Dr. Al Hmouz is Professor, specializing in Gifted Education. Her main area of interest is developing assessment and evaluation tools of academic skills and cognitive abilities, with special focus on cognitive abilities for gifted students and standardizing cognitive and achievement tests in large scale projects. Dr. Al Hmouz is Co-founder of the Technological Innovations for Middle East Education (www.time.edu.jo) initiative, and the second author of Woodcock-Johnson Arabic Tests of Cognitive and Achievement Abilities. With nearly 20 peer reviewed publications; one book; and one manual related to giftedness, learning disabilities, psychological testing, and inclusive education, Dr. Al Hmouz is Principal Investigator/Co-PI of five International funded projects worth a third of a million US Dollars to support gifted students and students with special needs in inclusive education.
Expertise
Recent Publications
Abu-Hamour, B., Al-Hmouz, H., & Aljarrah, A. (2023). A report on how people with disabilities are depicted in Jordanian basic school textbooks. Human Rights Council, the United Nations Universal Periodic Review.
Al-Hmouz, H., & Abu-Hamour, B. (2023). Derivation of the psychometric properties of “Rapid Automatized Naming and Rapid Alternating Stimulus (RAN/RAS) Tests” in Arabic. International Journal for Research in Education.
Abu Hamour, B., & Al Hmouz, H. (under review). Two Math Screening Tools to Identify Gifted Students in Jordan. Frontiers in Psychology.
Professor
University City, Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
