The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on devel... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on developing Jordanian university students' select-multiple intelligences. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and the interaction between gender and the instructional program on intelligences. The participants were 122 university students. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was instructed using the integrative program. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the students' full degrees on the intelligence test. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to gender in favor of the females in the linguistic and interpersonal intelligences and the males in the logical and intrapersonal intelligences. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of intelligences due to the interaction between the teaching method and gender in favor of the females in the linguistic intelligence and the males in the logical intelligence.
A semiconductor optical amplifier was developed for coarse wavelength-division-multiplexing (CWDM... more A semiconductor optical amplifier was developed for coarse wavelength-division-multiplexing (CWDM) operating over 1540-1620 nm (-band). A unique quantum-well structure was designed to meet the requirements for the CWDM operation such as wide bandwidth, low polarization-dependent gain, and high-saturation power at the short wavelength end of the band (1540 nm). Over the band, 24-dB maximum chip gain was obtained with less than 4.3-dB gain flatness and more than 14.6-dBm saturation power.
Journal of International Education Research (JIER), 2012
The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at... more The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at different public and private universities in Jordan. To achieve such aim, it sought to identify and rank multiple intelligences that characterize students at Jordanian universities, and to identify and rank the differences in multiple intelligences according to some variables: the gender, university (public or private), the students averages, the students specializations and the academic year. This study has used a survey as an instrument of collecting data. The study sample consisted of (1436) students from the University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, Al-Hashemaya University, the University of Sciences and Technology, Petra University, Al-Zarqa University, Amman Arab University, Al-Isra' University, Al-Zaitunah University and Philadelphia University. The students estimated their own IQ scores on each of Gardners 7 multiple intelligences: logical\ mathematical IQ, musical IQ, inter...
This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching CoRT Program 4 entitled "Creativity" on... more This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching CoRT Program 4 entitled "Creativity" on the gifted learners' creative abilities in writing. The sample consisted of 36 gifted students in Ein El-Basha Center for Gifted Students. The first group (N= 18) was the control group (male and female students). The second group (N= 18) was the experimental group (male and female students).A pretest measuring fluency, flexibility and originality was administered for both groups. While CoRT program was demonstrated through 20 sessions taught for a period of three months for the experimental group, the control group continued studying in the traditional way. The test was validated and its interscorer reliability was ensured. The results of the study showed that the mean score of the experimental group was significantly higher than the mean score of the control group on fluency, flexibility and originality which indicates that the CoRT Program No. 4 entitled "Creativity" developed the gifted learners' creative abilities in writing English short stories. In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommends providing the gifted students with CoRT No. 4 entitled "Creativity" that could stimulate their fluency, flexibility and originality to write short stories creatively.
The study aimed to examine the appropriateness of the reading content in Action Pack 11 (AP11) wh... more The study aimed to examine the appropriateness of the reading content in Action Pack 11 (AP11) which is taught for grade 11, Action Pack 12 (AP12) that is taught for grade 12 at the schools of The Jordanian Ministry of Education and New Headway Plus Pre-intermediate (NHWP) that is taught for Communication Skills (LC 099) at Yarmouk University. The researcher analyzed the types of reading passages and the reading skills taught by the reading exercises in the three textbooks, The content analysis of the reading passages showed no significant differences between the three textbooks and that three textbooks exposed the students more to the descriptive and expository types of passages than to the narrative passages and that the persuasive passages were almost excluded. Furthermore, the analysis of the reading skills showed that "pre-reading activities, skimming, and activities of locating details" were the dominant reading tasks in the secondary stage textbooks whereas "following-up activities that lead to writing, scanning, locating details, and identifying main ideas" were the dominant reading tasks in the university-level textbook (NHWP). The study recommended that a better communication between universities and schools should be established to bridge the reading gap. Index Terms-reading comprehension, content analysis, reading skills, postsecondary reading I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Reading is one of the most important skills that are highly appreciated in any community. Levine, Ferenz, and Revez (2000) state that "The ability to read academic texts is considered one of the most important skills that university students of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) need to acquire". Without adequate reading comprehension, students pursuing higher education are vulnerable to failure (Giuliano and Sullivan, 2007). Ideally, students who graduate from high school should have the ability to read the postsecondary material. However, this is not often the case. Although secondary school graduates may be able to successfully study the high school course content, a number of them may not be able to handle the kind of textbooks they encounter at the university level. Reading comprehension is considered a prerequisite for successful learning. If there is a gap in secondary school and university textbook requirements, students will suffer from a deficiency in their performance. If such a gap exists, students of successful secondary school could appear to be unprepared since their reading skills are insufficient for postsecondary texts. Thus, it is essential to ensure that students' reading be efficient and that all reading material be at an appropriate level of difficulty; that is, it must be neither too difficult for the students nor too easy to provide challenging practice (Leslie and Caldwell, 1997). Although English in Jordan has received a great emphasis and although reading is the core of Jordan's EFL curriculum in schools and universities, many university students in Jordan complain about the difficulty of the reading component in EFL courses. In spite of the educational and financial support, there is an observable weakness on the part of students in the reading comprehension skills. Jordanian universities have a series of compulsory courses which all aim to improve the students' ability in the four main skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. One of these courses is the English Language Course (LC) 099 which is the first introductory EFL course students study at the university in case the student could not pass an EFL proficiency test. A person may know the importance of a course like LC 099 once he notices the huge numbers of freshman students enrolled in the sections of this course. For example, in the first semester of the academic year 2011/2012, 2711 students distributed into 35 sections studied the course. By teaching LC 099, universities exert an effort on the improvement of reading comprehension. In spite of this emphasis on reading comprehension, many instructors of English in the Jordanian universities complain that there is an observable weakness in reading comprehension skills on the part of the students who fail to deal with the whole text as a unit. This weakness impairs their utilization of texts within and outside the academic context (Al Haddad, 1996). This deficiency in reading comprehension may be attributed to many factors among which is the reading material and how reading material and reading skills are presented in the textbooks at high school and university. According to
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Jan 26, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on devel... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on developing Jordanian university students' select-multiple intelligences. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and the interaction between gender and the instructional program on intelligences. The participants were 122 university students. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was instructed using the integrative program. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the students' full degrees on the intelligence test. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to gender in favor of the females in the linguistic and interpersonal intelligences and the males in the logical and intrapersonal intelligences. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of intelligences due to the interaction between the teaching method and gender in favor of the females in the linguistic intelligence and the males in the logical intelligence.
Journal of International Education Research, Feb 21, 2012
The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at... more The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at different public and private universities in Jordan. To achieve such aim, it sought to identify and rank multiple intelligences that characterize students at Jordanian universities, and to identify and rank the differences in multiple intelligences according to some variables: the gender, university (public or private), the students' averages, the students' specializations and the academic year. This study has used a survey as an instrument of collecting data. The study sample consisted of (1436) students from the
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on devel... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on developing Jordanian university students' select-multiple intelligences. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and the interaction between gender and the instructional program on intelligences. The participants were 122 university students. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was instructed using the integrative program. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the students' full degrees on the intelligence test. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to gender in favor of the females in the linguistic and interpersonal intelligences and the males in the logical and intrapersonal intelligences. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of intelligences due to the interaction between the teaching method and gender in favor of the females in the linguistic intelligence and the males in the logical intelligence.
A semiconductor optical amplifier was developed for coarse wavelength-division-multiplexing (CWDM... more A semiconductor optical amplifier was developed for coarse wavelength-division-multiplexing (CWDM) operating over 1540-1620 nm (-band). A unique quantum-well structure was designed to meet the requirements for the CWDM operation such as wide bandwidth, low polarization-dependent gain, and high-saturation power at the short wavelength end of the band (1540 nm). Over the band, 24-dB maximum chip gain was obtained with less than 4.3-dB gain flatness and more than 14.6-dBm saturation power.
Journal of International Education Research (JIER), 2012
The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at... more The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at different public and private universities in Jordan. To achieve such aim, it sought to identify and rank multiple intelligences that characterize students at Jordanian universities, and to identify and rank the differences in multiple intelligences according to some variables: the gender, university (public or private), the students averages, the students specializations and the academic year. This study has used a survey as an instrument of collecting data. The study sample consisted of (1436) students from the University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, Al-Hashemaya University, the University of Sciences and Technology, Petra University, Al-Zarqa University, Amman Arab University, Al-Isra' University, Al-Zaitunah University and Philadelphia University. The students estimated their own IQ scores on each of Gardners 7 multiple intelligences: logical\ mathematical IQ, musical IQ, inter...
This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching CoRT Program 4 entitled "Creativity" on... more This study attempts to investigate the effect of teaching CoRT Program 4 entitled "Creativity" on the gifted learners' creative abilities in writing. The sample consisted of 36 gifted students in Ein El-Basha Center for Gifted Students. The first group (N= 18) was the control group (male and female students). The second group (N= 18) was the experimental group (male and female students).A pretest measuring fluency, flexibility and originality was administered for both groups. While CoRT program was demonstrated through 20 sessions taught for a period of three months for the experimental group, the control group continued studying in the traditional way. The test was validated and its interscorer reliability was ensured. The results of the study showed that the mean score of the experimental group was significantly higher than the mean score of the control group on fluency, flexibility and originality which indicates that the CoRT Program No. 4 entitled "Creativity" developed the gifted learners' creative abilities in writing English short stories. In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommends providing the gifted students with CoRT No. 4 entitled "Creativity" that could stimulate their fluency, flexibility and originality to write short stories creatively.
The study aimed to examine the appropriateness of the reading content in Action Pack 11 (AP11) wh... more The study aimed to examine the appropriateness of the reading content in Action Pack 11 (AP11) which is taught for grade 11, Action Pack 12 (AP12) that is taught for grade 12 at the schools of The Jordanian Ministry of Education and New Headway Plus Pre-intermediate (NHWP) that is taught for Communication Skills (LC 099) at Yarmouk University. The researcher analyzed the types of reading passages and the reading skills taught by the reading exercises in the three textbooks, The content analysis of the reading passages showed no significant differences between the three textbooks and that three textbooks exposed the students more to the descriptive and expository types of passages than to the narrative passages and that the persuasive passages were almost excluded. Furthermore, the analysis of the reading skills showed that "pre-reading activities, skimming, and activities of locating details" were the dominant reading tasks in the secondary stage textbooks whereas "following-up activities that lead to writing, scanning, locating details, and identifying main ideas" were the dominant reading tasks in the university-level textbook (NHWP). The study recommended that a better communication between universities and schools should be established to bridge the reading gap. Index Terms-reading comprehension, content analysis, reading skills, postsecondary reading I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Reading is one of the most important skills that are highly appreciated in any community. Levine, Ferenz, and Revez (2000) state that "The ability to read academic texts is considered one of the most important skills that university students of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) need to acquire". Without adequate reading comprehension, students pursuing higher education are vulnerable to failure (Giuliano and Sullivan, 2007). Ideally, students who graduate from high school should have the ability to read the postsecondary material. However, this is not often the case. Although secondary school graduates may be able to successfully study the high school course content, a number of them may not be able to handle the kind of textbooks they encounter at the university level. Reading comprehension is considered a prerequisite for successful learning. If there is a gap in secondary school and university textbook requirements, students will suffer from a deficiency in their performance. If such a gap exists, students of successful secondary school could appear to be unprepared since their reading skills are insufficient for postsecondary texts. Thus, it is essential to ensure that students' reading be efficient and that all reading material be at an appropriate level of difficulty; that is, it must be neither too difficult for the students nor too easy to provide challenging practice (Leslie and Caldwell, 1997). Although English in Jordan has received a great emphasis and although reading is the core of Jordan's EFL curriculum in schools and universities, many university students in Jordan complain about the difficulty of the reading component in EFL courses. In spite of the educational and financial support, there is an observable weakness on the part of students in the reading comprehension skills. Jordanian universities have a series of compulsory courses which all aim to improve the students' ability in the four main skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. One of these courses is the English Language Course (LC) 099 which is the first introductory EFL course students study at the university in case the student could not pass an EFL proficiency test. A person may know the importance of a course like LC 099 once he notices the huge numbers of freshman students enrolled in the sections of this course. For example, in the first semester of the academic year 2011/2012, 2711 students distributed into 35 sections studied the course. By teaching LC 099, universities exert an effort on the improvement of reading comprehension. In spite of this emphasis on reading comprehension, many instructors of English in the Jordanian universities complain that there is an observable weakness in reading comprehension skills on the part of the students who fail to deal with the whole text as a unit. This weakness impairs their utilization of texts within and outside the academic context (Al Haddad, 1996). This deficiency in reading comprehension may be attributed to many factors among which is the reading material and how reading material and reading skills are presented in the textbooks at high school and university. According to
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Jan 26, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on devel... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on developing Jordanian university students' select-multiple intelligences. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and the interaction between gender and the instructional program on intelligences. The participants were 122 university students. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was instructed using the integrative program. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the students' full degrees on the intelligence test. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to gender in favor of the females in the linguistic and interpersonal intelligences and the males in the logical and intrapersonal intelligences. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of intelligences due to the interaction between the teaching method and gender in favor of the females in the linguistic intelligence and the males in the logical intelligence.
Journal of International Education Research, Feb 21, 2012
The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at... more The present study aimed at investigating different intelligence types among Jordanian students at different public and private universities in Jordan. To achieve such aim, it sought to identify and rank multiple intelligences that characterize students at Jordanian universities, and to identify and rank the differences in multiple intelligences according to some variables: the gender, university (public or private), the students' averages, the students' specializations and the academic year. This study has used a survey as an instrument of collecting data. The study sample consisted of (1436) students from the
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