Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Education -- IIUM Summary: The study aimed at highlighting the extent of practicing and implementing total quality standards in teaching performance by secondary school teachers in south Saudi Arabia from the perspective of educational supervisors and teachers working in that area. The researc

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Information systems -- IIUM Summary: The emergence of computer ethics in the environment of ubiquitous Information and Communication Technology is not new as it had been blooming since the 1970s. The terminology of ethical behavior in computer use aka computer ethics in this study based on th

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Business Administration -- IIUM Summary: The fact that potentially unethical advertisements are reaching the marketplace suggests that current methods of evaluating advertisements may be insufficient for some of today‟s controversial or innovative advertising strategies. Interestingly, cust

Subject(s): Self-efficacy -- Thailand | Coeducation -- Thailand | Single-sex schools -- Thailand | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling -- IIUM Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of non-coeducational school setting on secondary students' social self-efficacy. The study also

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Curriculum and Instruction -- IIUM Summary: This research sought to explore the factors behind student motivation in the memorization of the Quran as well as to investigate the challenges which hindered student motivation while memorizing the Quran. It also examined how students overcome thes

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Curriculum and Instruction -- IIUM Summary: The current study aimed to explore the effects of 'Community of Inquiry' (COI) pedagogy on ESL learners' writing skill following Fascione's six core critical thinking skills of: interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explan

Subject(s): City and town life -- Malaysia Kuala Lumpur | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Urban and Regional Planning -- IIUM Summary: Where we live influences our lives and, thus, our quality of lives. Therefore, urban environments should be designed as places with the best quality of life – those with the least preventable daily ob

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: In academic writing, the acknowledgment section is considered as a rhetorical section that is obligatory. Thus, it could be considered as a part of academic writing even though it seems a personal piece of writing. Compared to other sections li

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Business Administration -- IIUM Summary: The Islamic banking system is growing and gaining customers' acceptance from all over the world. Many international conventional banks have started to open branches which operate in accordance with the Islamic Shari'ah principles mostly in Isla

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Accounting -- IIUM Summary: Timeliness is an essential characteristic of financial reporting to promote investors' confidence in the capital market and to enable them to make decisions. The delay in releasing the annual financial report, which is highly influenced by the length of the aud