Fatma Kayan FadlelmulaQatar University · Core Curriculum Program
Fatma Kayan Fadlelmula
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Dr. Fatma Kayan Fadlelmula currently works at the Core Curriculum Program, Qatar University. Until now, she has conducted research on many different aspects of education, and used different types of research methodologies, including qualitative, quantitative, correlation, and meta-analysis. Mainly, Dr. Fatma does research in STEM Education, General Education, Teacher Education, Primary Education and Mathematics Education.
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - present
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Restructuring program specifications and student learning outcome assessment system, developing content of new Core Curriculum courses, teaching First Year Seminar course
January 2012 - February 2015
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Teaching pedagogy courses for undergraduate students, making research in mathematics education, supervising and refereeing master and doctorate thesis
October 2007 - March 2009
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Budget planning and project development of the Scientific Human Resource Development Program for supplying the need of qualified faculty members in Turkish universities
Education
March 2007 - September 2011
October 2004 - January 2007
October 1999 - June 2004
Publications
Publications (57)
This study analyzes the research associated with higher education during the COVID-19
pandemic in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, offering an overview of papers published in Sustainability by utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA). The analysis comprised a total of 17 papers, illuminatin...
This paper presents results of a systematic review of papers published at the LUMAT journal on the current issues positively and negatively affecting teaching and learning in mathematics, in concurrence with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The analysis also offers insight into the most stu...
This study examines how students and teachers perceive science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was collected through student and teacher surveys, conducted in 22 public and 17 private secondary schools at Qatar. Participants included 1,505 students and 545 teachers in grades 11 and 12. Res...
Abundant research conducted in many countries has underlined the critical role of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in developing human capital in fields important to a nation’s global competiveness and prosperity. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, recent long-term policy plans emphasize the ever-increasing need o...
In the light of the mounting national promotion, encouragement, and support of the skillsets that are critical to the knowledge economy in Qatar, the present article offers a critical review of the current body of literature that examines science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in this Arabian Gulf state. Over the past few decades,...
This book is prepared to encourage and introduce undergraduate students to the
basic empirical research methodologies. It is composed of a collection of research
studies conducted during Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, by undergraduate students at
Qatar University . As a part of First Year Seminar course, students worked in small
groups and examined cur...
This book is composed of a collection of research studies conducted by undergraduate students at Qatar University, on a variety of civic issues in Qatar. Data were collected during Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, as a part of First Year Seminar course. In particular, students worked in small groups and examined different issues related to the Qatari com...
This study was conducted to investigate students’ perception of learning experiences at one of the largest government universities in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of male and female students and their instructors enrolled in four main colleges (Arts, Education, Preparatory year, and Science). Data were collected throug...
Human and social capital, through a high quality and purposeful education system, are the most fundamental pillars of sustainable development and subsequent economic, social and political progress for the future of every society. Many of the recent international and national vision documents underline the importance of moving towards a knowledge-ba...
Nowadays, one of the biggest challenges almost all teachers face is how to motivate students to be more eager, focused, and engaged in their learning process. Positive psychology, developed by Dr. Martin Seligman, is used in education as a framework for improving students’ positive emotions like joy, contentment, and gratitude, which in turn increa...
This study critically analyses the recent education reform efforts in Qatar, and the changes taking place in various levels of education, as well as their preliminary effects on the human capital development for Qatar. Data were collected through content analyses of the reports on the standardized international test results including TIMSS and PISA...
This study examines pre-service teachers’ points of view about learning history of mathematics during their undergraduate education. An open-ended questionnaire was administered to one hundred and twenty pre-service teachers, during the fall semester of the 2013-14 academic year. The participants indicated that learning history of mathematics could...
This study examines pre-service teachers' learning styles and attitudes toward teaching profession, and determines the impact of learning styles on their attitudes toward teaching, by analyzing various factors including gender, teaching program, grade level, grade point average, and type of graduated high school. Participants were 1321 pre-service...
This study examines pre-service teachers’ learning styles and explores the association between their learning styles and various demographic variables, including gender, teaching program, grade level, general grade point average, and type of high school graduated. Participants were 1321 pre-service teachers (446 male, 875 female), studying in a mid...
This study examines the impact of learning styles on pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward teaching profession. Data were collected during the fall semester of 2013-2014 academic year, from a total of 1321 pre-service teachers (446 male, 875 female), studying in a middle sized public university located in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Partic...
The purpose of this study was to analyze pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward teaching as a profession, and examine the impact of a number of demographic variables including gender, teaching program, grade level, grade point average, and type of high school graduated on their attitudes. During the fall semester of 2013-2014 academic year, data we...
This study examines the interrelationships among students’ motivational beliefs (i.e. achievement goal orientations, perception of classroom goal structure, and self-efficacy), use of self-regulated learning strategies (i.e. elaboration, organization, and metacognitive self-regulation strategies), and achievement in mathematics, by proposing and te...
This study aims to determine pre-service teachers’ evaluations of history of mathematics course. The major aim of this course is to provide information about the development of mathematical knowledge with its memory, starting from Ancient time to the present, with an emphasis on the contributions of individuals and groups on mathematics, in a broad...
Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long term involvement in work related situations that are excessively demanding (Harrison, 1999). It has a negative impact on work life by affecting working efficacy, productivity and participation (Dick and Wagner, 2001). It is generally encountered by individuals that have...
This study examined pre-service mathematics teachers’ attitudes towards teaching profession and explored the impact of gender and grade level on their attitudes. Participants consisted of 162 pre-service teachers, enrolled in elementary mathematics education program at a middle sized public university located in the Mediterranean region of Turkey....
Bu çalışmada öğretmen adaylarının öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutumları incelenmiş, tutumlar arasında cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeyi değişkenlerine göre farklılık olup olmadığı araştırılmıştır. Çalışmada Üstüner tarafından 2006 yılında geliştirilmiş olan “Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği” uygulanmıştır. Toplam 34 maddeden oluşan ölçek, beşli...
Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion caused by long term involvement in work related situations that are excessively demanding (Harrison, 1999). It consists of three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and loss of personal accomplishment (Maslach and Jackson, 1981). Emotional exhaustion is known as the ce...
Attitude can be defined as individual’s positive or negative tendencies that effect their feelings, opinions and behaviors toward objects, human or events (Kağıtçıbaşı, 1999). Attitudes compose a significant part of affective behaviors, and they give important clues about how an individual may act toward an object or stimulus (Köklü, 1992). In this...
This study examined pre-service teachers’ teaching anxieties toward teaching mathematics and determined effect of micro-teaching applications on their teaching anxiety levels. A survey was administered to 37 pre-service teachers before and after Methods of Teaching Mathematics course. Paired samples t test was used to make pair wise comparisons bet...
The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ teaching anxieties toward teaching mathematics in real classroom settings, and to determine the effect of microteaching applications on their teaching anxiety levels. Participants were 37 third grade pre-service elementary mathematics teachers (27 females and 10 males), enrolled in a mi...
The purpose of this study was to examine anxiety levels of pre-service mathematics teachers toward teaching mathematics in real classroom setting, regarding both gender and grade levels. Participants consisted of 120 pre-service elementary mathematics teachers, studying in a public university in Burdur, Turkey. Data were collected during the spring...
Bu çalışmanın amacı, matematik eğitiminin önemli iki kavramı olan matematiksel problem çözme ile öz-düzenleyici öğrenme süreçlerinin birbiriyle ilişkilerine dikkat çekmek ve etkili bir matematik öğrenimine nasıl katkıda bulunduklarına yönelik kuramsal bir bakış açısı sunmaktır. Bu bakış açısı içerisinde öncelikle öz-düzenleme kavramı tanımlanmış ve...
The purpose of this study was to examine anxiety levels of pre-service mathematics
teachers toward teaching mathematics in real classroom setting, regarding both gender and
grade levels. Participants consisted of 120 pre-service elementary mathematics teachers;
sophomores, juniors, and seniors, studying in a middle sized public university located i...
Self-regulation serves as a comprehensive framework for understanding how students become active agents of their own learning process (Pape, Bell, & Yetkin, 2003). From a broad aspect, self-regulation is defined as the ability to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes which can be transferred from one learning context to another? (Boekaerts, 1999...
Nowadays, self-regulation serves as a comprehensive framework for understanding how students become active agents of their own learning process. It includes self generated thoughts, feelings, and actions that are planned and cyclically adapted to the attainment of personal goals. During self-regulatory processes, learners set goals for their own le...
Up till now, students’ achievement has been the focus of many educational researches, and a variety of instruments have been developed to examine factors that may play role on students’ success and learning. Among these instruments, the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Survey (PALS) was developed by Midgley and her colleagues, and has been widely used...
Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical methodology that takes a hypothesis testing approach to the analysis of a structural theory (Raykov & Marcoulides, 2006). It is used as a technique for both construct validation and theory development (Pedhazur & Pedhazur, 1991). Nowadays, SEM has become increasingly popular among researchers from...
A meta-analysis was performed to determine the statistical power of research studies utilizing
Structural Equation Modeling as the primary analysis technique. An extensive literature review was
conducted in the Turkish Social Sciences Database, for journals published in the field of education. The
database covered 34 journals in this field. After a...
This study examines the effect of gender on elementary school students' goal orientations, use of learning strategies, and mathematics achievement. In particular, it explores elementary school students' achievement goal orientations, perception of classroom goal structure, self-efficacy beliefs, use of learning strategies, and mathematics achieveme...
This study examines how gender has an impact on elementary school students' goal orientations, use of learning strategies, and mathematics achievement. The sample consisted of 1019 seventh grade elementary school student, enrolled in public elementary schools, located at four different urban and rural districts in Ankara. Data were collected during...
In this study, pre-service mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematical problem solving were examined. The sample consisted of 244 senior undergraduate students studying in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education program at 5 different universities in Turkey. A survey which composed of three parts including demographic information sheet, quest...
This paper aims to enhance teachers' understandings of the nature and importance of students' achievement goal orientations in elementary mathematics education. In particular, the study includes a theoretical background about what achievement goal orientation is, and the nature of students' goal orientations. Next, a literature review is provided a...
The purpose of this study is to examine how a learner self-regulates learning while reading an
academic text. In particular, the aim is not to generalize self-regulatory processes for any learning task, but to have an overall idea about how a learner self-regulates. In particular, Pintrich’s SRL (self-regulated learning) model is used to find out w...
There have been considerable changes in the nature of mathematics instruction as a result of ongoing changes in knowledge and skills needed both in school settings and workplaces. Nowadays, the focus of school mathematics has shifted from mathematics content to how students can effectively learn mathematics. In this aspect, mathematics learning is...
This paper aims to enhance teachers' understandings of the nature and importance of students' achievement goal orientations in elementary mathematics education. In particular, the study includes a theoretical background about what achievement goal orientation is, and the nature of students' goal orientations. Next, a literature review is provided a...
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how mathematical problem solving and self regulated
learning are two important and interrelated concepts in mathematics education, and how they contribute to effective mathematics learning. Particularly, the study starts with a theoretical background about what self-regulation is, and how it promotes succ...
• Problem Cümlesi
İlköğretim matematik öğretim programlarında son yıllarda yapılan yenilik çalışmaları problem çözmeye oldukça önem vermektedir. Türkiye’de 2005 yılında yürürlüğe konulan ilköğretim matematik öğretim programında, problem çözme matematik eğitiminin ayrılmaz bir parçası olarak ele alınmış ve öğrencilerin her konu için geliştireceği t...
Over three decades, there have been considerable changes in the nature of instruction as a result of ongoing changes in knowledge and skills needed both in school settings and workplaces (Heo, 1999). Currently, learning is regarded as “an active, constructive process whereby learners set goals for their learning and then attempt to monitor, regulat...
This purpose of this study was to examine whether students' peer interactions differ with respect to their group compositions based on mathematics ability. The participants consisted of 10th grade high schools students studying in Ankara. The data were collected mainly through classroom observations while the participants were working in small grou...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether students’ peer interactions differ with respect to their group compositions based on mathematics ability. The participants consisted of 10th grade high schools students studying in Ankara. The data were collected mainly through classroom observations while the participants were working in small group...
Problem solving is an important component of mathematics education, mainly because it provides an environment for students to reflect on their conceptions about the nature of mathematics, and develop a relational mathematical understanding (Lester, 1994). As students solve mathematics problems, they acquire ways of mathematical thinking, habits of...
The review discusses “What’s worth fighting for in education?” by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan. While the book is now 10 years old, the problems of determining the important issues in school (and higher) education and fostering collaborative links between schools and the communities which they serve are as critical now as they have ever been.
This study aimed to investigate the kinds of beliefs pre-service elementary mathematics teachers held about mathematical problem solving. The participants consisted of 244 senior undergraduate students studying in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education programs at 5 different universities in Turkey. The results indicated that, in general, the pre...
This study aimed to investigate the kinds of beliefs pre-service elementary mathematics teachers held about mathematical problem solving. The participants consisted of 244 senior undergraduate students studying in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education programs at 5 different universities in Turkey. The results indicated that, in general, the pre...
Projects
Project (1)
1) To gain and deepen understanding of the shortfall in STEM knowledge and skills in Qatar; and its effect on capacity building and sustainable development;
2) To identify the major obstacles facing student enrollment and retention in STEM fields by looking at issues attributable to the wider context influences, lying inside as well as outside of the education system;
3) To inform policymakers, educators and professional organizations and provide recommendations for attracting and keeping STEM recruits in the pipeline;
