Knowledge Monitoring, Goal Orientations, Self-Efficacy, And Academic Performance: A Path Analysis

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between knowledge monitoring and motivation as defined by self-efficacy and goal orientations.  A path model was proposed to hypothesize the causal relations among predictors of the students’ total score in the Educational Psychology course.  The sample consisted of undergraduate students enrolled in two sections of the Educational Psychology course at a large Midwestern university.  The data collection process took place during two semesters (Fall 2010 and Spring 2011).  Subjects completed a knowledge monitoring assessment (KMA) and combined scale of self-efficacy and goal orientations online.  Results of the study confirmed the positive correlations between knowledge monitoring, self-efficacy, mastery goals, and total exam score.  The path analysis revealed that two predictors had significant direct effects on total score, knowledge monitoring and mastery goals.  Self-efficacy had a significant direct effect on mastery goals.  Although self-efficacy significantly correlated with total score, the parameter between self-efficacy and total score was not significant.  Knowledge monitoring did not significantly correlate with self-efficacy and mastery goals.  The path analysis revealed no significant exogenous parameters from or to performance goals.  The current study provided some insights in understanding the relationship between knowledge monitoring and motivation as defined by self-efficacy and goal orientations.  Recommendations and suggestions for future research were discussed

The Effect of Using Critical Thinking Activities on Knowledge Monitoring in Science of Seventh Graders in the Sultanate of Oman

The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of using critical thinking activities in the classroom to enhance and develop students’ knowledge monitoring and whether knowledge monitoring predicts students’ academic achievement in Science. Fifty females were randomly selected from the seventh grade at one of Al-Saeeb province schools in Muscat governorate. Subjects were assigned to an experimental group (n=24) and to a control group (n=26). Both groups were taught same materials by the same teacher. The critical thinking activities were manipulated into the experimental group, whereas the control group received no critical thinking activities. Pre and post tests of knowledge monitoring were obtained. Subjects took an academic test at the end of the experiment. The results demonstrated that knowledge monitoring in experimental group significantly improved. Significant differences were found between pre and post knowledge monitoring in the experimental group. Recommendations and suggestions are discussed

Achievement Responsibility and Its Relation to Self-determination Motivation of Foundation Program Students

The current study investigated the relation between achievement responsibility and selfdetermination motivation among foundation program students. It also aimed at identifying the differences in achievement responsibility and the self-determination motivation according to gender and the foundation level. The data was collected from 432 students. The results of the study showed that the students attributed their achievement to internal and unstable factors. Secondly, the students showed a quiet high level of selfdetermination motivation. Thirdly, the results showed no differences due to gender in both achievement responsibility and self-determination motivation. In regards to achievement responsibility, there were statistically significant differences in external and unstable factors according to the level variable for the second and third level. Regarding self-determination motivation, the results revealed statistically significant differences in external regulation and a motivation according to the level in favor of level two and three. The findings also suggested that the external factors seem to be the better predictor factor of self-determination motivation followed by the stable and finally the internal factors

Ovarian Hyperstimulation and Maternal Virilisation with Successful Pregnancy Outcome: A case report

Hyperreactio luteinalis (HL) and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) during pregnancy are both benign conditions where the ovaries are enlarged with presence of multiple thin-walled cysts. Differential diagnosis is ovarian malignancy. Hyperandrogenism with resultant maternal virilization could be seen in some cases of HL as well as in androgen secreting tumours. We report the case of a 41 years old lady underwent ovulation induction due to secondary infertility. She had recurrent hospital admission with abdominal pain and huge multicystic enlargement of both ovaries. She developed virilisation features by 35 weeks of pregnancy. Lower segment caesarean section was done at 36 weeks gestation for breech presentation with intra uterine growth restriction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed benign nature of the cysts. Ovarian cysts and hyperandrogenism gradually resolved by three months of delivery. Awareness, judicious imaging and close monitoring in such cases can result in live birth and avoid oophorectomies. Keywords: Hyperandrogenism; Hirsuitism; Virilism; Polycstic ovary syndrome; Ovarian hyper stimulation; Ovulation induction; Hyperreactio luteinalis; Ovarian cysts

Ornithopod and Sauropod Dinosaur Remains from the Maastrichtian Al-Khod Conglomerate, Sultanate of Oman

Fieldwork in the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Al-Khod Conglomerates in the Sultanate of Oman led to the discovery of a large bone fragment tentatively identified as a partial distal left humerus of a sauropod and an ornithopod dorsal vertebra. The very fragmentary state of preservation of the dorsal vertebra makes specific attribution difficult, but it shows remarkable similarities to the rhabdodontid dinosaurs Rhabdodon and Zalmoxes

Sufficiency and Efficiency of Field Training for Radiology Students During Internship Experience in Najran University, Saudi Arabia

Purpose: The study was design to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of the internship period employing quantitative study descriptive survey approach.   Theoretical framework: Internship is requirement of every student of radiology program of Radiological Sciences patch for the award of bachelor's degree at Najran University, Saudi Arabia. The competency level would demonstrate influence the sufficiency and efficiency of clinical training during internship period which represent six months after completing nine levels of radiology program.   Design\Methodology\Approach: The survey was distributed to the tow levels of the last year of radiological sciences which composed of 81 male and female students which gathered seventy-seven (77) participants. Data collected through a questionnaire and summarized as percentages, frequencies, means and standard deviations using SPSS version 20.0.   Findings: The study revealed un adequacy of the internship period and showed low efficiency due to its short duration.   Research, Practical, Social Implication:The research construct and variables are identified the effectiveness and adequacy of the internship period.this  study will be the modele of internship with a new qualitative change related to a period of time acceptable to students, similar to other universities.   Originality/Value: The originality and value in this study are the framework conceptance and questionnaire that prepared and proved for evaluating the effectiveness and adequacy of the internship period for student of radiology program.   Conclusion: In general internship period must be efficient and adequate to enhance sufficiency and efficiency experience by intern trainees

The association between the gender gap in science achievement and students’ perceptions of their own attitudes and capabilities

Among the countries that participated in the trends in international mathematics and science study (TIMSS) 2019 for grade 8 science, Oman had the highest gender gap in favor of girls. The current study explores the gender gap in science achievement in Oman and relates it to students’ varying perceptions of their own attitudes and capabilities. The sample in the study comprised 467 grade 9 students, 266 female and 201 male. The participants were given a TIMSS-like science test, along with four self-perception surveys; these explored metacognitive awareness, selfregulation (SR), science learning self-efficacy (SLSE), and attitudes to science (AS). The results indicated that student self-perceptions of SR, SLSE, and AS, were significantly related to the gender gap in students with higher-level science achievement. The results were different when looking at the gender gap in scores for lower-level questions; here, there was no relation to any of the four self-perception variables explored in the study

Radiocarbon Investigation of the Solitary African Baobab from Dalkut, Dhofar, Oman

The article discloses the AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating results of the well-known African baobab of Dalkut, Dhofar Governorate, Oman. The investigation shows that the baobab has a cluster structure and is composed of 3 perfectly fused stems. Three wood samples were collected from primary branches and one sample was collected from the exterior of a stem. Eight tiny segments were extracted from the samples and dated by radiocarbon. The oldest dated sample segment, which originates from a primary branch of the southern stem, had a radiocarbon date of 590 ± 18 BP, which corresponds to a calibrated age of 685 ± 15 years. This result indicates that the southern stem of the baobab of Dalkut is 800 ± 30 years old. According to other radiocarbon dating results, the two northern stems are younger and emerged from the southern stem around 550 years ago. The tree of Dalkut is a solitary baobab. The nearest baobab is over 150 km away, to the nort

The Effectiveness of E-Mentoring Program to Develop Mothers Awareness of Protecting their Children from Sexual Harassment in Kindergarten

The research aims to measure the effectiveness of an E-mentoring program to educate mothers about the mechanisms of protecting children from sexual harassment and to identify the symptoms and methods that must be followed when kindergarten children are subjected to harassment, in order to answer the research questions, the semi- experimental approach was used because it is the most appropriate for the nature of the research to rely on changing something and studying the impact of this change on something else, and a random sample of mothers of children enrolled in kindergarten. The research tools consist of an electronic counselling program to develop mothers awareness on mechanisms to protect their children from sexual harassment in kindergarten by researchers, as well as a questionnaire to measure mothers awareness of mechanisms to protect their children from sexual harassment in kindergartens prepared by researchers. One of the most prominent findings of the research is that the indicative level of mothers awareness of the symptoms of sexual harassment of their children in kindergarten, their protection mechanisms, and the methods to be followed when sexually harassing children was less than 0.05, which indicates that there are differences in favor of the dimensional measurement, which proves the effectiveness of the program in improving mothers awareness of mechanisms to protect their children from sexual harassment in kindergarten