Journal of the College of Education for Women

This study aims at examining the effectiveness of
using the narrative approach in teaching the
Interpretation of the Qur'an course in the development
of conceptual comprehension among first-grade middle
school female students. To achieve the objective of this
study, a quantitative quasi-experimental design has
been used. The sample consisted of first-grade middle
school female students at "the third middle school" in
Buraidah city, as this school suits the objective of the
study. A test of conceptual understanding has been built
by the researchers according to a list of conceptual
understating skills at a significance level of α ≤ 0.05.
Results have shown that there are statistically
significant differences at the level (α ≤ 0,05) between
the mean scores of the experimental group and the
control group students regarding the conceptual
comprehension test in favour of the experimental group.
Moreover, there are statistically significant differences
between the mean scores of the experimental group
students in the pre- and post-conceptual comprehension
tests in favour of the post-test. Based on these results,
the researchers have provided a set of related
recommendations and suggestions, such as:
accentuating the importance of using the narrative
approach in constructing Sharia sciences courses in
general and the interpretation of the Qur'an course in
particular. Accordingly, the researchers have
recommended conducting a study entitled the
effectiveness of using the narrative approach in teaching the interpretation of the Qur'an course in
developing the first-grade secondary school students’
conceptual comprehension.

The current research aims to investigate the skills
of the intended meaning beyond the context when
reading poetry among fifth literary students. To achieve
the aim of the research, the researcher has followed the
descriptive approach and used two tools: an open
questionnaire that includes an inquiry about the skills of
the intended meaning beyond the poetic context, and a
closed questionnaire that were examined by the juries,
and modified accordingly. Besides, its validity and
stability were examined by applying the study on an
exploratory sample of (15) teachers to reach its final
version and determine the time required to answer it.
Then, the researcher applied it on the research sample
of (96) male and female teachers selected from various
schools in the center of Babylon Governorate, who
teach fifth grade of the literary branch. After processing
the responses statistically, the research has concluded
the following: three intended meaning skills have been
identified to determine the intended meaning beyond
the poetic context. Regarding the item (training students
to be able to determine the meaning of difficult words
in the text) of the first item of the skill, it has the
highest score, as its intensity reached (4,41) and its
percentage weight reached (%88,3). The item (training
students to be able to understand the hidden meaning of
the text and the recognition of its aesthetic value) of the
second item of the skill has gained the highest score
which amounts to (4.33) with a percentage weight of
(%86.6). The item (training the students on the use of
educational aids related to the text, which may be
pictures or phrases) of the third item of the skill has
received the highest score, as its intensity reached (4.5) a percentage weight of (%90). According to these
results, the researcher has recommended that students
should be given enough time to be able to consider and
understand the meaning of a text.

The study aims to know the degree of secondary
school managers' practice of servant leadership in Gaza
from their teachers’ perspective. It further aims to
examine whether there are any statistically significant
differences at (α 0.05≥) between the means of the study
sample’s members attributed to variables such as
(gender, educational qualification, and years of
experience). To achieve the objectives of the study, the
study adopted the descriptive survey method, using a
questionnaire consisting of (30) items distributed to
four domains: (workers service, ethical dealing,
motivation & influence, and building an organized,
integrated society). Then, the questionnaire was
distributed to the sample, which consisted of (262)
teachers. The study has shown that the total estimation
degree of the sample regarding their managers’ use of
servant leadership is great at a mean of (3.94) and a
relative weight equal to (78.8%). The study has further
revealed that the dimension of (ethical dealing)
occupied the first rank with a relative weight of
(81.4%), whereas the dimension of “workers service
and motivation & influence”, scored the second rank
with a relative weight of (78.7%). As for the dimension
of building an organized and integrated society, it took
the last rank with a relative weight of (75%). It has been
further noticed that there are no statistically significant
differences at (α 0.05 ≥) between the average degree of
the study sample in relation to the variables (gender,
educational qualification, and years of experience)

The study aims to identify the impact of
electronic games on increasing the dropout rate among
students in the basic stage in Jordan from their teachers’
point of view. The study adopted a descriptive survey
method. Its community consisted of all fe(male)
teachers of the basic stage in public and private schools,
(First Amman, Irbid, and special education in Zarqa and
Amman). The electronic questionnaire was used as a
tool for the study. The results have shown that the
effect of electronic games on increasing the dropout
rate among students in the basic stage in Jordan was
high. Besides, there are statistically significant
differences due to the gender variable for males. There
are statistically significant differences due to the
variables of the school sector and private schools.
Besides, there are statistically significant differences
due to the variable of specialization and in favor of
humanities. The study finally recommended to have
more stringent controls by the Ministry of Education on
dropout students. It has further recommended to
activate the role of the educational counselor in
educating students about electronic games, and hold
workshops for them on how to invest time properly

This study aims to know the relationship
between the birth order and lifestyles among a sample
of adolescent students. The sample of the study
consisted of (200) students selected from the
governmental schools in the Directorate of Education
of Qabatiya, in the second semester of the academic
year 2020/2021. The results of the study have revealed
that the most common lifestyles among the sample of
the study are represented by: (the belonging) style, (the
submissive) style, (the avenger) style, (the pampered)
style, respectively. The study has also found that there
are statistically significant differences in the lifestyles
of: (the victim, the domineering, the avenger, and the
harmful) which are ascribed to the gender variable.
Moreover, there are statistically significant differences
in (the pampered) style in favour of the female students.
The study has also indicated that there is no statistically
significant relationship between the birth order and the
lifestyles among the sample of the study. The
researcher has recommended conducting more studies
which deal with birth order and the lifestyles with other
variables and other categories.

The study aims at knowing students’ academic
assistance at the Department of Kindergarten. It further
aims to know the difference of academic assistance
among these students with respects to variables like
(college of education for women, Baghdad, Thi-Qar). It
also aims to know about the difference according to the
academic level variable, in addition to its relation to
some other variables. To achieve the objectives of the
study, a number of university female students were
selected from both Baghdad an Thi-Qar Universities in
the academic year 2019-2020. The sample of the
participants consisted of (400) students from the
(second, third, and fourth) levels. To measure the study
variable represented by the concept of academic
assistance, the researchers designed a measurement test
following the scientific steps followed when preparing
psychological measurements. Then, the validity and
reliability of the measuring test was derived. The
researchers further used statistical tools to derive the
findings of the study, such as Pearson’s factor, the t-test,
and variance analysis). The study has concluded that
students have the ability to ask for academic assistance.
Besides, there are statistical differences of the academic
assistance according to the college variable. Moreover,
there are differences of academic assistance between the
second and fourth levels in favor of the second level,
and between the third and fourth in favor of the third.

The research aims to assess the functional
efficiency of private education institutions when
performing their task at a high level to satisfy the needs
of the city’s residents. It has been recently noticed that
people favor private education to government
institutions education; a matter which has led to the
phenomenon of its spread, and to access its
consequences. Its spread has competed not only the
governmental institutions, but also the private
institutions among themselves in providing the best
educational services and survive accordingly. The
present paper further examines the pressing negative
side on the teaching faculty, especially with regard to
their monthly income. The positive and negative points
altogether have made it urgent to find the best and
proper solutions to enhance faculty members’ output,
and increase their positive sides to serve the educational
service. Such steps cannot be achieved without
conducting tests inside these private educational
institutions to interpret all their scientific queries. The
study has used the descriptive, functional and analytical
approach, and adopted a field study by collecting
relevant data and information for the purpose of the
research and its problem based on the reality of the
facilities of this service for the year (2020). The first
two questionnaire forms were distributed to a sample of (1520) parents of students in private schools, by taking
one student per family. The second sample amounted to
(200) survey forms distributed to the teaching faculty.
Results have shown that the high percentage of students
registered in the primary stage greatly surpassed the rest
of the educational stages. Besides, the increase in the
educational level provided by these institutions is the
reason for its spread; that is why, the level of students’
parents’ satisfaction has increased to (good) level.

Understanding breaking news necessitates a
special attention, since they are written with a special style.
The study aims at identifying the difficulties faced by the
Iraqi university EFL learners in comprehending English
breaking news. The study included 10 fourth year students
enrolled at the Department of English, College of
Education for Humanities, University of Anbar. Thus, a
questionnaire as a research instrument, was sent online to
the students. The questionnaire points were related to the
identification of difficulties faced by the learners in
comprehending English breaking news. The data of the
study were (10) headlines selected purposively from
Euronews website. The data were qualitatively analyzed
based on quantifying the quality procedure. The findings
showed that (54%) of the total number of the students
stated that the headlines are difficult to understand, and
(46%) considered them easy. Based on these findings, the
study has concluded that students faced four main
difficulties: neologism, difficult vocabulary, ellipsis, and
passive voice when reading news headlines. Neologism has
scored the highest percentage (32.4324%), while passive
voice has been the lowest (5.4054%).

News headlines are key elements in spreading news.
They are unique texts written in a special language which
enables readers understand the overall nature and
importance of the topic. However, this special language
causes difficulty for readers in understanding the headline.
To illuminate this difficulty, it is argued that a pragmatic
analysis from a speech act theory perspective is a plausible
tool for a headline analysis. The main objective of the
study is to pragmatically analyze the most frequently
employed types of speech acts in the news headlines
covering COVID-19 in Aljazeera English website. To this
end, Bach and Harnish's (1979) Taxonomy of Speech Acts
has been adopted to analyze the data. Thirty headlines have
been collected from Aljazeera English news website. The
findings have shown that constatives and directives occur
more frequently than commissives. Other types, like
acknowledgments, effectives and verdictives are not
employed. The study has concluded that to pay a special
emphasis on COVID-19 as an issue that preoccupied and
endangered the world, headline writers of Aljazeera
website uses specific speech acts, constatives and
directives, more frequently than others. This makes it clear
that using specific speech acts in writing headlines is an
effective way for inspiring readers to easily understand the
intended message

The interest in pre-service teacher training has
become influential in teaching English as a foreign
language, and the purpose of this training course is to
prepare qualified teachers to teach effectively through the
application of this technique by undergraduate students.
This research aims to find out the effect of using the seven
principles of good practice as a teaching technique on the
fourth stage student-teachers’ performance at the College
of Education for Women/University of Baghdad, during
the academic year 2017-2018. The sample includes (60)
students selected according to the stratified sampling
method. The observational checklist used by the
department to assess the student teachers’ performance
during the practicum period is used as a study instrument.
This quantitative study used the quasi-experimental design
of two independent samples, experimental control groups
and the control group trained traditionally. The former
group is designed to verify the hypothesis that states,
“there is no statistically significant difference between the
mean scores of the experimental group trained by seven
principles of good practice and that of the control group
trained traditionally in their teaching performance”. The
study has concluded that the hypothesis is rejected
according to the result of the T-test of two independent
samples. Accordingly, the researcher recommends the
university administration to use new techniques in learning
and overcoming the difficulties that the student teachers
face and the short