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Ahmed M. Abdulla Alabbasi; Mark A. Runco; Selcuk Acar; Fatima A. Aljasim – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
This empirical investigation examined the cross-cultural usefulness of a measure of creative potential, namely the short form of the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS). The RIBS has been used in several investigations and existing data show it to be a reliable criterion measure, usually with a two-factor structure. Scores from the RIBS…
Descriptors: Arabic, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Creativity
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Layes Smail; Gharaibeh Mahmoud; Djeribiai Adel – Reading Psychology, 2025
This study examined the independent contribution of morphological awareness and orthographic awareness in reading comprehension, controlling for working memory and reading fluency in Arabic-speaking children. Participants (N = 244) from grades four and five, were classified into typical comprehenders (n = 207) and poor comprehenders (n = 37). All…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Orthographic Symbols, Reading Comprehension, Arabic
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Smail Layes; Sana Tibi; Marjolaine Cohen; Linda Lombardino – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
This study examined the relationships between word reading and rapid automatized naming (RAN) for objects and letters in Arabic-speaking children with and without dyslexia to determine potential modulating effects of color on naming by comparing children's performance on color and black-white RAN plates. Participants were 114 Arabic-speaking third…
Descriptors: Naming, Reading Skills, Arabic, Grade 3
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Shany, Michal; Asadi, Ibrahim; Share, David L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2023
Purpose: We previously reported evidence of true double dissociation between reading accuracy and reading rate in a large unselected sample of Hebrew-speaking fourth graders and a large clinical sample of adult Hebrew-speakers with dyslexia. The present study aimed to replicate and extend these findings to Arabic, which is structurally similar to…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Grade 4, Reading Rate, Accuracy
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Fatma Alkaf; Mahmoud Mohamed Emam; Rashid Almehrizi; Ali-Mahdi Kazem; Gary A. Troia; Muna Al-Bulushi – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
This study investigated whether teachers' observations of pragmatic language competence predict literacy skills (and the reverse) in students referred for reading disabilities in Oman. A sample of 574 at-risk children between 7 and 12 years old participated. Teachers rated students' pragmatic language, reading, and written expression. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Language Skills, Pragmatics
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Layes, Smail; Guendouz, Mahmoud; Lalonde, Robert; Rebai, Mohamed – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
We examined the effects of a combined phonological and print intervention program on the enhancement of phonological awareness, text reading accuracy and comprehension in fourth grade Arabic-speaking children with severe difficulties in reading accuracy (dyslexia) and reading comprehension. We compared an experimental group (n = 22; mean…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Training, Program Effectiveness, Reading Skills
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Tzuriel, David; Cohen, Shlomit; Feuerstein, Rafi; Devisheim, Haim; Zaguri-Vittenberg, Shahar; Goldenberg, Rosalind; Yosef, Lea; Cagan, Anat – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2023
The Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) Program is a process-oriented program based on "Structural Cognitive Modifiability and Mediated Learning Experience" (SCM-MLE) theory. It is aimed at promoting learning how to learn, development of deficient cognitive functions, problem-solving strategies and metacognitive abilities. The FIE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Enrichment Activities, Jews
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Smail Layes; Kamel Layes – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
The purpose of this follow-up study was to determine the specific contribution of phonological processing abilities, including phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatized naming (RAN) and verbal short-term memory (VSTM), as well as visual perception (VP), in word reading accuracy. A sample of 62 native Arabic speaking children from Grade 1…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Processing, Reading Processes, Phonological Awareness
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Elena Zaretsky; Susie Russak – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Acquisition of oral English verb morphology presents difficulties for bilinguals, learners of EFL and English-speaking monolingual children with specific language impairment. This study aimed to identify challenging English verb inflections among sixth grade speakers of Arabic (N = 85) and Hebrew (N = 86) using an elicited oral narrative task, and…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Arabic, Hebrew