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Davidovitch, Nitza; Soen, Dan – Journal of International Education Research, 2015
Civic studies in Israel and elsewhere are unlike any other school subject. This course of study has a higher purpose--to transform students into good citizens. In contrast to other core subjects, civics, in essence, strives to realize ethical goals. While other subjects perceive the instilling of values as a secondary outcome, in civics the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Ethics, Civics
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Bensoussan, Marsha – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Israeli university students who have difficulty reading academic texts in English are required to take reading comprehension courses in English for academic purposes (EAP) in order to complete their BA degree. Whereas most students pass the courses, some repeatedly fail. Since Israel is a multilingual country, there is also a question about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Multilingualism, Reading Comprehension
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Lavi, T.; Green, O.; Dekel, R. – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
The study examined the unique contribution of both personal characteristics and several types of exposure variables to the adjustment of Israeli adolescents following the Second Lebanon War. Two thousand three hundred and fourteen adolescents, who lived in areas that were the target of multiple missile attacks, completed self-report questionnaires…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Trauma, War
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Kulik, Liat; Liberman, Gabriel – Journal of Career Development, 2013
We explored the relationships between the experience of work-family conflict and levels of distress in the family and at work among a sample of 227 Israeli working mothers. We also examined how role set density (RSD, the number of roles they perform) and personal and environmental resources are related to the women's experience of distress.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Work Relationship, Conflict, Anxiety
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Abu-Leil, Aula Khateeb; Share, David L.; Ibrahim, Raphiq – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential contribution of decoding efficiency to the development of reading comprehension among skilled adult native Arabic speakers. In addition, we tried to investigate the influence of Arabic vowels on reading accuracy, reading speed, and therefore to reading comprehension. Seventy-five Arabic…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Semitic Languages, Reading Rate, Accuracy
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study seeks to investigate whether information professionals, as well as LIS students, are ready to assimilate Facebook in their work and educational environments. The study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as well as some characteristics of the "Big Five" model of personality as a theoretical base from which to predict…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Adoption (Ideas), Graduate Students
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Shayshon, Bruria; Gal, Hagar; Tesler, Bertha; Ko, Eun-Sung – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
The instruction of mathematically talented students (MTS) in heterogeneous classes is an issue of debate. Questions of equity, differential instruction, teacher awareness of their talented students' needs, and their willingness and competence to face the challenges of nurturing these students are all raised within this context. Our international…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Comparative Education, Academically Gifted, Teacher Competencies
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Mesman, Judi; van IJzendoorn, Marinus; Behrens, Kazuko; Carbonell, Olga Alicia; Cárcamo, Rodrigo; Cohen-Paraira, Inbar; de la Harpe, Christian; Ekmekçi, Hatice; Emmen, Rosanneke; Heidar, Jailan; Kondo-Ikemura, Kiyomi; Mels, Cindy; Mooya, Haatembo; Murtisari, Sylvia; Nóblega, Magaly; Ortiz, Jenny Amanda; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Sichimba, Francis; Soares, Isabel; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Pape, Marloes; van Ginkel, Joost; van der Veer, René; Wang, Lamei; Selcuk, Bilge; Yavuz, Melis; Zreik, Ghadir – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
In this article, we test the hypothesis that beliefs about the ideal mother are convergent across cultures and that these beliefs overlap considerably with attachment theory's notion of the sensitive mother. In a sample including 26 cultural groups from 15 countries around the globe, 751 mothers sorted the Maternal Behavior Q-Set to reflect their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Young Children
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Chachashvili-Bolotin, Svetlana; Milner-Bolotin, Marina; Lissitsa, Sabina – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the study aims to investigate factors that predict students' interest in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in tertiary education both in general and in relation to their gender and socio-economic background. The results of the analysis of survey responses of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Interests, STEM Education, Postsecondary Education
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Basheer, Ahmad; Hugerat, Muhamad; Kortam, Naji; Hofstein, Avi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
In this study we explored whether the use of teachers' demonstrations significantly improves students' understanding of redox reactions compared with control group counterparts who were not exposed to the demonstrations. The sample consisted of 131 Israeli 8th graders in middle schools (junior high school). Students' attitudes and achievements as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Arabs, Science Education
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Heiman, Tali; Fichten, Catherine S.; Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit; Keshet, Noam S.; Jorgensen, Mary – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
An increasing number of students with disabilities are attending higher education. These students might face various difficulties coping with academic skills and with learning methods compared to students without disabilities. Integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) in academic studies may be effective and constructive for…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Knowledge Level
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Fortus, David; Daphna, Limor – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Israeli students and their families can choose between state-funded secular, religious, orthodox, and other alternative schools (e.g., Waldorf, Montessori, democratic). Earlier studies showed that the motivation to engage with science differs greatly between Israeli students in secular schools and democratic schools, with these differences being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Single Sex Schools, Religious Education
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Levy, Keren Sarah; Kali, Yael; Tal, Tali – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
Implementing inquiry in the outdoors introduces many challenges for teachers, some of which can be dealt with using mobile technologies. For productive use of these technologies, teachers should be provided with the opportunity to develop relevant knowledge and practices. In a professional development (PD) program in this design-based research, 24…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
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Ghilay, Yaron; Ghilay, Ruth – Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The aim of the study was to find out a method designated to improve the learning of computer courses by adding Screencast technology. The intention was to measure the influence of high-quality clips produced by Screencast technology, on the learning process of computer courses. It was required to find out the characteristics (pedagogical and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
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English, John; English, Tammy – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2015
In this paper we discuss the use of automated assessment in a variety of computer science courses that have been taught at Israel Academic College by the authors. The course assignments were assessed entirely automatically using Checkpoint, a web-based automated assessment framework. The assignments all used free-text questions (where the students…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, College Students
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