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An Investigation of the Use of Lexical Cohesive Devices in Academic Writing Essays of Grade 9 Learners at an American School in Sharjah See

Writing is considered a challenging skill for L2 learners of English regardless their proficiency level, particularly in terms of achieving coherence and text unity. Research has shown that most L2 learners usually underuse, misuse or overuse cohesive devices that are significantly responsible for maintaining cohesion and coherence in their essay writing. This study aims to investigate the use of lexical cohesive devices for 56 grade 9 L2 learners at an American curriculum school in Sharjah c...

Exploring Teaching and Learning of Critical Thinking in Private Schools in Dubai See

Critical thinking is one of the most desirable skills of the 21st century which is required to meet the challenges associated with today’s modern world of technology. The current study aims to explore and analyze the various teaching methods and strategies utilized by the teachers in private school in Dubai. It focuses on promoting critical thinking skills amongst students. The current research adopts a mix method approach in the research design whereby teachers and students of grades 4 and 5...

The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Staff Engagement: A Study Conducted in Private Schools in Dubai See

This study aims to identify the role of authentic leadership in driving staff performance in the UAE, with a specific context to Dubai schools. The study has some crucial objectives involving the investigation of the significance of authentic leadership in the educational context and also examines the interrelationship between authentic leadership and staff engagement. The study also seeks to analyse the impact of authentic leadership on staff engagement regarding Dubai schools and explore th...

“Smart Home” - From A Concept To A Living Product in the UAE See

Smart Home has a significant role in assessment of requisite appliances and systems. The recent developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) have used technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The Smart Home technology has been utilised recently and it provides better services for decision making. Assistive medical robotics are a good example for productization and the concept of Smart Home can be involved for Smart Home. The market of Smart Homes in UAE ma...

Risk in construction supply chain See

Pakistan's construction industry is constantly evolving and is associated with high and critical risk factors that is close relating to the success and failure of a construction project. One of the most critical factors that affect the construction project is disrupted the supply chain in construction. Disruption in construction supply chain occurs due to many risk factors that occur during the project life cycle. The research is aimed to identify the critical risk factors that occur in a con...

Risks in construction supply chain See

Pakistan's construction industry is constantly evolving and is associated with high and critical risk factors that is close relating to the success and failure of a construction project. One of the most critical factors that affect the construction project is disrupted the supply chain in construction. Disruption in construction supply chain occurs due to many risk factors that occur during the project life cycle. The research is aimed to identify the critical risk factors that occur in a con...

The Impact of Kinetic Façade on the Performance and Energy Efficiency of a Public Building in Dubai - The Case of Dubai Frame See

Recently many studies were conducted to discuss adaptive and intelligent façade techniques in response to climate factors to enhance the sustainability measures of buildings. However, these studies have not been interacted in the design stage of buildings especially in the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, where there are many high-rise buildings that consist of large percentage of glazing in their façade, which increase the amount of energy consumption and affect the performance of these buildi...

Exploring culturally responsive leadership practices in international private schools in Dubai See

The cultural diversity in the city of Dubai is high. Accordingly, it is important for its schools’ leaders to lead their schools by using a leadership style, which is appropriate for this context. The purpose of this study is to examine the ways and also the extent to which culturally responsive leadership is being practiced by heads of departments in the international private, middle and high schools in Dubai, UAE. The Challenges that heads of department face while leading based on culturall...

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Multivariable Control System with Least Energy Dissipation See

The highest energy consumption in building sector is caused by building's services such as lighting units and thermal comfort systems. Heated Ventilated Air Conditioning (HVAC) system consumes approximately 50% of the total building energy bill. Many measures have been proposed to achieve energy efficient buildings. Accurate HVAC mathematical models, as well as suitable HVAC control system that leads to optimised energy consumption and improved system performance are part of the engineering e...

Developing a Framework for Stakeholder Management throughout Construction Project Life Cycle See

Stakeholder management subject has recently gained more attention by researchers and construction organizations due to its crucial role in projects success. Stakeholder management controls the relationship among stakeholders and enhances the communication and collaboration by managing the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder aiming to form clear objectives and deliverables. This research aimed to examine the previously identified critical success factors for effective stakeholder m...

Uncovering the Successful Leadership Style and the Reasons along with the Impacts of its Success in Band A Rated Abu Dhabi Schools See

This research has the aim of uncovering the successful leadership style and the reasons along with the impacts of its success in Band A rated Abu Dhabi schools. This aim was selected due to there being little to no relevant studies in such cultural and specific contexts.It investigated what the most successful and frequent leadership characteristics are present in school leaders of school rated as Band A (Outstanding, Very Good). These characteristics matched well with the characteristics pre...

The use of ICT in supporting secondary school learner with disabilities: 2 case studies See

This mixed research study explores how information and communication technologies (ICT) which refers to all types of technology such as ipads helps secondary learners with special education needs and/ or disabilities (SEND) known in the UAE as determined students to communicate information. Both Participants came from secondary classrooms one identified as Non verbal Autistic on the higher spectrum and another a very gifted and talented student both using ICT. Both qualitative and quantitati...

A Study on SIM box or Interconnect Bypass Fraud See

SIM box or Interconnect Bypass Fraud is one of the fastest emerging frauds in Telecom industry today, costing the industry some USD 3 Billion. Calls made through the internet are sent to SIM boxes (machines that contains SIM cards) which redirect this illegitimate VoIP traffic onto mobile networks. Fraudsters effectively bypass the inter-connect toll charging points to exploit the difference between the high interconnect rates and the low retail price for on-network calls, thus avoiding payme...

Evaluating the effectiveness of current standards for designing Natural ventilation systems in hot climates and potential enhancements See

Over the past decade, the ventilation of domestic buildings in hot climates has been dominated by the mechanical systems with its centralized and standalone forms. The domination was initially sparked by the global warming thread, but it was later promoted by a financial incentive to the landlords which is the increased leasable areas due to reduced floor-to-floor height and absence of vertical stacks, shafts or Atriums. Other triggers for the mechanical domination were the elevated standard ...

An Investigative Case Study about Meeting the Needs of Students with Dyslexia to Achieve Successful Inclusion in Mainstream schools in the Private Sector in Dubai See

This case study aims to investigate the practices of an international mainstream school in Dubai in addressing the academic needs of elementary students with dyslexia in grades (1-5). The researcher used some tools of the qualitative approach in collecting and analysing data to achieve triangulation such as: Observation, interviews, questionnaires and document analysis to have a comprehensive idea about dyslexia regarding assessment and identification, curriculum and extra-curricular activiti...

Impact of Cognitive Developmental Theories on the Teaching and Learning Process at a Private US curriculum school in Dubai, UAE. See

Human development theories pursue to figure out how and why children change and develop over time. Human development theories present the framework to allow the educators to understand, explain and predict children’s’ behavior. Throughout history, there have been many theories that explain child development. This study focuses on two significant theories, Piaget’s cognitive development theories, and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. The study covered broadly many aspects of these two theories....

The Impact of Activity Based Learning on Students’ Achievement. A study Among 12 Grade Science and Environment Student in a public School in Oman See

In recent years, there has been an ongoing debate about the impacts of using activity based learning strategies instead of traditional learning strategies in the classroom, what is more appropriate to increase student’s motivation and attainment. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of activity based learning on students’ achievement in comparison to passive learning and detect students’ views towards activities. A study conducted in a public school in Oman. For this purpo...

Impact of Peer Mentoring Role on Mentors’ Personal Development and Leadership Practices: A study among Undergraduate Emirati Female Students at a Higher Education Institution in the United Arab Emirates See

Many leadership programs were initiated to increase female’s leadership and reduce gender barriers in most developed and developing countries. Among these programs, a great emphasis was put on the mentoring role due to the benefits it holds on developing females’ self-confidence and leadership skills. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the impact of peer mentoring role on mentors’ personal development and examine the most exemplary leadership practices that the mentoring role...

Data mining approach to predict student's selection of program majors See

Students in higher education do not have access to sufficient information when selecting their program major. Program administrators cannot easily predict majors that will be undersubscribed early enough to take corrective actions. At the same time, institutional databases have large volumes of data relating to student demographic profiles, course grades and academic performance. There is an opportunity to apply data mining to arrive at a model to predict student selection of a major. The...