Bataul Alkhateeb

Bataul Alkhateeb is a Ph.D. in Education student specializing in Learning Sciences in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Baltimore and a master’s degree in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment from Qatar University. While pursuing her master’s degree, she grew interested in teacher preparation programs and improving curricula for training teachers in computer science and technology literacy. Her thesis assessed the educational technology self-efficacy beliefs of preservice teachers.

At UD, she currently works as a research assistant in the Partner4CS project, supporting preservice teachers in their field experience and engaging in data collection and analysis.

Batual was born in Jordan, but grew up in the United States. She also spends much of her time in Qatar.

Education

• M.A., Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2019
• B.A., Psychology, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 2016

Professional Experience

• Research Assistant, School of Education/Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, 2019–present

Honors and Awards

• Poster Award, Category: Social Change and Identity in Graduate Students, Research and Graduate Studies Complex, Qatar University Annual Research Forum and Exhibition, 2019
• TAD Bootcamp Award, First Place in Humanities and Social Sciences, Research and Graduate Studies Complex, Qatar University Annual Research Forum and Exhibition, 2019

Publications

• Codding, D., Alkhateeb, B., Mouza, C. & Pollock, L. (2020). Building Equitable Computing Classrooms through Culturally Responsive Professional Development. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 343–352).
• Sheridan, S., Alkhateeb, B. & Mouza, C. (2020). Examining Pre-service Teachers’ Ability to Incorporate Computational Thinking into Lesson Plans: A Comparison of Two Digital Technologies. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 95–103).