Publications
Selected Recent Articles (2026)
Pilotti, M., Al-Mulhem, H., El-Alaoui, K., & BoJulaia, M. (2026). Does retrieval practice help critical thinking? Scientific Culture 12(1.1), 719-726.
Pilotti, M., BoJulaia, M., El-Moussa, O. J., & Waked, A. (2026). Gender-stereotyped self-descriptions and academic major choices when patriarchy is loosening its grip. Acta Psychologica, 263, 106403.
Pilotti, M., BoJulaia, M., & Aamir, S. (2026). Are reports of memory failures in an understudied population of first-year female students related to self-confidence or anxiety? Journal of International Students, 16(4), 17-32.
Al-Mulhem, H., El-Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. (2026). A (class)room for all: A crucible for collaborative learning. Journal of Leadership Studies, 19(4), 1-5.
Abdullah, M., & Pilotti, M. (2026). About women emerging from patriarchy: Does a sense of agency predict engagement in physical education and physical activity? Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 11(1), 1579-1591.
Pilotti, M. A. E., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Waked, A. (2026). Does inquiry-based learning instruction work for introductory psychology? Teaching of Psychology, 53(1), 24-30.
Selected Recent Articles (2025)
Eltoum, R., Waheed, S., Daqqa, I., Nasir, S., BoJulaia, M., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Getting to know Calculus students through a case study of an unrepresented population. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Computing (ETECOM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Eltoum, R. A., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Modes of Assessment in Pre-Calculus Students. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Computing (ETECOM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
BoJulaia, M., Alzahid, D., Pilotti, M., & Waked, A. (2025). Assessing second language writing without technology: A first-year university study. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2025- International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 236-245). ISTES.
BoJulaia, M., Abdulrahman, R., Pilotti, M., & Waked, A. (2025). Predicting foreign language writing competency through reading scores and course engagement. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2025- International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 897-905). ISTES.
Faisal, N. Y., Alzahid, D., Pilotti, M. A. E., & Waked, A. (2025). Attend or not to attend: First-year dilemma in second-language writing. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2025- International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 263-273). ISTES.
Pilotti, M. A. E., El-Alaoui, K., Al-Mulhem, H., & BoJulaia, M. (2025). Outcomes and timing of exam submission in a challenging course. In S. B. Chumbow (Ed.), Bilingualism and multilingualism – An interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 1-16). IntechOpen.
Pilotti, M., & El-Moussa, O. J. (2025). Repurposing the Wug test: Does it predict second-language learners’ writing anxiety and performance? Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(12), 1733-1746.
Pilotti, M., BoJulaia, M., & El-Alaoui, K. (2025). Young women from an understudied student population: Worries, writing anxiety, and performance in a general education course. Forum for Linguistic Studies, 7(12), 1747-1759.
Pilotti, M., Maamari, B. E., & Waked, W. (2025). Pro-socialness and self-efficacy in times of change. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, 20(4), 211-225.
BoJulaia, M., Alaoui, K., Waked, A., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Sustainable development research in the classroom: An early start. Lex Localis, 23(S5), 937-943.
Waked, A., Alshaykhahmed, R., BoJulaia, M., El-Moussa, O. J., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Do prospective and retrospective memory concerns predict STEM students’ performance? Lex Localis, 23(S5), 1072-1080.
Pilotti, M., Alzahid, D., Faisal, N., Waked, A., & Elmoussa, O. (2025). Do memory concerns and self-efficacy predict academic performance in undergraduate students with memorization practice? Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1515533.
Pilotti, M., Waked, A., BoJulaia, M., & Abdulrahman, R. (2025). Does writing about AI-detection tools benefit ethical conduct? The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 33(1), 199-216.
Pilotti, M. A. E., & Waked, A. (2025). The role of individual differences in a STEAM college course. In S. J. Farenga, S. G. Garofalo, & D. Ness (Eds.), International handbook of research on STEAM curriculum and praxis (pp. 471-492). Routledge.
El-Moussa, O. J., Agha, I. K., Waked, A., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2025). Is doing more a good idea? Students’ views of the impact of involvement on academic outcomes. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd’25 (pp. 157-164). Universitat Politècnica de València.
Waked, A., Waheed, S., Daqqa, I., Nasir, S., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Do diagnostic measures in calculus work? Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd’25 (pp. 1106-1113). Universitat Politècnica de València.
BoJulaia, M., El-Alaoui, K., Al-Mulhem, H., Waked, A., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Does developing a study guide impact test performance? A comparison between unguided and guided development of scientific writing. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd’25 (pp. 683-691). Universitat Politècnica de València.
Pilotti, M. A. E., Eltoum, R. A., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Waked, A. (2025). The challenges of pre-calculus in times of change. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 14(4), 3027-3040.
Waked, A., Ahmad, R., Yassin, M., & Pilotti, M. (2025). Take a load off: How cognitive load relates to phonological fluency of novel sounds in EFL learners. Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 10(29), 192-199.
Pilotti, M. A. E., & Waked, A. (2025). Writing anxiety in a second language: Do implicit and explicit attitudes matter? The International Journal of Literacies, 32(1), 131-149.
Selected Recent Articles (2024)
AlZohbi, G. (2024). An overview of hydrogen energy generation. ChemEngineering, 8(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering8010017
Azmat, H., Muneer, Q., Zubair, M., Gudekli, E., Ahmad, I. & Waheed, S. (2024). Class of charged traversable Casimir wormholes in f (R, T) gravity. Nuclear Physics B, 998, 116396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2023.116396
Pilotti, M. A. E., & Waked, A. (2024). The fading of cultural dispositions in a globalized environment. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, 19(1), 57-80. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-008X/CGP/v19i01/57-80
Pilotti, M. A. E., Abdelsalam, H. M., El Alaoui, K., & Al Mulhem, H. (2024). Has anything changed? College students’ attitudes toward instruction before, during, and after the pandemic. The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 31(1), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v31i01/37-52
Pilotti, M. A. E., Al-Mulhem, H., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2024). Implications of dispositions for foreign language writing: The case of the Arabic-English learner. Language Teaching Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688241231453
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2024). “Who is my instructor?” Impression formation in the Middle East. The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 31(1), 195-216. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7955/CGP/v31i01/195-216
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2024). Grade prediction in the Middle East: A post-pandemic case study of the optimism bias. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1270621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1270621
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Elmoussa, O. J. (2024). Understanding STEM and Non-STEM female freshmen in the Middle East: A post-pandemic case study. Cogent Education, 11(1), 2304365. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2304365
Waheed, S., & Zubair, M. (2024). A study of Yukawa–Casimir wormholes in some Rastall frameworks via conformal killing vectors approach. Chinese Journal of Physics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2024.01.005
Waked, A. N., El-Moussa, O., Pilotti, M. A. E., Al-Mulhem, H., El Alaoui, K., & Ahmed, R. (2024). Cultural considerations for the second language writing anxiety inventory: Saudi Arabian female university students. Frontiers in Education, 9, 1288611. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1288611
El Alaoui, K., Fakhrulddinn, M. A., Mustafa, M. H., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2024). The people are still alive: Al Bashir show, the Iraqi uprising, and satire in times of death. Culture and Dialogue, 12(1-2), 99-122.
Pilotti, M. A. E., El-Moussa, O. J., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Waked, A. (2024). Writing anxiety in second-language speakers: Precursors and concurrent indices of academic performance. The International Journal of Literacies, 32(2), 31-52.
Alghazo, R., Latif, G., Nazeeruddin, M., Alghazo, J., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2024). Deep learning-based Arabic sign recognition system for automated communication with hearing-impaired individuals. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 18(11), 3148-3164.
El Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2024). What’s disturbing about power? Reflections on teaching US-Arab encounters in the Middle East. Journal of Social Science Education, 23(4), 1-16.
Waked, A., Pilotti, M., & Abdelsalam, H. M. (2024). Differences that matter: Inquiry-based learning approach to research writing instruction. Scientific Reports, 14, 27941.
Hassan, S., Pilotti, M. A. E., Waked, A., & Khayat, N. (2024). Law students’ pro-socialness, self-efficacy, and performance in times of change. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, 19(2), 215-230.
Pilotti, M. A. E., Waked, A., Mahmoud, A., Hashim, H., & Alzahid, D. (2024). A dataset of subjective frequency estimates of the words of the Peabody Vocabulary Test by English-Arabic bilingual speakers. Data in Brief, 57, 111056.
Kort, S., El Alaoui, K., Waked, A., & Pilotti, M. (2024). STEM and Non-STEM learners: Responses to writing in a second language. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2024 — International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 294-304). ISTES.
Waked, A., Ashraf, M. W., Abdelsalam, H., El Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. (2024). Success through error: Using error analysis of ChatGPT output in English as a foreign language learner writing instruction. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2024 — International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 320-332). ISTES.
Waked, A., Abdelsalam, H., Ashraf, M. W., Pilotti, M., & El Alaoui, K. (2024). The impact of falsely detecting AI-generated text on academic assessment. In M. Shelley & O. T. Ozturk (Eds.), Proceedings of ICRES 2024 — International Conference on Research in Education and Science (pp. 573-586). ISTES.
Waked, A. N., Yassin, M., Ahmad, R., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2024). Phonological awareness of novel phonemes and English-language reading comprehension in EFL university students. In J. Domenech, D. Menéndez Álvarez-Hevia, A. Martínez-Varea, R. M. Llácer-Iglesias, & D. Brunetto (Eds.), Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (pp. 912-920). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València.
Waheed, S., Pilotti, M. A. E., & Abdelsalam, H. M. (2024). Am I prepared for calculus? An action-research study of female students emerging from patriarchy. Frontiers in Education, 9, 1405571.
Pilotti, M., Alzahid, D. A., Waked, A., & El Alaoui, K. (2024). Approaching academic challenges as either opportunities or threats. The International Journal of Humanities Education, 22(2), 39-60.
Selected Recent Articles (2023)
Aburas, D., & Al zohbi, G. (2023). Treatment of water polluted by oil spill through ferromagnetic particles. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences Technology, 5(5), 180, 2-5.
Al Mulhem, H., El Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2023). A sustainable academic journey in the Middle East: An exploratory study of female college students’ self-efficacy and perceived social support. Sustainability, 15(2), 1070. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021070
Al Zohbi, G. (2023). Review on sustainable technologies for liquid waste treatment and management. In A. Parveen, A. Kumar, R. K. Mittal, R. Goel (Eds.), Waste Recovery and Management (pp. 47-68). CRC Press.
Al-Zohbi, G., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2023). Contradictions about sustainability: A case study of college students from Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 15, 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043483
AlZohbi, G., Almoaikel, A., & AlShuhail, L. (2023). An overview of the technologies used to store hydrogen. Energy Reports, 9, 28-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.08.072
AlZohbi, G., AlShuhail, L., & Almoaikel, A. (2023). An estimation of green hydrogen generation from wind energy: A case study from KSA. Energy Reports, 9, 262-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.09.010
Al-Zohbi, G., Pilotti, M. A. E., Barghout, K., Elmoussa, O., & Abdelsalam, H. (2023). Lesson learned from the pandemic for learning physics. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39, 591–602. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12768
El Alaoui, K. & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2023). Laudable madness: Seizing life from the teeth of death. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2023.2190905
Mohammed, N. I., Abdelsalam, H. M., Almalki, S., Abd-Rabbou, M. Y., Abdel-Khalek, S., & Khalil, E. M. (2023). Witnessing quantum correlations in two coupled quantum dots under intrinsic decoherence. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 69, 521-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2023.01.057
Pilotti, M. A. E., & El Alaoui, K. (2023). Forecasting honesty: An investigation of the Middle Eastern bicultural mind. Knowledge, 3, 113-128. https://doi.org/10.3390/knowledge3010009
Pilotti, M. A. E., & El Alaoui, K. (2023). Lessons learned from online and face-to-face courses: To what extent is students’ academic success just a matter of showing up? The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 30(1), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v30i01/15-32
Pilotti, M. A. E., & Gaddourah, A. (2023). Cheat or not to cheat on an exam: The role of emotional intelligence in moral judgment. The International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, 30(1), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0128/CGP/v30i01/37-52
Pilotti, M. A. E., Al Mulhem, H., Al Kuhayli, H., & El Alaoui, K. (2023). A case study of students’ performance in Arabic and Islamic culture courses before and during the pandemic (face-to-face and online instruction). Journal of Education in Muslim Societies, 4(2), 96-115. https://doi.org/10.2979/jems.2022.a896976
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., & Waked, A. (2023). Battling unawareness of one’s test performance: Do practice, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence matter? Behavioral Sciences, 13, 275. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13030275
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., Abdelsalam, H. M., & Khan, R. (2023). Sustainable development in action: A retrospective case study on students’ learning before, during, and after the pandemic. Sustainability, 15(9), 7664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097664
Pilotti, M. A. E., El Alaoui, K., Khan, R., Abdelsalam, H. (2023). “Do I need to read to do well?” A post-pandemic case study of STEM and non-STEM students. Discover Education (Collection: STEM Experiences in Education), 2(34), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-023-00059-6
Pilotti, M. A. E., Waked, A., El Alaoui, K., & Abdelsalam, H. (2023). Changing times in the middle of East and West: Cultural dispositions three years later. Frontiers in Education, 8, 1134190. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1134190
Pilotti, M. A. E., Waked, A., El Alaoui, K., Kort S., & Elmoussa, O. J. (2023). The emotional state of second-language learners in a research writing course: Do academic orientation and major matter? Behavioral Sciences, 13(11), 919. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13110919
Pilotti, M.A.E., Hassan, S. A., El Alaoui, K., & Aldossary, F. (2023). Are law students’ individual differences in the post-pandemic world related to performance? Frontiers in Education, 7, 1064392. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.1064392
Waheed, S. (2023). Cosmology of new Tsallis holographic dark energy-based reconstructed models in teleparallel theories. International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, 21(04), 2450083. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021988782450083X
Waheed, S. (2023). Reconstruction of cosmological models in a general gravitational framework involving torsion scalar. International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, 20(02), 2350032. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219887823500329
Waked, A., El Alaoui, K., & Pilotti, M. A. E. (2023). Second-language writing anxiety and its correlates: A challenge to sustainable education in a post-pandemic world. Cogent Education, 10(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2280309
Zubair, M., Waheed, S., Farooq, M., Alkhaldi, A. H., & Ali, A. (2023). New Casimir wormholes in f (R, T) gravity admitting conformal killing vectors. The European Physical Journal Plus, 138(10), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04539-4
Zubair, M., Waheed, S., Muneer, Q. & Ahmad, M. (2023). Thermodynamics and perturbative analysis of some newly developed F(R, Lm, T) theories under the scenario of conserved energy‐momentum tensor. Fortschritte der Physik, 71(8-9), 2300018. https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.202300018