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Download full textAl Ghafri, Mohammad; Audeh, Younes; Al-Gadallah, Muhieddin – Arab World English Journal, 2019
This study addresses the controversial question of which is more effective; teaching to the test, or teaching to communicate. It also highlights the viewpoints of some scholars about tests in different regions of the world; the Middle East and the West. The content of the research embedded in this article shows that there are a number of teachers…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, High Stakes Tests, Teaching Methods, Rote Learning
Direct linkPorcaro, David S.; Al Musawi, Ali S. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
Despite recent investments in and rapid modernization of university campuses in places like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, higher education in the Middle East still faces many obstacles. One of the greatest has been a fundamental disconnect between education and employment, a possible factor contributing to many of the recent riots in the Arab World. In…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Campuses, High Stakes Tests, Arabs
