372 research outputs found
The effects of content familiarity and language ability on reading comprehension performance of low-and high-ability Saudi tertiary students studying English as a foreign language
No full textThis study investigates the effects of content familiarity and language ability (defined as general L2 proficiency) on the comprehension performance of low- and high-ability Saudi students of English as a foreign language. One hundred and thirty-two male and female university students participated in this study, performing two reading comprehension tests on two different types of text (familiar and unfamiliar). The results showed that content familiarity and language ability had significant effects on the students' comprehension performance. They indicated that content familiarity facilitated reading comprehension, and that language ability had a significant effect on the comprehension performance of students at different levels. Language ability level may have played a compensatory role in facilitating the comprehension of the unfamiliar text. Educators designing and implementing reading courses need to consider these related factors.Corresponding Author:
Dr. Yousif A. N. AL-Shumaimeri, Assistant Professor, Department of Curricula and Instructions, College of Education, King Saud University, P.O.Box: 2458, Riyadh: 11451, Saudi Arabia. Email: [email protected]
An integrable, web-based solution for easy assessment of video-recorded performances
No full textYousif Subhi,1,2,3 Tobias Todsen,1,4 Lars Konge1,21Centre for Clinical Education, Centre for HR, The Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3Clinical Eye Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, Copenhagen University Hospital Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark; 4Department of Internal Medicine, Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk, GreenlandAbstract: Assessment of clinical competencies by direct observation is problematic for two main reasons: the identity of the examinee influences the assessment scores, and direct observation demands experts at the exact location and the exact time. Recording the performance can overcome these problems; however, managing video recordings and assessment sheets is troublesome and may lead to missing or incorrect data. Currently, no existing software solution can provide a local solution for the management of videos and assessments but this is necessary as assessment scores are confidential information, and access to this information should be restricted to select personnel. A local software solution may also ease the need for customization to local needs and integration into existing user databases or project management software. We developed an integrable web-based solution for easy assessment of video-recorded performances (ISEA).Keywords: education assessment, assessment software, video-based assessmen
Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of the Desert Goats in Northern Dar fur state – Sudan
No full textwould like to express my deepest thanks and gratitude to my
supervisor Dr. Ibrahim Abdel Salam Yousif for his keen advice and
supervision during the research time, data analysis and thesis writing.
Thanks are also extended to El Fasher University for granting
the scholarship which enabled me in the execution of this research.
Also I would like to thank the following for partially financing the
research expense, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research, Practical Action Organization - El Fasher Office, North Dar
fur, Sudan and El Fasher Research Station Staff for providing the pens
and some equipments for housing and rearing the animals. Also I wish
to extend my gratitude to Shambat Liberary Staff. The author is
indebted to Ustaz Ahmed Magzoub Khalid and Dr. Abdelaziz Ahmed
Fadlelmoula who helped in data analysis. Also my thanks extend to
those whom I feel indebted to for their help or assistance by any
means during the execution of this work. E special thanks to El outran
Abdul Esalam Yousif and Muneer Elyas Siddig for typing this
manuscript
Population dynamics of rhopalosiphum padi (L.) on wheat and myzus persicae (sulzer) on spinach under irrigation from two different water sources
No full textSeasonal abundance of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on spinach leaves and Rhopalosiphumpadi (L.) on wheat stems were estimated in 1988 and 1989. Two types of water were used in irrigation (fresh water and treated municipal waste water). The aphid densitiesofthe first season on both crops were significantly higher than in the second season. M. persicaeand R. padi were first detected in late December and reached a peak early February. Type of water had shown no significant effect on population densities of both aphid species.Correspong Author:
Dr. Yousif N. Aldryhim, Professor of Entomology
College of Food & Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451
Saudi Arabia. Email: [email protected]
ةقراشلا ةرامإ يف يرخصلا نفلا
No full textThe paper resumes the research done by the author reagrding the rock art in the Sharjah Emirate, UA
Scholarly Communication Initiatives
No full textScholarly Communication Librarian, Sara Kuhn, and Digital Initiatives Librarian, Zeineb Yousif, tell us about Scholarly Communication Initiatives happening at the Chester Fritz Library. These initiatives include a suite of online Scholarly Communication Research Guides with resources and information about open access, open educational resources (OERs), researcher profiles and communities, journal quality, research metrics and altmetrics, publishing strategies, data management and author\u27s rights. Yousif highlights UND\u27s new institutional repository, the Scholarly Commons, where researchers can deposit theses, raw research data, manuscripts, media, and other research work. Reference librarians also provide a brief overview of the information and tools presented on each research guide in the suite
- …
