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Impacts of technology assisted science teaching on students learning outcome for 9th grade students in a private school in Dubai See

The search for learning and teaching methods has led to the exploration of various methods such as traditional and technology integrated. In addition to that, there has been controversies surrounding the use of technology in the classroom. This study is conducted to determine the effectiveness of integrating technology methods over the traditional teacher-centered way of teaching science classes. The aim of the study is test how effective integration of ICT is in the classroom. Key studies co...

Managing behavioural challenge among learners with SEND in Primary Private Schools in Dubai: Teachers’ perspective See

Education is one of the constitutional rights guaranteed by law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to all without discrimination. The provisions of the Federal Law No. 29 of 2006, as amended by Federal Law No. 14 of 2009 on the Rights of the Disabled, affirm that this right is guaranteed to persons with disabilities. The most important initiatives adopted by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in this regard are the "School for All" initiative, an initiative to promote the integration of persons...

Industrial Processes Performance Improvement using Six Sigma Principles and Tools See

For the block bottom paper bag company, the main areas to consider were paper quality, printing, slitting, and glue type. In this project, TQM and Six Sigma DMAIC methodology were used to improve the process of paper bag making to make sure that the output of the manufacturing process meets the demands of customers. This dissertation was implemented in Falcon Pack, a company that is located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The data collected from the Falcon Pack Company was used to make an a...

Investigating the Use of “Lughati Tablets” to Promote Arabic Reading Skills to Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A case study at The Sharjah City of Humanitarian Services (UAE) See

Acquiring reading proficiency starts at early ages and develops throughout the years however with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) children, this process does not on the whole move along standardized norms for reading development based on chronological age. This study examines the reading development of SEND students who are using Lughati tablets as Assistive Technologies (AT) to support their reading progress in Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS). Investigating...

Director Engagement with Corporate Purpose: The Contribution and Potential of Institutional Investors See

This thesis develops an improved conceptual understanding of when and how directors, as key corporate governance actors, engage with corporate purpose as a company’s raison d’être, and how institutional investors contribute to their engagement. There is a gap in the corporate governance academic literature as to how corporations and investors can enable director engagement, as a condition for corporations to create value for society as well as for investors. The thesis examines how institut...

An investigative study of a Dubai-based mainstream private school in meeting the educational needs of a student with Dyspraxia DOC See

The purpose of this study is to investigate the practices of a Dubai-based mainstream school in meeting the needs of a student with Dyspraxia. The researcher used the qualitative approach which is based on the triangulation method represented in observations, questionnaire-based surveys, focus-groups, interviews and document analysis. This research paper aimed at studying the school’s policy and provision regarding students with special educational needs. The researcher covered the admission ...

Exploring Machine Learning Models to Predict Harmonized System Code See

Globalization has shaped the way governments and government agencies operate; alongside how said phenomenon has consequently paved the way toward economic growth. With globalization, use of modern technology has also become a vital component in the public sector. Customs, for one, recognizes the importance of technology in ensuring efficiency of international trade. The Harmonized System (HS) Code is widely used across all customs departments because of the several benefits it yields for the ...

An integrated framework of advanced technological solutions for better construction project delivery in UAE See

For years the construction sector has been keen to enhance its productivity and efficiency, besides many initiatives been proposed. The confusion lies on the selection of an appropriate innovation for better construction project delivery. Presently, a number of advanced construction tools, innovations, and methods are available that could be used to improve construction project delivery. Hence, this study aimed to examine how advanced technological tools and methods can be used to reduce the ...

The Impact of Using Specialist Geotechnical Software in Modeling of Pile Raft Foundation (PRF) See

Due to rapid urbanization, the construction of tall towers has become common in all the metro cities. The column loads from the towers will be very high depending on the height of the tower and they require very efficient foundation system to carry them. It is very common these days that most of the towers are founded on Piled raft foundation systems. Reinforced concrete slabs of uniform thickness acting as shallow foundations, covering complete plinth area of building are called as Raft fou...

The Impact of Absenteeism and Islamic Work Ethics on Project Delivery in Public Projectized Organizations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) See

It has been argued that absenteeism adversely affects employees’ productivity, especially in public sector. As the modern world demands a lot from the employees so the stress levels of the employees were increased and are not able to balance the work and the personal life where the individual is affected physically and psychologically that leads to employee’s absenteeism. This adverse impact might be magnified when it occurs in projectized organizations due to the significance of ‘time’ in fu...

The Impact of Managerial Risk factors on Building information modeling Performance in the Construction Industry See

"Recently, most of the countries are trying to implement BIM for all the construction projects due to the increase of project size and complexity. Moreover, the many benefits that software is offering to the construction projects encouraged the project managers to use BIM to monitor their projects. On the other hand, there are many challenges facing BIM implementation and affecting its performance. These benefits and challenges inspire researchers to exert more efforts in order to increase th...

The effect of the Technical Risks on the successful implementation of BIM See

"The digital revolution had many applications in different industries which lead to a major improvement. So it was necessary to use BIM as a new technology in the construction field for ensuring a rapid and stable growth. There are many challenges in implementing BIM in the construction industry which threaten its success and prevent the use of all advantages. There are many potential technical risks associated with the use of BIM technology which negatively impacted different aspects in the ...

Investigating the progress of Dubai private schools’ PISA and TIMSS results and school inspection reports from 2011 to 2018 See

International assessments have made an impact on many countries’ national education policies. In 2014, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, launched the UAE National Agenda, detailed in the ‘UAE Vision 2021’ policy document, which includes an objective to put the UAE among the top 15 countries in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and top 20 in the Programme for International Student As...

A Study on the Impact of Human Resource Cost Reduction Strategies on the Employee Performance in the Semi Government Organizations in AbuDhabi, UAE See

In the most competitive and stimulating current world, the UAE has earnt to place herself in a revered spot in all rounds, nonetheless, every organization and the management consistently initiates to accelerate employee productivity in all means. However, at times to face the turbulent times, companies may vehemently decide to cut the human resource cost; consequently, there may be a change in workforce productivity which was intended to cover in this research. This research aimed at three re...

An Investigative study to Explore Teachers` Attitude Towards the Inclusion of Learners on the Autism Spectrum Disorder and Learners with Meares Irlen Syndrome in Private Schools in the UAE See

"The fundamental purpose of this research paper was to investigate teachers` attitude towards the inclusion of students with Autism and Meares Irlen Syndrome in four private schools in the UAE through studying their understanding of the main features, characteristics and classroom arrangements for each case. It also explored teachers` readiness to include students with these two cases in regular classes in addition to identifying some preconceived ideas about both cases. The research adopted ...

Leadership and Its Impact on Organisational Behaviour in a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) See

This study seeks to critically investigate the impact that various leadership style have on organisational behaviours that are crucial in maintaining high organisational performance with respect to an NPP in the UAE. The leadership styles under consideration include transformational leadership, transactional leadership and LMX. The study identified a number of independent, dependent, and sub-variables to address the research questions and objectives. A comprehensive analysis of the existing l...

Enhancing the construction innovation practices using exploratory project to overcome construction innovation’s obstacle and improve the project performance See

Even though the field of construction occupies a privileged place in a country’s economy, the innovation in the construction industry is suffering due to the low quality and slow growth comparing to other industries. Taking into account the role of innovation to succeed in a fast changing and extremely competitive market which highlights the high importance of innovation in the construction market for development and better opportunities. Hence, this research is investigating the reasons behi...

The Impact of Cooperative Learning on Speaking Performance among University Foundation Programme Students See

The purpose of the present study is two-fold: to investigate the impact of cooperative learning on speaking performance among university foundation programme students and to explore the extent to which CL affected students’ attitudes. The study adopted a mixed-methods approach, underpinned by the paradigm of pragmatism in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. The sample size was 60 students from a private university in Oman in their first year foundation pr...

An Artificial Intelligence Approach for Predictive Maintenance in Electronic Toll Collection System See

Predictive maintenance of Electronic Toll Collection System is a major subject in traffic engineering due to the complexity of the system and the difficulty of predicting the components failures. Two types of machine learning models namely classification and regression model were developed and implemented to predict the failure and abnormal behavior of the system. Nevertheless, the accuracy and performance of these models are questioned since they do not account for other system information. ...