Joseph Awad Bawalsah

Al-Ahliyya Amman University · Department of Psychology and Special Education

This study suggests a digital assessment tool - Smart Equation Exam System (SEED) - as a substitute for traditional multiple-choice and paper and pen exams. SEED includes a question bank, an answer platform, mathematical equations, and physics formulae. The novelty of SEED is that it allows all students with or without physical disabilities via cre...

The fundamental need for safety in schools requires research-based and trauma-informed strategies for implementing crisis management plans (CMPs). Beyond the immediate harm, longer-term potential outcomes of crises are psychological trauma and damage to the reputation for safety of the school, leading to staff attrition. An effective CMP involves (...

Students with learning disabilities (LD) can benefit more in school contexts when they are allowed to learn according to their preferred learning style. The purpose of this study was to identify preferred learning styles in 10th-grade students with LD and to determine whether these styles differ according to gender and Grade Point Average (GPA). A...

School psychologists and school counselors can act as agents of social justice in schools to prevent cyberbullying, particularly among the most vulnerable populations. Cyberbullying is an emerging form of bullying that has shown an alarming increase in society within the last decade and in schools as microcosms of society. Cyberbullying among K-12...

The relationship between second language acquisition and cognitive abilities (IQ) has long been the focus of research in the West, yet none had been conducted in Arabic speaking parts of the world. This study gathered data from female high school students in Saudi Arabia to explore the relationship between second language acquisition and IQ. An ana...

The relationship between second language acquisition and cognitive abilities (IQ) has long been the focus of research in the West, yet none had been conducted in Arabic speaking parts of the world. This study gathered data from female high school students in Saudi Arabia to explore the relationship between second language acquisition and IQ. An ana...

This study aimed to investigate the impact of a training program based on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) in the development of social communications skills among gifted six grade students in the city of Amman. The sample of the study consisted of (60) gifted students from sixth grade for the second semester of the academic year (2012/2013). The...

p>This research aimed to investigate levels of stress in parents of children with disabilities in Jordan, and coping strategies they used to handle these stresses. An Arabic translation of Parental Stress Scale (Berry, & Jones, 1995) and Coping Strategies Inventory (Tobin, et al., 1989) were used on a sample of 134 parents of children with physical...

Due to the increasing interest in exploring the consequences of raising children with disabilities in ethnically and culturally diverse families, this study aimed to identify levels of self-esteem in parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to control group in Jordanian population, and whether these levels will di...

This study aimed to identify levels of depression in parents of children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to control group, and weather these levels of depression will differ according to age, sex, educational attainment, and years of marriage in Jordanian population. The sample consisted of 152 participants divided...