Browsing by Author "Ishtiaq Hussain"

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    Effect of direct teaching method on the academic achievement of high and low achievers in the subject of English at the secondary level
    (Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010-07) Uzma Quraishi; Ishtiaq Hussain; Nisar Hussain Hamdani, Syed; Zeeshan, Muhammad
    The major objective of the study was to determine the role of the direct teaching method in the academic achievement of students in English at the secondary level. To achieve the said objective, the Solomon Four-Design pre-test/post-test equivalent group design was considered to be the most useful design for this study. The pre-test was used to measure the achievement. The pre-test was used only to equate the control and experimental groups. Thus, the Solomon four-group design was applied for treatment of the data. The experimental group was taught by the direct method, while the control group was taught by the traditional method for a period of six weeks. At the end of the treatment, a post-test was administered and scores of pre-test and post-test were served as data for the study. Applying t-test and analysis of variance tested to know the significance of difference between the scores of groups at 0.05 levels. After analyzing the secured data it was concluded that the direct teaching method was more effective as a teaching-learning technique for English compared to the traditional teaching method. Students in the direct teaching method outscored the students working in the traditional learning situation. Low achievers in the direct teaching showed significant superiority over low achievers learning English by the traditional method. Thus, direct teaching was found to be a more effective method for quality teaching of English to the low achievers as compared to the traditional method of teaching. High achievers, whether they were taught English by the direct or traditional method, retained learned material at the same rate. Low achievers who were taught English by the direct method retained more material as compared to low achievers taught by traditional method of teaching.
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    Faculty satisfaction in higher education: a TQM approach
    (Clute Institute, 2010-06) Uzma Quraishi; Ishtiaq Hussain; Makhdoom Ali Syed; Farah Rahman
    This paper was aimed to investigate the levels of satisfaction among faculty members in higher education in Pakistan. Five hundred faculty members were surveyed from leading public and private universities through an instrument developed by the authors and 450 were completed and returned. Percentage method was used to analyze and interpret data. The results highlighted the value of the survey as a strategy for management and human resource planning in universities.
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    A survey study to find out the relationship between leadership styles and demographic characteristics of elementary and secondary school teachers
    (Academic Journals, 2010-11) Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Uzma Quraishi; Ishtiaq Hussain
    This article reports a study aiming to investigate the leadership styles of elementary and secondary school teachers’ in Public Sector schools in Lahore, Pakistan. The study also explored if there was any correlation between demographic characteristics of teachers and their leadership styles. A survey was conducted using Task-oriented and People-oriented T_P leadership styles questionnaire comprising 35 items administered on 150 respondents. Pearson correlation, t-test and ANOVA methods were used to analyze the data. Teachers` gender and monthly income were significantly correlated with the task oriented, participating and selling leadership style. While Age, Designation, of the teachers` were significantly correlated with the people oriented leadership, participating and delegating leadership styles. Experience of the teachers had significant correlation with participating and delegating leadership styles. Professional qualification was also significantly correlated with delegating leadership style of teachers.