Education

• Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Miami University of Ohio, USA
• MA. Special Education, University of Charleston, USA
• MA. International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA
• BA. in Teaching English as Foreign language, Bir Zeit University, Palestine

Research Interests

• Administration of Special Education
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Giftedness 
• Education Administration and Leadership
• Middle School Special Education

Selected Publications

• Alqawasmi, A. A., Alsalhi, N., El-Saleh, M. S., Balawi, M., Ali, B. B. J., Alzboun, N., & Al Gharaibeh, F. (2024). Comparative effects of phet interactive simulations and conventional laboratory methods (CLM) on basic science process skills (BSPS) in physics: A case study in secondary school. Arts Educa, 40. 
  
• Alghazo, E. M., Daoud, S., & Abu-Attiyeh, J. H. (2024). Breaking Sound Barriers: Cultivating Expressive Language in Children with Hearing Impairment Through a Computer-Based Intervention Program. 
  
• Ellala, Z. K., Abu-Attiyeh, J. H., Kaba, A., & Jabarah, T. A. (2023). Creative self-efficacy: a comparative study of outstanding and ordinary students in the United Arab Emirates. Creativity Studies, 16(2), 593-603.
• AL-Tkhayneh, K. M., Ellala, Z. K., Al-takayneh, F. M., Abu-Attiyeh, J. H., & Alsalhi, N. R. (2023). The Attitudes of Working Mothers Towards the Negative Aspects of Working for Long Periods of Time on Behavioral Counseling for Their Children.
• Ellala, Z. K., Abu Attiyeh, J. H., Ellala, S. K., & Kaba, A. (2022). Measuring emotional intelligence of outstanding students: An empirical study using Chapman scale. Gifted Education International, 38(2), 329-341.
• Ellala, Z. K., Attiyeh, J. H. A., Alnoaim, J. A., Alsalhi, N. R., Alqudah, H., Al-Qatawneh, S., ... & Abdelkader, A. F. (2022). The Role of Students' Agility and Students' Interest in the Linguistic Intelligence among Gifted Students in Higher Education Institutions. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 100(100), 206-221.
• Ellala, Z. K., Alsalhi, N. R., Attiyeh, J. H. A., Alqudah, H., Alakashee, B., Al-Qatawneh, S., & Gad, S. M. (2022). The Impact of Superstitious Ideas on the Students' Failure: An Empirical Investigation of Al-Ain University, United Arab Emirates. Przestrzeń Społeczna (Social Space), 22(2), 368-390.
• Ellala, Z. K., AL-Tkhayneh, K. M., & Abu-Attiyeh, J. H. (2021). Attitudes of parents with (ADHD) towards the most prominent challenges of distance learning in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Ellala, Z. K., Attiyeh, J. A., & Alghazo, E. M. (2020). Preferred thinking styles of gifted students and the implications for curriculum development. Utopía y praxis latinoamericana: revista internacional de filosofía iberoamericana y teoría social, (6), 90-102.
• Rehim, M., & Attiyeh, J. A. (2020). Family cultural norms and its role in negative internet choices of children. Utopía y praxis latinoamericana: revista internacional de filosofía iberoamericana y teoría social, (2), 312-324.

Teaching Courses

• Learning Difficulties
• Assistive Technology for Special Needs
• Child Normal and Abnormal Development
• Gift and Talent
• Early Intervention Programs and Services
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Teaching Reading and Writing to Children with Special Needs
• Teaching Math to Children with Special Needs
• Current Trends and Issues in Special Education
• Life Skills for Individuals with Special Needs

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):