Ebtesam Rababah

• PhD in Early Childhood Education
• Professor at Yarmouk University

The separation between academic knowledge gained from university courses and practical knowledge gained from field experiences is an ongoing problem in teacher education. This research investigated the impact of field experiences on early childhood student-teacher’s’ beliefs regarding the best practices (Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP])...

The separation between academic knowledge gained from university courses and practical knowledge gained from field experiences is an ongoing problem in teacher education. This research investigated the impact of field experiences on early childhood student-teacher’s’ beliefs regarding the best practices (Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP])...

Abstract: This study aimed at detecting the degree to which the science and life textbook for third grade in Palestine included the next generation of science standards and cognitive domain within it. The study used the content analysis card tool designed according to a group of (NGSS). The tool's reliability and validity were confirmed. The study...

The fundamental principle of “constructivist education” is that learning takes place when the learner enthusiastically participates in a process of “knowledge construction”. This study is aimed at exploring kindergarten teachers’ constructivist learning practices in Jordan. The participants of the study consisted of 60 kindergarten teachers; 30 kin...

This study aims at detecting the degree to which the science and life textbook for the 5th grade in Palestine included the next generation of science standards (NGSS) and Bloom’s taxonomy levels within it. The study used the content analysis card tool designed according to a group of (NGSS). The tool's reliability and validity were confirmed. The s...

: The study aimed at investigate the impact of students of scientific colleges at Yarmouk University (Jordan) understanding Science Process skills, sample was formed The study is from students of scientific colleges at Yarmouk was chosen in the stratified random way consisted of 1000) male and female studentsThe results of the study showed that th...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of science teacher’s awareness of the next generation of science standards (NGSS). The study sample consisted of (160) male and female teachers within the primary schools in the district. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of science teacher’s awareness of the...

This quasi-experimental study investigated the effectiveness of an electronic collocation-based instructional program on Jordanian EFL tenth grade students’ word knowledge. Two sections, of 25 students each, from a government school in Irbid were assigned randomly as experimental and control groups. A word knowledge pre-test, the first part of whic...

هدفت الدراسة الكشف عن درجة اشتمال كتاب العلوم والحياة للصف الثالث الأساسي في فلسطين للجيل الجديد لمعايير العلوم والمجالات المعرفية المتضمنة بها، ولتحقيق هدف الدراسة تمَّ بناء الأداة المتمثلة ببطاقة تحليل المحتوى المبنية على قائمة المعايير (NGSS)، وقد تَّم التحقق من صدقها وثباتها، واستُخْدمَ المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن مجال "الأف...

Kindergarten is a crucial stage in early childhood education. Principals and teachers should be highly competent and aware of children educational needs. Principals represent the model for driving the rest of the workforce in their institutions. The aim of this study was to assess the training needs of kindergarten principals in light of digital ag...

The study aimed to reveal the practice degree of life skills by science teachers’ in Jordan. the Descriptive approach was used to achieve the study purpose. The researchers developed the study’s tool. The questionnaire consists five main life skills: manual practical skills, nutritional skills, health skills, environmental skills and preventive ski...

This quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of an electronic collocation-based instructional program on Jordanian EFL tenth grade students' reading comprehension. Two sections, of 25 students each, from a government school in Irbid were assigned randomly as experimental and control groups. A Reading Comprehension pre-test, entailing five...

This study aimed at investigating the extent of environmental educational concepts in the Islamic Education textbooks for the first three grades in Jordan. The study sample was the inter Islamic Education textbooks for the same stage. The study revealed the following results: The total occurrences of the environmental educational concepts (509), an...

ملخص تهدف هذه الدراسة المعنونة بـ "تداعيات الإرهاب الاجتماعية على الأردن" إلى معرفة مدى أهمية العوامل الاجتماعية في مواجهة الإرهاب، وتسعى إلى تقديم تصور نظري عن ظاهرة الإرهاب في الأردن، والبحث في التداعيات الاجتماعية ذات الصلة، وكيفية التصدي لمكافحته مع الإشارة الى الدور الأسري قي مواجهة الإرهاب. اتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي, لأنه يتلاءم مع...

This study explored the types and causes of aggression and the ways teachers treat and react to aggressive children in Jordanian kindergartens in the Irbid district. The sample consisted of the first 20 teachers who responded to the letter of participation sent to them. Data on the causes and types of aggression and prevention strategies were colle...

This study explored the types and causes of aggression and the ways teachers treat and react to aggressive children in Jordanian kindergartens in the Irbid district. The sample consisted of the first 20 teachers who responded to the letter of participation sent to them. Data on the causes and types of aggression and prevention strategies were colle...

This study investigated the degree that Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) criteria from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were included in self-reported teaching practices of twelfth-grade science teachers in Jordan. This study sampled (n = 315) science teachers recruited from eight different public school directorates. The sample...

This study investigated the impact of reading storybooks and writing journal activities on print and phonemic awareness of Jordanian kindergarten children. Subjects participated in book-reading sessions with a print focus, and writing journals. A total of 50 children were recruited for the study from one kindergarten in Irbid City, Jordan. Two inta...

This study investigated the impact of reading storybooks and writing journal activities on print and phonemic awareness of Jordanian kindergarten children. Subjects participated in book-reading sessions with a print focus, and writing journals. A total of 50 children were recruited for the study from one kindergarten in Irbid City, Jordan. Two inta...

This study investigated whether Jordanian mothers’ self-reported parenting practices were associated with their kindergarten children’s prosocial or anti-social behavior based on three parental patterns: nurturance, respect, and power assertion. The participants were 95 mothers with children in the kindergarten level in Jordan. Additionally, 13 tea...

This study investigated the compliance of Jordan’s reformed mathematics textbooks for first-graders to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM, 2000) standards. The population and the sample of the study consisted of the reformed mathematics textbooks for firstgraders in Jordan. An analysis instrument was designed. The validity and r...

The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore how 10 kindergarten teachers reflected developmentally appropriate beliefs in practice at urban public schools in the north of Jordan and at kindergarten classrooms in central Alabama. Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) is a research-based framework for early childhood education that fo...