The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the application of online learning during Covid-19 pandemic from sciences educators’ perspective in private middle schools in the Keserwan community of Lebanon. Questionnaires and interviews were the main instruments used. Eight private middle schools were purposively selected to conduct the study. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics through the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 24 version) and results were presented in tables and charts. Eighty participants were sampled from eight private middle schools. Participants ...

The purpose of this paper was to study the effect of various classroom-based brain breaks on elementary students’ on-task behavior. A total of 120 Grade five and Grade six students in a Catholic Lebanese school were assigned according to their sections to two conditions; performing a task without doing a brain break prior to it (control), and performing a task after a brain break (experimental). Moreover, the type of brain break was studied to check which type was the most effective and kept students on task for a longer period of time. A randomized t-test was done and the results showed that ...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of discipline and attendance policies in secondary schools in the Barnersville community of Liberia. Questionnaires, interview guide and document analyses were the main instruments used. Five secondary schools were purposively selected to conduct the study. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics through the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 24 version) and results were presented in tables and charts. One hundred and sixty-seven participants were sampled from five secondary schools. Participants ...

Many studies revealed that teaching was an extremely stressful professional, and that teacher stress being emotional and/or physical was an increasing problem. Therefore, the study used a quantitative survey design to investigate the main sources of stress among Lebanese elementary school teachers, and to determine whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and emotion-focused coping and whether there was a relationship between elementary teachers’ stressors and problem-focused coping strategies. The study involved 30 teachers who worked in a private school in Keserwen, ...

The following research investigated the relation between Emotional Intelligence and academic achievement in sixth graders. The participants were selected from an Anglophone Catholic school having around 3000 students in the Metn area, Lebanon. The participants were divided into two groups based on a convenience sample selection. The convenience sample of sixty six students, male and female, age grouped between eleven and twelve was selected from a population of two hundred sixth graders. The two groups were selected based on their academic results, 6A high achievers and 6D low achievers. The ...

Students tend to take a grade and rarely reflect on their performance. Did I do well? What was the main mistake? Is there anything I need help with? How can I improve that grade next time? That same grade that students get either motivates or demotivates them. If students get the chance to set their own goals based on their weakness, and work on an action plan to reach that goal, their view of the grade changes. They will take a grade as an indicator to help them know how well they have acquired a concept or even reached their goal. Based on that reflection, they will be able to know what the ...