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Do educational affordances and gratifications drive intensive Facebook use among adolescents?
(Elsevier, 2017-03)
Adolescents are active users of Facebook and are spending an increasing amount of their daily time on its use. Several recent studies have advocated the need to integrate Facebook use into our existing educational practices. ...
Information literacy education: Applications of mediated learning and multiple intelligences
(Elsevier, 2008-09-26)
Research has shown that mastering information literacy (IL) competencies helps students perform better academically or otherwise. However, there is limited evidence that indicates a relationship between IL teaching methods ...
A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO ETHICAL REASONING: THE INTEGRATION OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
(2017)
A new approach to the field of ethical decision research is proposed to deal with
integrating deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics into a unified framework of moral
philosophy to study ethical reasoning among ...
Distracted walking: Examining the extent to pedestrian safety problems
(Elsevier, 2015-10)
Pedestrians, much like drivers, have always been engaged in multi-tasking like using hand-held devices, listening to music, snacking, or reading while walking. The effects are similar to those experienced by distracted ...
Critical factors for knowledge sharing in technology-intensive organizations: evidence from UAE service sector
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical factors that impact knowledge sharing (KS) and their importance in technology-intensive service organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Design/me ...
The impact of teachers’ characteristics on their self‐efficacy and job satisfaction: a perspective from teachers engaging students with disabilities
(Wiley online library, 2018-07)
The study investigated the impact of Pakistani special education teachers’ characteristics like gender, age, background qualification, teaching experience and professional qualification on their self‐efficacy beliefs and ...
Parents’ evaluation of services offered to autistic children
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the assessment by parents of children with autism regarding the services provided by the Center for Special Care in the United Arab Emirates.
Design/methodology/approach
The ...
Testing the psychometric properties of the Environmental Attitudes Inventory on undergraduate students in the Arab context: A test-retest approach
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
The Environmental Attitudes Inventory (EAI) was developed to evaluate the multidimensional nature of environmental attitudes; however, it is based on a dataset from outside the Arab context. This study reinvestigated the ...
In Retrospect: A Case of Merger in Higher Education
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)
Purpose - This study examines the merger of two distinct higher education institutions. The change process was studied from the perspective of multiple stakeholders, and its major outcomes were evaluated in terms of various ...
Students’ Perception of the Learning Support Center in Abu Dhabi University and its Impact on their Academic Achievement
(2017)
Learning Support Centers in universities play a very significant role in enhancing students learning and their retention. The current study is determined to examine students’ perception of Learning Support Center in Abu ...