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Hamad Alnahdi, Ghaleb – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Background: Positive attitudes toward people with intellectual disability (PWID) are essential for full social inclusion. Two variables that may shape public attitudes toward PWID are "knowledge of intellectual disability" and "quality of contact" with individuals who have disabilities. Method: Participants were 455…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Undergraduate Students
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Kim, Sun Young; Hamdan Alghamdi, Amani K. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Understanding students' views of the nature of science (NOS) has become one of the most discussed topics of science education in Saudi Arabia. Insights therein could inform curricular inform, preservice, and inservice teacher education and the national discourse around science in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Purpose: This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
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Aldehami, Sultan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
This study was conducted in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to investigate levels of teachers' assistive technology (AT) knowledge and skills use in classrooms for students with intellectual disability (ID). A total of 98 special education teachers of students with ID completed an online survey. Results indicate that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Assistive Technology
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Masrai, Ahmed; Milton, James – TESOL International Journal, 2017
Research has shown that general vocabulary knowledge (e.g., Milton & Treffers-Daller, 2013), academic vocabulary knowledge (e.g., Townsend et al., 2012) and general intelligence (e.g., Laidra et al., 2007) are good predictors of academic achievement. While the effect of these factors has mostly been examined separately, Townsend et al. (2012)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Intelligence
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Alharthi, Thamer – English Language Teaching, 2014
This two-year longitudinal study tracks the extent of vocabulary attrition among Arabic-speaking English graduate teachers. Data were collected through pre-post tests of receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. The results showed drastic attrition in vocabulary knowledge soon after the end of formal instruction followed by slight gain,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skill Attrition, English Teachers, Graduate Study