science Education in the Arab Region: Toward a Situated Research Agenda, Nature of Science Features in Curriculum Standards of Some Arab Countries, Professional Growth through Engagement:  Overcoming Bureaucratic and Personal Barriers Associated with Top-Down Models of Teacher Professional Development in Egypt, Role of an International Organization in Promoting Science Education in the Arab Region, Religion and Science Education in Egypt, Science Education Research in Lebanon: Trends and Issues, Status of Science Education in Jordan, Science Education Development in the Sultanate of Oman, Science Education Reform in the United Arab Emirates: Issues and Challenges, Outcome of a Half-Century of Science Education in North Africa: 1956-2006, Hegemony of the “Method” in Science Education Research in the Arab Region, Towards productive research models in the Arab region

2.      BouJaoude, S.  Theistic, agnostic, and atheistic notions of biological evolution: Exploring Lebanese students’ understandings of Evolution. A research study that is being conducted in Collaboration with science educators at McGill University Canada.

3.      BouJaoude, S. Intermediate students’ epistemological views of science. Data for this study were colleted and are being analyzed at the present time.

4.      Jurdak, M. & BouJaoude, S. Evaluation system in Lebanon. A chapter being prepared for publication in an edited book entitled “Secondary school external examination regimes: A global view of a robust educational phenomenon” (Editor: Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Publisher:  Cambria Press, Inc.).

 Karma El-Hassan

 ·        Working on a chapter in an international handbook to be published spring 2009 on ‘Learning in Middle School’.

 Murad Jurdak

 In press

·        Jurdak, M. & Nakhal, R. (in press).The impact of a Cabri learning environment on students’ level of reasoning. International Journal of Mathematical Education: Policy and Practice.

 Published conference papers (refereed)

1.      Jurdak M., BouJaoude S. & Norma Ghumrawi N. (2007).Comparison of mathematization in microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) and verification – Type laboratory (VTL) in physics. In Pitta-Pantazi, P. & Philippou, G.(Editors), Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education,  pp. 2110-2119. Larnaka, Cyprus: European Society for Research in Mathematics Education and Department of Education, University of Cyprus.

2.      Jurdak, M.(2008). Equity-in-Quality: Toward a theoretical frame work. In Matos, J.F., Valero, P.& Yusukawa (Editors), Proceedings of the Fifth International Mathematics and Society Conference, pp 56-73. Lisbon: Centro de Investigacao em Educacao, University de Lisbon-, Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University.

 Rima Karami

 Research in progress

1.      Lebanese School principal’s role conceptions.  Investigates the roles conceptions of school principals in a sample of Lebanese schools.

2.      TAMAM: The case of an initiative for promoting school based reform. Collected data and wrote a draft of a paper analyzing the initiation stages of the TAMAM Project, a research project on educational reform in the Arab States.

3.      Leadership Challenges: The case of a Lebanese women school administrator. Analyzes gender issues in school leadership position in Lebanese schools.

4.      Teacher’s perspective on professional learning in a learning community school

 Samar Mukallid

 In press

Abdo, H, Mukallid, S., & Alameddine, R. (2008). School Counseling in Lebanon: Past, present and Future. Developmental School Counseling.

 Research in progress

·        Participating as a co-investigator in an NIH sponsored research project. The main investigator is Prof. Iman Nuwayhid, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB. Project title is: The effect of toxic solvents on neurobehavioral functioning of working children in a socially disadvantaged area in North Lebanon. My responsibility is to administer the BARS, a computerized test battery designed to assess neurobehavioral functioning in the participating children. This research project is done in cooperation with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Oregon, USA.

 Patricia Pederson

 In Press

2.      Pederson, P.V. & Malone, V. (in press). Designing Assignments in the Social Studies to Meet Curriculum Standards and Prepare Students for Adult Roles. The Clearing House.

3.      Pederson, P.V. (in press). Expanding Horizons by Linking Children’s Knowledge to a New Culture:  The United States and Lebanon.  The Geography Teacher.

 Research in progress

·        Qualitative research study exploring Lebanese adolescents’ conceptions of democracy.

 Published conference papers (refereed)

·        Pederson, P.V.  (2007). Citizenship Education in a Multicultural Society: A United States Perspective. Proceedings from the International and National Conference: Citizenship State Project for a New Society.  Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon.

 Barend Vlaardingerbroek

 Research in progress

1.      Analysis of Brevet results with Dr A-F Khoder of the Ministry.  This research is analyzing the results of the Brevet class on official examination to identify trends in the results.

2.      Carried out research on the Brevet Professionnel; paper under review.

3.      Signed contract with Cambria Press for the production of an edited volume on external examination regimes worldwide; co-editing with Dr. Neil Taylor of the University of New England (Australia).