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12 Pages : 88-95

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).12      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).12      Published : Sep 2019

Feedback Effect on Secondary School Students Achievement in Mathematics

    This study provides the empirical support that how feedback support students to improve their achievement in mathematics. The sample of the study was 87 students of Mathematics in grades IX. There were 43 students in the control group and 44 students in the experiment group. Groups were matched on students’ results in Mathematics in grade 8 to ensure the equivalence of both groups. Furthermore, a pretest was also conducted to confirm equivalence. The researcher employed different techniques and strategies of feedback while teaching mathematics to the experiment group. At the end of the intervention, the participants of this study were posttested. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 15 version. A comparison of pretest and posttest scores of control and experiment group has shown a significant effect of feedback on students’ achievement in mathematics. The average and the low ability learners of the experiment group outperformed the learners of the respective abilities in the control group.

    Formal and Informal Feedback, Verbal and Written Questioning, Dialogue, Achievement
    (1) Tahira Batool
    Assistant Professor,Department of Research and Evaluation,Lahore College For Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mumtaz Akhter
    Professor,Department of Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

01 Pages : 1-17

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2016(I-I).01      10.31703/gssr.2016(I-I).01      Published : Jun 2016

Political Islam in Perspective

    The paper critically evaluates the notion that political Islam is a threat to world peace. The argument is developed in the light of Islamic history and fundamentals of Islam and the research is based on primary and secondary sources. There was a time when magical influence of Muslims in every field of life (socio-economic, Political scientific) was conspicuous. For instance, Al Farabi's books influenced platonic theories. Similarly influence of Sufism on the works of William James, Goethe, August Comte, Nietzsche, Voltaire and Rousseau also cannot be over looked. Muslims taught geology, geography understanding of mathematics rules of philosophy and Industrial Arts and quality of products. Islamic state and society showed many signs of internal decay by 11th Century. The symptoms of decadence were discernible even earlier, the decline of the power and prestige of the caliphs even in their own capital. So, the problems lay with Muslim rulers and parties in rule but not with political Islam. The result was weak administration which shook the foundations of Islamic Empire. It is very important to have a state in order to preach Islam that is why, Mohammad (SWS) established Madina as a political entity to prevail justice on the lines of Quranic injunctions.

    Political Islam, Pakistan, Muslim World, Terrorism, Dialogue, Collaboration
    (1) Zahid Anwer
    Professor (tenured), Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
    (2) Nelofar Ikram
    PhD scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.