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  • Nassar, Paula Boulos (Notre Dame University, Louaize, 2020)
    The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between food and mental health, especially dietary patterns and their effects on depressive symptoms. Literature review explains the biochemical etiology of depression and the mechanism behind depressive symptoms and diets. The different dietary patterns explored in this study are diets with tryptophan containing foods, Mediterranean diets, healthy diets and diets with enough omega 3. Some past findings reveal that intake of a diet with good amounts of tryptophan containing foods, following a Mediterranean diet, adhering to a healthy ...
  • Antoun, Nicole Salim (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-12)
    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 ...
  • Ghabash, Rasha (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    The process of teaching students has always been dependent on face-to-face instruction in brick and mortar institutions. Students and teachers meet at the same place and at the same time for learning. However, some incidents around the world could make a change in the medium of instruction. Lebanon’s political and economic volatility serves as an example of shifting educational practices as a corollary of myriad national problems affecting education. The massive popular uprising on October 17, 2019, the pandemic COVID-19, and the Beirut port-blast on August 4,2020 have had their toll on ...
  • Salkoutou, Ngarobé (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    Education plays an important role in fighting poverty and to promote the development of many given society. It is also an important tool for empowering both women and men in the world. Schools in the rural areas of Chad are still experiencing a high rate of gender inequality and this can be testified by a low number of girls in various schools. The study reviewed the existence of gender inequality in secondary schools in Chad, causes and the effects on Chadian society and the ways of advocating gender equality. The research was conducted through the use of Descriptive Case Study Survey Design. ...
  • Achkar, Mariane (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021)
    The purpose of the qualitative case study was to develop a curriculum model for KGI level with technology integration to teach English language based on two chosen themes from the Lebanese curriculum: body parts, house and family members. The curriculum model contained detailed lesson plans based on the Assure Model with technology integrated activities and resources presented in the form of curriculum pages. The study examined two sections of 61 KGI students and their two teachers during English language periods in a regular classroom environment. Data was collected over a twelve-week period ...
  • Sawaya, Ruby (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    Anorexia Nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder consisting of the maintenance of extremely low weight, restrictive eating habits, purging techniques, an immense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image. The feelings of dissatisfaction with bodily image is usually distorted from the ideal image and has a negative connotation. Women with Anorexia Nervosa not only have a distorted self-image but also may suffer from identity crisis/confusion as they live the dilemma of growing old versus staying young, and dependency versus independency as the process of identity formation majorly ...
  • Nehme, Elsy Elie (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    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 ...
  • Al-Akl, Krystel M. (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2019-07)
    The study examined the impact of digital game based learning on math achievement and attitude in a public school setting in Mount Lebanon. The case study was conducted using a quasi-experimental research design to collect data using inferential and descriptive statistics to determine the effect of digital games based learning (DGBL) in middle school classes. Several research questions were raised about the effect of DGBL on middle school students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. The study was conducted on 68 students. The Mathematics and Technology Attitude Scale (MTAS) was adapted and ...
  • Dunya, Sara Malko (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2019-05)
    The purpose of this thesis is to study the effect of reflective journal writing on science learning. Reflective journals are personal records of students' learning experiences. They are an application of self-evaluation of learning. Science, a part of knowledge or study, is based on truths and facts and on rational and applied activities including the logical study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. The main focus of this thesis is analyzing the effect of reflective journal writing in science; specifically, the effect of ...
  • Siryeh, Anthony Doe (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2020-06-25)
    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 ...
  • Tomla, Elvis Tardzenyuy (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021)
    The study sought to examine and establish financial management tactics, for school leaders, in private secondary schools in the North West Region of Cameroon. It examined the background to the existing challenges from a global, Africa, regional and Cameroon perspective. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the schools. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data for the study. Three participants from each of the twenty private secondary schools were selected to obtain relevant information for the study. The population of 60 participants included: 20 principals, 20 ...
  • El Hayek Bassil, Pascale E. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2013)
    The purpose of the mixed method research was to determine the level of financial literacy among third secondary students of a private catholic school in Lebanon and determine whether such skills were being acquired from the economics program at this school or from university, work experience or family life. The qualitative study measured the financial literacy of 54 third secondary students and 49 graduates of that same school using a standardized survey. Results showed that: the mean core of third secondary students was below the passing grade, the mean score of third secondary sociology and ...
  • Sili, Marie Joseph (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    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, ...
  • Fikany, Stephanie-Joy (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019-07)
    Many students experience anxiety before an assessment: It can either be a normal feeling before any kind of assessment, also called performance anxiety, or it can be due to unpreparedness before an assessment. The flipped classroom methodology was introduced to 20 students enrolled in an English in the workplace course (ENL230) at Notre Dame University in Louaize Lebanon (NDU), for two modules in an attempt to reduce their unpreparedness anxiety before an assigned assessment. The flipped classroom requires students to cover the new material outside of class, and to practice it in class with the ...
  • Younan, Joelle (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    The teaching profession is broadly acknowledged to be a demanding and challenging profession. Job satisfaction and career decision have been one of the extensively studied concepts across different organizations, but is little dealt with in the teaching community. Research implies that teachers quit their jobs at twice the rate of other professions. Everyday teachers are faced with unjust decisions, not being appreciated, fewer opportunities for professional development, feeling stressed-out and dissatisfied which account to them at times quitting their jobs. Teachers' compensation and workplace ...
  • Matta, Joseph E. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Soft skills have been the subject of much discussion and trending lately. Much research has been done on the relationship between partaking good soft skills and being a better employee. This could be especially true in the field of education, as the process of expectation and planning of the learning experiences showed to improve with the significant development of soft skills of the teachers. In Lebanon, very few studies are conducted on the role of soft skills in those entering the workforce. This research aims to bridge that gap by assessing the knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors of Lebanese ...
  • Al Aramouny, Najat (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2016)
    The purpose of the study was to investigate the new roles of principals—as managers, instructors and change or reform agents—as perceived and practiced by leaders in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and the United States of America (USA), and as perceived and practiced by their counterparts in Lebanon. This study documented how principals performed their new roles by matching their self- perceived and perceived leadership management styles with their behaviors while working together with subject coordinators and teachers to implement the school vision ...
  • Margossian, Maria K. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2012)
    This research deals with the effects that living with a sibling with Autism has. The aim of the research was to investigate the effect of living with a sibling with Autism/PDD by using play therapy methods. In order to achieve this goal the researcher undertook a literature study to provide a better insight into the dimensions and complexities of defining autism and its related conditions, as in-depth look at the triad of impairments and the influence this has on the functioning of siblings of children with Autism/PDD. The second objective was to undertake an empirical study with regardsto the ...
  • Tadros, Charbel Marcellino (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    Life skills are the skills that are used in daily life in order for an individual to survive and interact appropriately and productively with the society and the environment. The purpose of this qualitative study is to find out what life skills are needed by low-skill workers in Lebanon in order to compile a list of life skills which can be used as a basis for a life skills curriculum adapted to the Lebanese culture and community for individuals with special needs. In order to achieve its objectives, the study employed a semi-structured interview with low-skill workers in Lebanon. The interview ...
  • El Chemor, Hala (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021)
    School psychology appears to add credibility to the schooling and learning process of children. The profession of school psychology is relatively lesser known and appreciated. School psychologists’ main concern is the psychological, emotional, and social well-being of the students. The role of the school psychologists is very important, although very little research has been done on the perceptions, experiences, and challenges that school psychologists undergo in their profession in Lebanon. A phenomenological qualitative research is used in this study. The study is based on a set of interviews ...

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