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Direct linkAl-Sahel, Rashed Ali – School Psychology International, 2005
This study focuses on teachers' perceptions of the problem of underachievement in elementary schools in Kuwait. Five hundred and twenty elementary school teachers participated. Teachers thought that the main reasons behind the problem of under-achievement in school could be attributed to family factors. They also indicated that the most related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Underachievement, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedSabato, George – Social Studies Review, 1991
Explains a method for teaching current events that helps students understand an event's setting, character, vocabulary, and plot. Provides a lesson that approaches the Persian Gulf crisis as a living novel. Uses news stories for information. Includes review questions, suggested activities, and a Middle Eastern parable. (CH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Current Events, Fiction
