Rafat Ghanamah
Biographic Data
| ID | 5760974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafat Ghanamah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafat |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghanamah |
| SIGNATURE | GHANAMAH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sakhnin College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8876-7585 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Creative minds in motion: The role of motor creativity in skill transfer among kindergarten children
Beyond Immediate Gains: Long-term Effects of Paper and Digitized Handwriting vs. Typing on Preschool Literacy Retention and Word Transfer
Play, regulate, retain: The mediating role of self-regulation in playfulness and motor learning among kindergarteners
Leadership Matters: Fostering Teacher Resilience in Arab Schools Amid Crisis and Systemic Uncertainty
This study explores how school leadership styles are perceived to relate to teacher resilience during crises in Arab schools in Israel. Drawing on twenty semi-structured interviews with principals and vice-principals, findings show that transformational and participative leadership, characterized by emotional support, accessibility, active listening, and shared decision-making, are perceived to foster teachers’ sense of security, self-efficacy, a…
Beyond repetition: How prompts and strategic questioning influence motor skill learning in 7-8-year-old children
This study examined the effects of explicit performance strategies, elicited through external prompts and structured questioning, on motor skill learning in eighty 7–8-year-old children (39 girls). Using a 2 × 2 randomized experimental design, children practiced a novel graphomotor symbol (the Invented Letter Task) across four training conditions varying by the presence or absence of instructional prompts and reflective questioning. Performance s…
Quantitative analysis of the impact of emotional intelligence, empathy, and self-differentiation on moral leadership among educational counsellors in Arab schools
The effect of positive feedback on motor learning in preschool children: Evidence from an invented letter task
The Impact of Physical Activity and Screen Time on Motor Creativity in Kindergarteners
This study emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between PA and motor creativity, wherein diverse physical activities stimulate creativity, and creative movements encourage active participation. The combined mediating effects of MSTM and screen time highlight the complexity of these relationships, suggesting the need for integrated interventions. The findings inform early childhood education by advocating for strategies that promote physical …
Teachers’ Perspectives on the Impact of Community Violence on the Educational Climate in Arab Society Schools in Israel
This qualitative study examines the impact of societal violence on the school climate in Arab society in Israel, focusing on teachers’ perspectives. Violence is conceptualized as an extreme, intentional form of aggression aimed at causing physical, psychological, or emotional harm. In the Israeli context, Arab society, constituting about 21% of the population, experiences disproportionately high rates of violent crime, reflecting historical margi…
Emotional intelligence as a mediator in enhancing teacher attitudes and coping strategies towards students with learning disabilities: Insights from Arab Israeli secondary schools
Changes in Healthy Behaviors among Arab Israeli Children Diagnosed with ASD amid the Coronavirus Outbreak: Mothers’ Perceptions
The constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic may have adverse effects on the health behaviors of children and adolescents, particularly those with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aimed to examine changes in health-related behaviors, including physical activity, screen time, and sleep duration, among children with ASD and their adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during the pandemic. An on…
Parents’ Perceptions of Changes in Sleep Duration, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Arab Israeli Children during the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to apply lockdown measures that could prevent children from achieving the physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep levels suggested for their psychophysical health. The current study tested changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep length of children and the incidence of achieving the 24 h movement standards through the limitations of COVID-19. A total of 490 Arab Israeli parents …
Effects of Covid-19 Restrictions on Anxiety, Sleep, and Executive Functions among Arab Israeli Children with Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Long-term benefits after a rhyme-repetition based intervention program for kindergarteners: Better reading and spelling in the first grade
Oral language proficiency in kindergarten can facilitate the acquisition of reading and writing. However, in diglossic languages, like Arabic, the large gap between the spoken and the formal, modern standard (MSA) varieties of the language may restrict the benefits of oral language proficiency to subsequent literacy skills. Here, we tested, in a randomized controlled study, whether an intervention program, implemented in kindergarten, that famili…
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Behavioral and Emotional Aspects and Daily Routines of Arab Israeli Children
Negative psychological effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been identified in adults and children, such as anxiety and sleep disorders. However, research about the impact of this pandemic on children from ethnical minorities is scarce. We tested the effects of COVID-19 outbreak on psychological aspects and daily routines among Arab Israeli Children. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among Arab Israeli parents, includin…
Recitation and listening to nursery rhymes in the familiarization with a literacy language in kindergarteners: Not kids’ stuff
A large linguistic distance exists between spoken Arabic and the Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) the literary language (a diglosia). Novice readers, therefore, struggle with the complex orthography of Arabic as well as the mastering of MSA. Here, we tested whether structured activities in MSA would advance kindergarteners' MSA aptitude by the end of the school year. We examined two issues: (a) whether reciting nursery rhymes in MSA would be more eff…
Long-term benefits after a rhyme-repetition based intervention program for kindergarteners: Better reading and spelling in the first grade
Oral language proficiency in kindergarten can facilitate the acquisition of reading and writing. However, in diglossic languages, like Arabic, the large gap between the spoken and the formal, modern standard (MSA) varieties of the language may restrict the benefits of oral language proficiency to subsequent literacy skills. Here, we tested, in a randomized controlled study, whether an intervention program, implemented in kindergarten, that famili…
Emotional intelligence as a mediator in enhancing teacher attitudes and coping strategies towards students with learning disabilities: Insights from Arab Israeli secondary schools
Effects of Covid-19 Restrictions on Anxiety, Sleep, and Executive Functions among Arab Israeli Children with Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Recitation and listening to nursery rhymes in the familiarization with a literacy language in kindergarteners: Not kids’ stuff
A large linguistic distance exists between spoken Arabic and the Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) the literary language (a diglosia). Novice readers, therefore, struggle with the complex orthography of Arabic as well as the mastering of MSA. Here, we tested whether structured activities in MSA would advance kindergarteners' MSA aptitude by the end of the school year. We examined two issues: (a) whether reciting nursery rhymes in MSA would be more eff…
Recitation and listening to nursery rhymes in the familiarization with a literacy language in kindergarteners: Not kids’ stuff
A large linguistic distance exists between spoken Arabic and the Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) the literary language (a diglosia). Novice readers, therefore, struggle with the complex orthography of Arabic as well as the mastering of MSA. Here, we tested whether structured activities in MSA would advance kindergarteners' MSA aptitude by the end of the school year. We examined two issues: (a) whether reciting nursery rhymes in MSA would be more eff…
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Behavioral and Emotional Aspects and Daily Routines of Arab Israeli Children
Negative psychological effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been identified in adults and children, such as anxiety and sleep disorders. However, research about the impact of this pandemic on children from ethnical minorities is scarce. We tested the effects of COVID-19 outbreak on psychological aspects and daily routines among Arab Israeli Children. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among Arab Israeli parents, includin…
Long-term benefits after a rhyme-repetition based intervention program for kindergarteners: Better reading and spelling in the first grade
Oral language proficiency in kindergarten can facilitate the acquisition of reading and writing. However, in diglossic languages, like Arabic, the large gap between the spoken and the formal, modern standard (MSA) varieties of the language may restrict the benefits of oral language proficiency to subsequent literacy skills. Here, we tested, in a randomized controlled study, whether an intervention program, implemented in kindergarten, that famili…
Parents’ Perceptions of Changes in Sleep Duration, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Arab Israeli Children during the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries to apply lockdown measures that could prevent children from achieving the physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep levels suggested for their psychophysical health. The current study tested changes in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep length of children and the incidence of achieving the 24 h movement standards through the limitations of COVID-19. A total of 490 Arab Israeli parents …
Effects of Covid-19 Restrictions on Anxiety, Sleep, and Executive Functions among Arab Israeli Children with Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Changes in Healthy Behaviors among Arab Israeli Children Diagnosed with ASD amid the Coronavirus Outbreak: Mothers’ Perceptions
The constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic may have adverse effects on the health behaviors of children and adolescents, particularly those with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study aimed to examine changes in health-related behaviors, including physical activity, screen time, and sleep duration, among children with ASD and their adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during the pandemic. An on…
The effect of positive feedback on motor learning in preschool children: Evidence from an invented letter task
The Impact of Physical Activity and Screen Time on Motor Creativity in Kindergarteners
This study emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between PA and motor creativity, wherein diverse physical activities stimulate creativity, and creative movements encourage active participation. The combined mediating effects of MSTM and screen time highlight the complexity of these relationships, suggesting the need for integrated interventions. The findings inform early childhood education by advocating for strategies that promote physical …
Teachers’ Perspectives on the Impact of Community Violence on the Educational Climate in Arab Society Schools in Israel
This qualitative study examines the impact of societal violence on the school climate in Arab society in Israel, focusing on teachers’ perspectives. Violence is conceptualized as an extreme, intentional form of aggression aimed at causing physical, psychological, or emotional harm. In the Israeli context, Arab society, constituting about 21% of the population, experiences disproportionately high rates of violent crime, reflecting historical margi…
Emotional intelligence as a mediator in enhancing teacher attitudes and coping strategies towards students with learning disabilities: Insights from Arab Israeli secondary schools
Creative minds in motion: The role of motor creativity in skill transfer among kindergarten children
Beyond Immediate Gains: Long-term Effects of Paper and Digitized Handwriting vs. Typing on Preschool Literacy Retention and Word Transfer
Play, regulate, retain: The mediating role of self-regulation in playfulness and motor learning among kindergarteners
Leadership Matters: Fostering Teacher Resilience in Arab Schools Amid Crisis and Systemic Uncertainty
This study explores how school leadership styles are perceived to relate to teacher resilience during crises in Arab schools in Israel. Drawing on twenty semi-structured interviews with principals and vice-principals, findings show that transformational and participative leadership, characterized by emotional support, accessibility, active listening, and shared decision-making, are perceived to foster teachers’ sense of security, self-efficacy, a…
Beyond repetition: How prompts and strategic questioning influence motor skill learning in 7-8-year-old children
This study examined the effects of explicit performance strategies, elicited through external prompts and structured questioning, on motor skill learning in eighty 7–8-year-old children (39 girls). Using a 2 × 2 randomized experimental design, children practiced a novel graphomotor symbol (the Invented Letter Task) across four training conditions varying by the presence or absence of instructional prompts and reflective questioning. Performance s…
Quantitative analysis of the impact of emotional intelligence, empathy, and self-differentiation on moral leadership among educational counsellors in Arab schools
Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (5 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Motor skill (5 works) · Disease (4 works) · Motor Learning (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)