The Effectiveness of Using Critical Concepts and Outcomes in Distance Learning via Darsak Platform during Corona Pandemic in Compensating Students' Educational Loss in AL-Mazar Ash-Shamali Directorate of Education: Teachers' Perspectives

RESEARCH ARTICLE The Effectiveness of Using Critical Concepts and Outcomes in Distance Learning via Darsak Platform during Corona Pandemic in Compensating Students' Educational Loss in AL-Mazar Ash-Shamali Directorate of Education: Teachers' Perspectives Dr: Faisal Saleh Al-Jarrah Part-time lecturer, Irbid National University, Jordan Part-time lecturer, Mu’tah University, Jordan Educational supervisor and expert at Al-Mazar Ash-Shamali Directorate of Education, Jordan Abstract The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using critical concepts and outcomes in distance learning via Darsak platform during “covid-19” pandemic in compensating students' educational loss from the perspectives of the teachers in AL-Mazar Ash-Shamali Directorate of Education. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher prepared an electronic questionnaire that consisted of (20) items. The questionnaire was distributed electronically to the sample of the study which consisted of (220) male and female teachers who were randomly chosen from the population of the study. The validity and reliability of the study questionnaire were ensured, and the descriptive analytical approach was used to analyze the data collected. The findings of the study stressed the importance of critical concepts and outcomes used in the distance learning program in compensating the students' educational loss. The findings also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 05.0) among the participants towards the use of critical concepts and outcomes in the distance learning program through Darsak Platform in compensating educational loss due to the gender variable. Keywords: Critical concepts and outcomes, distance learning program, educational loss, Darsak platform, teachers.

The Effect of Using Conjunction as Cohesive Device on the Undergraduates’ Quality of Writing in Argumentative Essays of Jordanian EFL Learners

The goal of this research was to investigate the effect of use conjunctions on the overall quality of argumentative writing of Jordanian English as foreign language (EFL) learners. This mixed-method research included sixty (n=60) undergraduate students at the Department. of English Language and Literature at Mu’tah University in Jordan. The participants of the research were selected using purposive sampling method. The data of the research were collected using written essays and interviews. The data was analyzed using SPSS. The data was collected using analytical scale Jacob et al., (1981) to measure the quality of argumentative essays. The result of this research showed that there was a weak negative but irrelevant correlation between writing quality and the frequency of conjunctions as cohesive devices. This correlation indicates that the frequent and general use of devices in the writing of Jordanian students did not contribute to the quality of the writing under any conditions. Also the finding revealed that there is an extremely negative but irrelevant correlation between the use of conjunctions devices by Jordanian EFL students and their writing quality. Therefore, the correlation was negative and insignificant for Jordanian EFL students. More specifically, the result shows that the frequencies of conjunctions were not found as an indicator of good writing quality for Jordanian EFL students. This research is significant for providing a considerable number of pedagogical implications for further research that will offer great contribution to the field of teaching writing in EFL setting in Jordan in particular and English as second language (ESL) context in general. Moreover, the research has shown a better understanding of cohesive devices / conjunctions by Jordanian EFL students at Mu’tah University.

Senior Management Degree of Crisis Management Practice and the Ability to Make Decisions to Solve University Problems at Mu'tah University in Karak: درجة ممارسة الإدارة العليا لإدارة الأزمات والقدرة على اتخاذ القرارات لحل المشاكل الجامعية في جامعة مؤتة بمحافظة الكرك

The study aimed at measuring senior management degree of crisis management practice and the ability to make decisions to solve university problems at Mu'tah University in Karak Governorate in Jordan. The researcher used the descriptive analytical and survey method. Then she developed two scales; First: to measure crisis management, and second: to measure making decisions by senior management to solve university problems. The sample of the study consisted of (85) senior management administrators (males &females) at the University of Karak. The results revealed that the total mean of the crisis management came high with a mean of (3.71) and a percentage of (74.2%), where the crisis planning was high with a percentage of (80.4%). The communication process in crises was high at (77%), And facing the crises by (71.2%), while the crisis teams came in a medium degree with (68.2%). The results showed that the total mean of the decision-making was medium with a mean of (3.50) and a percentage of (70%), while decision making and identifying the problem came in the first rank with the highest mean of (3.85), and a percentage of (77%), while decision making and collecting data came medium with a (72.8%). But decision making and choosing the alternative came medium with (69.4%), while decision making came medium and ranked last with a percentage of 60.6%. The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences due to the effect of gender, with a value of (0.325) and a significance of (0.570). And there were a statistically significant differences due to the administrative experience, where the differences came in favor of (20 years and more) group. The result revealed a positive significant relationship between the level of senior management of crisis management practice to solve university problems at Mu'tah University and the level of senior management ability to make decisions to solve university problems.