MAT Program Celebrates Spring 2026 CRP Day: 30 Graduate Students Present Original Classroom Research

The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program at AQB, supported by the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, held its Spring 2026 Classroom Research Projects (CRP) Day on Saturday, May 23, 2026. The event opened at 9:30 am to an audience of students, their families, and faculty.

Dr. Ayman Khalifah, MAT Director, was joined by Dr. Amneh Badran, Acting Dean, and Dr. Lina Swaiti, EAA Scholarship Manager at AQB, in welcoming attendees and recognizing the significance of the occasion. They underscored the CRP as a defining capstone achievement, one that marks the culmination of each student's scholarly and professional growth in the program.

Thirty graduate students then took the stage, presenting original educational research across five disciplinary panels. Faculty evaluation committees and invited guests from AQU and AQB attended each session and provided formative feedback.

Presentations spanned four subject areas: Math, Science, Biology, and English Language Teaching.

The Mathematics panel, moderated by Dr. Amani Shteiwi, featured research students explored cognitive scaffolding in eighth-grade quadratic equations, educational games for sixth-grade percentages, and the Think-Pair-Share strategy for ninth-grade trigonometry.

The Science and Biology panels, led by Dr. Ayman Khalifah (Group A) and Dr. Intesar Bselih (Group B), showcased twelve projects on topics including project-based learning in 11th-grade genetics, the Think-Pair-Share and flipped classroom strategies in 8th-grade chemistry, problem-based learning in 12th-grade physics, and peer learning in 10th-grade cell division.

The English Language Teaching panels, moderated by Dr. Rana Surkhi (Group A) and Dr. Mojahed Mousa (Group B), included fifteen presentations on metacognitive regulation, reciprocal teaching, technology-based gamification, the See-Think-Wonder routine, the Jigsaw strategy, digital storytelling, collaborative learning, and team-based learning across reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

Across all panels, projects shared a common focus on active, student-centered instruction designed to foster critical and higher-order thinking skills.

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