EDUCATION

Publication Record

Amin, T. G. 2001. A cognitive linguistics approach to the layperson’s understanding of thermal phenomena. In Conceptual and Discourse Factors in Linguistic Structure, ed. Alan Cienki, Barbara Luka, and Michael Smith. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.

. 2003. The spread of English as a global language of science: Facts and ideas in search of a paradigm. Review of.The dominance of English as a language of science: Effects on other languages and language communities, by Ulrich Ammon. Al-Logha 4:47–67.

Amin, T. G., and N. S. Thompson. 2001. Evolutionary psychology returns to its Bowlbian roots. Review of Death, Hope, and Sex by James Chisholm. Behavior and Philosophy 29:79–93.

BouJaoude, S. 2001. Conceptual change in two middle school science students during instruction about the concept of burning. Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences 2 (4): 8–31.

. 2001. The status of elementary science education in Lebanon. Science Education International 12 (2): 7–9.

. 2002 . Balance of scientific literacy themes in science curricula: The Case of Lebanon. International Journal of Science Education 24:139–156.

. 2002. Developing basic and secondary education in the Arab world to encompass advances in science. In Science and Technology in the Arab World ed. A. Abulhaija, 223–250. Amman: Shouman Association.

Ghaith, G., and A. BouZeineddine. 2002. The assessment mechanism of teacher performance and its technologies. In Teacher Preparation in the Arab Countries, 237–250.

Ghaith, G. M. 2002. The relationship between cooperative learning, social support and achievement. System 30 (3): 263–273.

. 2002. Using cooperative learning to facilitate alternative assessment. English Teaching Forum 40 (3): 26–31.

. 2003. Readiness of educational reform: The case of EFL reading teachers in Lebanon. Journal of Education for Teaching 29 (2): 177–178.

. 2003. The problems and prospects of using selected cooperative learning structures in educating teachers of English as a foreign language. Journal of Student Centered Learning 2 (1):93–100.

Ghaith G. M., and A. Bouzeineddine. 2003. Relationship between reading attitudes, achievement, and learners’ perceptions of their jigsaw II cooperative learning experience. Reading Psychology 24 (2): 105–120.

Ghaith, G. M., and S. Harkouss. 2003. Role of text structure awareness in the recall of expository discourse. Foreign Language Annals 35 (1): 86–96.

Haidar, M., F. Abdel-Khalick, and  S. BouJaoude.  2003. Lebanese secondary school students’ environmental knowledge and attitudes. Environmental Education Research 9:21–33.

Henningsen, M. A., and M. K. Stein. 2002. Supporting students' high-level thinking, reasoning, and communication in mathematics. In Research, Reflection, and Practice, ed. J. Sowder and B. Schappelle, 46–61. Reston: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Jurdak, M. 2001. Science curricula and the acquisition of values. In Teaching and Values, ed. R. Ghusayni, 265–285. Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences.

. 2002. A core paper for the preparation of teachers in the Arab countries. In Teacher Preparation in the Arab Countries, 272–296. Beirut: Lebanese Association of Educational Studies (LAES).

. 2002. Evaluation of school textbooks in the new Lebanese curricula. Beirut: UNESCO Office for Education in the Arab States.

. 2002. Students’ achievement study-phase 2 final report. Beirut: UNESCO Office for Education in the Arab States.

Jurdak, M. and I. Shahin. 2001. Problem solving activity in the workplace and the school: The case of constructing solids. Educational Studies in Mathematics 47: 297–315.

Mukallid, S. 2002. Assessment and parents’ school relationship in kindergartens in Lebanon. In Kindergrtens in Lebanon, ed. N. Bachour. Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences.

Rhoder, C. 2002. Mindful reading: Strategy training that facilitates transfer. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 45 (6): 498–512.

Rhoder, C., and P. Huerster. 2002. Use dictionaries for word learning with caution. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 45:8.

Shaaban, K., and G. M. Ghaith. 2002. University students’ perceptions of the ethnolinguistic vitality of Arabic, French, and English in Lebanon. Journal of Sociolinguistics 6 (4): 557–574.

Wiser, M., and T. G. Amin. 2001. "Is heat hot?" Inducing conceptual change by integrating everyday and scientific perspectives on thermal phenomena. Instructional practices for conceptual change in science domains, special issue, ed. L. Mason. Learning & Instruction 11:331–355.
 

. 2002. Computer-based interactions for conceptual change in science. In Reconsidering Conceptual Change: Issues in Theory and Practice, ed. M. Limon and L. Mason. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.
 

Yaghi, H., and G. Ghaith. 2002. Correlates of computing confidence among teachers in an international setting. Computers in the Schools 19 (1/2): 81–94.

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

Amin, T. G. 2001. Language-based construal in thermal physics. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Linguistics. Santa Barbara, CA, United States.

. 2002. Developing scientific thinking by developing specialized language skills in science. Practical-Interactive Session presented at the Sixth Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, organized by SMEC, Department of Education, AUB.

BouJaoude, S. 2001. Developing basic and secondary education in the Arab world to incorporate innovations in science and technology. Invited paper presented at the specialized Symposium on Science and technology in the Arab World: Present status and future prospects, organized by Shouman Foundation, Amman, Jordan, October 20 and 21, 2001.

. 2001. Developing science curricula to meet the challenges of the future. In the proceedings of the symposium on new curriculum for a changing world, ed. El-Komos et al, 98–118. Manama: University of Bahrain, College of Education.

. 2002. Lebanese middle school students' definitions of science and perceptions of its purpose and usage. Paper presented at the Droshai Seminar on Science Learning in the Mediterranean by the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 11–15, 2002.

. 2002. Scientific literacy in the Lebanese curriculum. Paper presented at the Conference on The Third Millennium: What education for What youths held at the University of the Holy Sprit, Kaslik, Lebanon. November 16, 2002.

. 2002. Supply and demand of science teachers in the Arab states (sponsored by ICASE and the NARST International Committee). Presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science teaching, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6–10, 2002.

. 2003. Teaching and learning by inquiry: Role of the teacher and technology (in Arabic). Paper presented at the regional workshop on evaluating science and technology curricula, UNESCO, Beirut, May 20–22, 2003.

BouJaoude, S., and M. Attieh. 2003. The Effect of using concept maps as study tools on achievement in chemistry. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 23–26, 2003.

BouJaoude, S., and S. Salloum. 2003. Careful! It is H2O: Teachers’ conceptions of chemicals. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 23–26, 2003.

BouJaoude, S., S. Salloum, and F. Abd-El-Khalick. 2002. Relationships between selective cognitive variables and students’ ability to solve chemistry problems. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Research in Science teaching, New Orleans, LA, United States, April 6–10, 2002.

BouZeineddine, A. 2002. Teacher performance assessment as means for professional development. Key note speaker in Teacher Preparation Conference in the Arab World.

. 2002. Teacher performance assessment as means to an end. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

El-Hassan, K. 2001. Paper presentation at the 25^th Annual Conference for the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematic Education, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 12–17, 2001.

. 2002. Assessment in Lebanese system: Theory and practice. Conference presentation.

Ghaith, G. Paper presentation at the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE), Conference UMIST, Manchester, England.

. Paper presentation at the Third International Conference on Language Teacher Education. University of Minnesota, Minneopolis, United States.

Henningsen, M. 2002. Encouraging critical thinking through math project investigations. Presentation at the Sixth Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, American University of Beirut, May 2002.

. 2002. Managing group work in large classes. Idea exchange session facilitated at the Sixth Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, American University of Beirut, May 2002.

. 2002. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Math Education into the 21^st Century Project: The Humanistic Renaissance in Math Education.

. 2002. Using narrative classroom cases to promote inquiry about mathematics, teaching, and learning. In the Proceedings of the 4^th International Conference on The Humanistic Renaissance in Mathematics Education, ed. P. Spagnolo and A. Rogerson. Palermo, Italy, September 2002.

. 2003. What’s happening in elementary math classrooms around Lebanon: Preliminary results from the MARAL Project. Keynote address presented at the Seventh Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, American University of Beirut, May 2003. Subsequently published in proceedings.

Jurdak, M. 2001. Mathematics goals and achievements: The case of Lebanon. In the Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), volume 1, ed. M. Heuvel-Panhuizen, 174–179.  Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 12–17, 2001.

Mukallid, S. 2002. May brain celebrate learning (In Arabic). A plenary session paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Education Forum for Private Schools in Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Rhoder, C. 2002. Mindful reading: A framework for adolescent literacy. Paper presented at the 19th World Congress on Reading, International Reading Association, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, August, 2002.

Wiser, M., and T. G. Amin. 2002. How students and teacher negotiated interpretations of computer-based visual representations in a middle-school science curriculum. Thirty Second Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Philadelphia, PA

Yaghi, H. 2002. Alternatives for using internet technology in teaching math and sciences. Presentation at the sixth Science and Math Teachers' Conference organized by the Science and Math Education Center (SMEC), AUB, May 17–18, 2002.

. 2002. Employing the natural synergy among hypermedia, cooperative learning, and constructivism to improve learning. Paper presentation at the Fourteenth Annual Instructional Technology Institute, Utah State University, August 27–30, 2002.

. 2003. Digital learning objects. Paper presentation at the SMEC VII Teacher conference, AUB, May 23–24, 2003.

Yaghi H., and S. Suleiman. 2002. ICT-based education as a long-term strategy for poverty alleviation in developing countries. Paper presentation at a conference about the use of technology in poverty alleviation, ESCWA, Beirut, July 2002.

other activities

Amin, T. 2002. Language in the science classroom. Department of Education, Summer Workshops, AUB, September 2002.

. 2002. Using case studies of scientific inquiry to integrate diverse components of the science curriculum. Department of Education Summer Workshops, AUB, September 2002.

. 2003. Interpreting nature through the representations of another. Department of Education Spring Workshops, AUB, March 1, 2003.

. 2003. Language in intermediate and secondary Science. Practical-interactive session at the Seventh Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, organized by SMEC, Department of Education, AUB, May 23–24, 2003.

BouJaoude, S. 2002. Principles of teaching and learning. Lecture presented at Saint Joseph School, Cornet Chahwan, January 11, 2002.

. 2002. The New School Program: An educational Development activity. Seminar presented at the Faculty of Health Science, American University of Beirut

. 2002. Using computers in the science laboratory. Brummana High School, Brummana, Lebanon.

BouZeineddine A. Presentation at مؤتمر التربية وبناءالانسان المعاصر, UNESCO, Beirut, Lebanon.

. 2002. Presentation as member of consulting team to US AID CARE/EDC at the Conference to Teachers of Arabic, Minya, Egypt.

Henningsen, M. 2001. High quality mathematical communication in elementary school. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, Department of Education, September 2001.

. 2001. High quality mathematical communication in intermediate school. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, Department of Education, September 2001.

. 2001. Supporting your math teachers. Workshop for math coordinators and principals conducted at the American University of Beirut, Department of Education, September 2001.

. 2001. Using concrete materials (fraction strips) in elementary mathematics. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, Department of Education, September 2001.

. 2001. Using concrete materials (geoboards and fraction strips) in elementary mathematics. Invited workshop for teachers conducted at Al Bayader Association Schools, Beirut, Lebanon, July 2001.

. 2002. Algebra tiles in the intermediate math classroom. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, March 2002.

. 2002. Building teacher capacity to engage students in high-level thinking and reasoning. Workshop for coordinators and principals conducted at the American University of Beirut, March 2002.

. 2002. Distinguishing between high-level and low-level tasks in elementary mathematics: Second workshop for MARAL project teachers, coordinators, and principals. American University of Beirut, October 2002.

. 2002. Exploration visit team for a student teacher exchange program with Vestfolt College in Tonsberg, Norway. Participated substantially in helping to write the proposal for funding to the Norwegian government, December 2002.

. 2002. High-level thinking, reasoning, and communication: Orientation workshop for the MARAL project teachers, coordinators, and principals. American University of Beirut, September 2002.

. 2002. Inquiry in lower elementary math and science. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, March 2002.

. 2002. Introduction to Using Concrete Materials in the Elementary Classroom. Invited workshop, Brummana High School, Brummana, Lebanon, February 2002.

. 2002. Student-Centered Teaching—Mathematics. Five day invited workshop for teachers in the New Schools Program (EDC/CARE/USAID), El-Minya, Egypt, January 2002.

. 2002. Teaching elementary mathematics. Two day invited workshop for teachers conducted at the Al Maharat International School, Jeddah, KSA, November 2002. (REP project)

. 2002. Using children’s literature to teach elementary mathematics. Workshop for teachers conducted at the American University of Beirut, March 2002.

. 2003. Fostering open communication and independent thinking in elementary mathematics. Workshop for MARAL project teachers, coordinators, and principals conducted at the American University of Beirut, April 2003.

. 2003. Invited inquiry workshops in preparation for teaching the International Baccalaureate program held at AUB and follow-up on-site classroom observation and feedback sessions for teachers from Sagesse High School, March and April 2003.

. 2003. Mentoring student teachers. Invited panel presentation conducted for cooperating teachers at the American University of Beirut, sponsored by the Practice Teaching Committee in the Department of Education, February 2003.

. 2003. Student-Centered Teaching–Mathematics. Five day invited workshop for teachers in the New Schools Program (EDC/CARE/USAID), Fayoum, Egypt, January 2003. (REP project)

Henningsen, M., and S. BouJaoude. 2002. Organized the Sixth Annual Science and Mathematics Teachers Conference, American Univesity of Beirut, May 2002.

Henningsen, M., S. BouJaoude, and T. Amin. 2003. Organized the Seventh Annual Science and Math Teachers Conference, American University of Beirut, May 2003.

Henningsen, M., and S. Zebian. 2003. High-level thinking, reasoning, and communication in Lebanese elementary mathematics classrooms: A preliminary technical report on the fall 2002-2003 classroom observations in the MARAL project. Technical Report. American University of Beirut.

Ghaith, G. Consultation to the Kingdom Schools and to the Al Manaa General Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Lovelace, M. 2002. Introduction to clinical supervision. Workshop presentation for 30 school principals titled, April 5, 2002.

Mukallid, S. 2002. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and its relationship to success in life. Paper presented in the context of professional development activities to the faculty of Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

. 2002. How to reach those who are difficult to reach in the classroom (In Arabic). Workshop session at the Annual Conference of the Education Forum for Private Schools in Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Murad, J. 2002. Comparison of student achievement in the old and new science and mathematics curricula. Keynote lecture for SMEC 6TH Annual Conference.

. 2002. Solving geometry problems using a computer (Cabri Geometry Software). Workshop for SMEC 6TH Annual Conference.

Yaghi, H. 2003. Consultant for the World Bank/Center for educational research and development on the Lighthouse project about integrating information and communications technologies in public schools in Lebanon, December 2002 and June 2003.

Graduate Theses and Projects

Hijazi, B. A. 2002. Alternative conceptions in chemical bonding of grades 10 and 11 Lebanese students. Master of Arts project. American University of Beirut. M. Henningsen.