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Retraction Of "Trauma Reverberations: A Study Of Selected Novels", Intisar Rashid Khaleel, Raed Idrees Mahmood

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

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The Level Of Brain Mastery Among Graduate Students, Rokaya Akram Jawamir, Nabil Abdel Aziz Al-Badri

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The research aims to identify:

1- The level of professional brain mastery among graduate students.

2- There are statistically significant differences in brain dominance according to the variable (gender – specialization).

The current research sample consisted of (300) male and female students from the universities of Tikrit and Kirkuk, and the researcher adopted the cerebral dominance scale prepared by (Al-Alali, 2018) for cerebral dominance, which was translated and localized from the (Paul Torrance, 1982) scale, which measures the right and left patterns. And the integrated pattern is that the scale is global and has been translated into Arabic, so the …

The Novel Of Manners In Anne Tyler’S Breathing Lessons, Khitam Kamil Mubdir, Sahar Abdul Ameer Haraj

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

This paper deals with Anne Tyler (1941) one of the most prolific American writer. Tyler’s Breathing Lessons is the eleventh novel, and the novel won a Pulitzer Prize in 1989. The novel is published in 1988. In this paper a study is undertaken to investigate the use of novel of manners in Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons. The novel contains a high dramatic plot than any exciting plot found in any thriller movie. The significance of Breathing Lessons is that it depicts the life of Maggie and her husband, Ira, an American couple and who are middle aged. This family maintains …

The Social Motives Of Oppression In Andalusian Poetry (The Era Of Beni Al-Ahmar), Jumaa Hussein Youssef, Muhammad Hamid Abdullah

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

In Andalusian poetry, oppression was an artistic phenomenon, its motives were numerous, and its causes were colored by the colors of its causes and the feelings of its owners. This research represents the endeavor to trace the social motives of this phenomenon, by revealing its dimensions and connotations in the souls of its creators from the Andalusian poets, those whose sense of oppression stifled their lives. So that strength becomes with him the first condition for a life worthy of humanity of man. The research is extracted from the doctoral thesis tagged (Conqueror in Andalusian entitled era of Bani al-Ahmar …

Criminalizing Cyberbullying With A Special Law, Nawfal Ali Abdullah Al-Safo, Marivan Mustafa Rashid

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The crime of cyberbullying has recently spread markedly, with the bully using websites such as social media sites, talk forums, blogs, etc., to pass intentional and strongly worded negative messages to gain, insult, wound, and even fling... etc., to distort the image of the receiving individual and harm him and his psyche amounting to depression and suicide to get rid of the bully. So many countries seek to control and reduce this grave crime against members of society by enacting laws and creating bullies. Cyberbullying, trying to raise sis to raise society's awareness of this crime and its dangers and …

The Impact Of The Wilen & Phillips Strategy On The Achievement Of 5th-Grade Literary Students In History And The Development Of Their Future Thinking., Majid Abed Nassif

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The aims of the current research is to identify (the impact of Willen and Phillips’ strategy on the achievement of 5th-grade literary students in history and the development of their future thinking). The researcher adopted the experimental design with two equal groups, to suit the nature of the research, and the research sample consisted of (63) students who were deliberately selected from Ibn Khaldoun High School for Boys, and this sample was randomly divided into two groups, one of them was experimental, which included (31) students, and the other control group, which included (32) students. The curriculum for parents and …

The Effect Of Using Inductive, Deductive, And Interactive Approach On Students’ Achievement In Teaching Grammar To Develop Writing Skills, Khlood Safaa Mahdi, Najwa Yassin Ismail

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This study aims to implement grammatical competence strategies (inductive, inductive, and interactive) in developing students' writing in grammar and their attitudes towards English as a foreign language. To achieve the purpose of the study, the researchers applied the tools to target a sample of the second intermediate grade female students at Maysaloon Girls School in two groups, Experimental and control were used in this study. The experimental group was taught the inductive, deductive, and interactive strategies, and then the control freeware was studied in the traditional way method.While at a time when new trends in language teaching encourage the use …

The Effect Of Modeled Talk Strategy On Improving Efl Preparatory Pupils’ Speaking Skill, Kanaan Al.Hasan, Hanan Emad Maher

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The purpose of this research is to determine whether or not the Modelled Talk strategy improved the speaking skills of EFL Preparatory Pupils as measured by post-test recognition and production scores, as well as whether or not there was a significant difference in the performance of the experimental group between pre- and post-tests. Hypotheses for this research include,there is no significant difference in post-test scores between the Modelled Talk and control groups and there is no significant difference in post-test scores between the Modelled Talk and Post-Test 1 and Post-Test 2 experimental groups.The present study sampled (60)sixth grade class of …

The Impact Of International Non-Governmental Organizations On International Environmental Policy: Greenpeace As A Model, Siham Hathouti, Nayif Ahmed Dhahi

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Greenpeace is one of the largest and most active international non-governmental organizations in the environmental field. It is making great efforts to defend environmental issues at the international level, also To raise awareness of them, and to limit the effects of threats that our planet facing.

Due to the successes it has accumulated, and the developments it has witnessed throughout its struggle, Green Peace was able to prove its presence on the international scene, and its directions and positions have become more accurate at the present time than they were in the past and more effective, after it had a …

The Impact Of Particular Exercises According To The Fluidity Of Kinetic Transfer For Some Variables Biomechanics For The Moment Of Upgrading And The Achievement Of A Long Jump Of The Talented, Ali Hussein Sagheer, Abbas Ali Lafta, Amjad Nsaif Jasem

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The research contained introduction, problem, hypotheses and objectives, as it touched upon the impact of particular exercises according to the fluidity of kinetic transfer on some biomechanical variables at the moment of upgrading for the research sample from the talented long-jumpers . As the research touched on the stages of the smooth transport motion the penultimate step and the last step of the speed. And the starting speed of the body, the angle of departure, the fluidity of motion, the kinetic transfer and the achievement of the sample members. Where the results for the control and experimental groups and the …

The Effect Of 6t'S Strategy On Efl Pupils' Achievement, Isra’A Burhanuddin Abdurrahman, Layla Madlool Kurdii

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The current study aims at Assessing the average level of the 5th year preparatory school pupils' achievement in English, finding out whether there is any significant difference between the EFL pupils' achievement of the experimental group and that of the control group in the posttest and finding out whether there is any significant difference between the pupils' achievement of the experimental group on pretest and posttest. In order to achieve the aims of the study three hypothesis are set. First, there is a significant difference between pupils' general achievement and the theoretical mean at the (0.05) level of significance. Second, …

Developing Efl Pupils´ Achievement: Investigating The Effect Of Dynamic Assessment Strategy On Secondary Pupils, Sahira Ali Hussein, Kanaan Al.Hasan

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The current research aims at finding out the effect of dynamic assessment strategy on EFL pupils’ Achievement at the same time it aims to find out the effect of dynamic assessment strategy on developing EFL pupils’ Achievement. It hypotheses that there is no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group which is taught by dynamic assessment strategy and the mean scores of the control group which is taught by the conventional methods in the achievement post-tests. It also hypotheses that there is no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group in the …

Roundtable Technique And Its Correlation With Efl Preparatory School Students' Achievement In Writing Hortatory Exposition Text, Wassan Amer Taha, Nahida Taha Majeed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Foreign language instruction methodology has been varying over the years; however, there is no one single best technique to use in teaching English as a foreign language. The best language teaching method depends on several issues such as: learners’ levels, learning processes, teacher competencies, and the aims of learning. The present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of using Roundtable Technique for teaching Hortatory Exposition Text (HET) to preparatory school students through:

1.Finding the average level of the fifth year-scientific preparatory school students' achievement in writing HET.

2.Finding whether there is any significant difference between the achievement of the experimental …

Gertrude Stein’S Tender Buttons As Cubist Poems: An Analytical Study, Yasmeen Abdulraheem Alsajee, Hamdi Hameed Aldouri

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Tender Buttons is a compilation of poems published by American writer Gertrude Stein in 1914. It is an experimental piece. In it, Stein describes commonplace items using descriptors that are not often associated with them. Each poem examines a unique perspective on a common thing. “Objects”, “Food”, and “Rooms” are the three sections of the book. The Cubism Stein employs reflects the experimental character of Stein's collection. Her poetry are packed with rhythm, repetition, and sound. This research deals with Tender Buttons as Cubist poem. It analysis these poem and sheds light on the Cubist elements that is found and …

Gertrude Stein Among The Cubist Poets, Yasmeen Abdulraheem Alsajee, Hamdi Hameed Aldouri

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Gertrude Stein was born on February 3, 1874, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (which amalgamated with Pittsburgh in 1907) to upper-class German parents, Daniel and Amelia Stein. Large portion Gertrude Stein's popularity stems from a modest contemporary art gallery she co-founded with her brother Leo Stein from 1904 until 1913.When she moved to Paris, she admired of the Cubist Movement and especially the works of Pablo Picasso. This research deals with Gertrude Stein and her position among the cubist poets. It gives a good detail about the beginning and the effect of such movements and its elements and ends with the conclusion …

The Empowerment Of The Classy Women In Kamila Shamsie’S Salt And Saffron, Lamiaa Ahmed Rasheed, Rouwaida Jasim Mohammed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Western feminists have utilized the power they have acquired from their position in inactive discourses to cast third world women as victims who need the assistance of their western sisters. Structuring third world women in a category or one dimension of analysis as suppressed, savage, subjugated, pawn, helpless, and dependent, have outraged many non-western writers to enhance the exact image of women relying upon their different experiences and resistance methods to the gendered oppression of female and originating empowered examples of women in their literary narratives. The Pakistani-British author Kamila Shamsie offers a fresh perspective on third-world women by highlighting …

The Effect Of Cognitive Abilities On The Creative Performance Of Employees: An Exploratory Study Of The Opinions Of A Sample Of Employees Working At Tikrit University / College Of Administration And Economics, Taraq Azeez Kourdi

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The research aims to describe the study Variables As well as analyzing the relationship between (cognitive abilities and creative performance), and measuring the impact of cognitive abilities in achieving creative performance. In order to find an answer to the research questions and achieve its objectives, the research depends on two main hypotheses: there is a significant correlation between cognitive abilities and the achievement of creative performance, as well as a significant influence relationship for cognitive abilities in enhancing creative performance. The researcher used the analytical method in order to reach the results, and the questionnaire was a main tool in …

The Level Of Imaginative Thinking Skills Among Graduate Students, Rokaya Akram Jawamir, Nabil Abdel Aziz Al-Badri

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The current research aims to discover:

1- The level of imaginative thinking skills among graduate students.

2- The statistically significant differences in academic passion according to the variable (gender – specialization).

The current study consisted of (300) male and female graduate students at the Universities of Tikrit and Kirkuk, and the researchers prepared a scale of imaginative thinking skills consisting of (40) items. Alpha Cronbach), and the results showed the following:

Postgraduate students have a good level of imaginative thinking skills.

- There are no statistically significant differences in the level of imaginative thinking skills according to the variables (gender …

Divorce In The Law Of Hammurabi And The Law Of The Torah, Rehab Ghanem Mohammed Al. Hashmawi, Farhan Mahmood Shihab Al.Tamemi

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The divorce is the dangerous phenomenon ,and the problems that face the family ,and threatens its entity and its existence that led to lost ,dissociation and separate her sons ,that is give a negative situation. And very dangerous results on the psychological of the Woman because of the divorce. And what afflicts her of mistrust, skepticism and an inferior view of her among the general public, and what befalls her and the divorced man of reprehensible reputation and the ever-present apprehension in reputation and behavior, and what it produces from the loss of children and cracks in social relations and …

Evaluating The Computer Curriculum For The First Intermediate Grade From The Teachers' Viewpoints Of Islamic Schools In The Light Of The E-Learning Requirements, Ghazi Hussein Taan Al Bayati

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

In the context of the current study, were considered the methods of evaluating the curricula for the intermediate stage, and determined the E-learning requirements to be taken into account when preparing the scientific content for the curricula in general, and the computer curriculum in particular. The study is aimed to evaluate the computer curriculum for first intermediate grade from the viewpoint of computer teachers in the Religious Education and Islamic Schools in Iraq, during the academic year 2021-2022. In this study we have used the descriptive analytical, the study has included (68) samples of teachers, who have chosen randomly from …

Designing Illuminated Maps Of The Number Of Lecturers In The City Of Mosul Using Geographic Information Systems, Sahar Saiad Qasam, Arkan Mothana Mhsain

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Increased urbanization has led to an unthought doubling of the number of schools in the city, resulting in the selection of school sites that lack most standards such as environmental and health conditions, or their distance from natural and human hazards, and given the great potential of GIS to help find the most appropriate solutions and make the best decisions, particularly with regard to the processing and analysis of large and diverse spatial information, the current research aims to use GIS to assess the current status of school sites. At all primary and middle levels And preparatory, according to a …

The Impact Of The Harvest Strategy On The Development Of Natural Intelligence Among Fifth Grade Students In The Geography Subject, Shereef Dhari Khalf

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The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the harvest strategy on the development of natural intelligence in female students in the fifth literary grade of geography. Experts and arbitrators. The researcher selected Al-Ghassaneh High School for Girls and Al-Zawraa High School for Girls in the Dhuluiya District Center of the General Directorate of Education in Salah Al-Din Governorate as a sample for the application of his research for the academic year (2020-2021), and it consisted of (60) female students, with (30) students in Al-Ghasaneh High School For females, who represent the experimental group and study using …

The Impact Of The Strategy Of Participatory Reading In The Acquisition Of Rhetorical Concepts Among Students Of The Fifth Grade Literary And The Development Of Scientific Research, Maad Salih Fayyadh, Abrar Mahdi Hameed, Majid Mijwil Sabea

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The present research aims to identify (the impact of the strategy of participatory reading in the acquisition of rhetorical concepts among students of the fifth grade literary and the development of scientific research). The number of students of the study sample (70) students, distributed to two experimental and control groups (35) students in each group and studied the experimental group students according to the strategy of participatory reading, while the students of the control group studied according to the usual method. The students of the experimental and control groups were rewarded in variables: (ages in months and in the tribal …

Study Happiness Among Secondary School Students, Awan Kazem Aziz, Fatima Ismail Talal

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The current research aims to identify the level of academic happiness among high school students. Differences are statistically significant in school happiness depending on the gender variable (male-female) among high school students. The differences are statistically significant in school happiness depending on the variable of specialization (scientific-literary) among high school students. High school students. The research sample (400 students) from salah al-Din high schools/ Tikrit district, and the researchers built a tool to measure (academic happiness), as it is (40) Paragraph, distributed in three areas (emotional field, cognitive field, social field). Five alternatives to the response have been developed for …

Environmental Administrative Control And Its Role In Achieving The Environmental Dimension Of Sustainable Development - A Comparative Study, Fawwaz Khalaf Dhahir

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Sustainable development is one of the topics, or issues related to human rights and freedoms, that countries aim to achieve, because of the importance of employing natural resources that benefit current generations in order to benefit future generations, and sustainable development is not limited to a specific field, but rather It has multiple dimensions, such as the social, economic and environmental dimension, and therefore it is not surprising that we see the factors of correlation and correlation between the environment and sustainable development, as the protection and preservation of the environment is one of the dimensions that sustainable development aims …

Assessment Of The Financial Performance Of Insurance Companies In Iraq, Maryam Muzahem Abbas, Feryal Salih Mahdi

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Insurance companies play an important role in providing services and supporting the state's economy, and they participate in achieving the goals of development plans in the economic field, in addition to realizing many social and economic benefits. Therefore, it has become important to continuously evaluate the performance of insurance companies' activity in Iraq to know the level of their performance. One of the most important of these assessments is financial analysis. It helps in analyzing and interpreting data in a way that helps management determine the level of performance and give an image and personality to it, so that strengths …

Rapport Enhancing Formulas In Prophetic Hadith: A Politeness Perspective, Muhammed Badea Ahmed

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

Universally, language is used not only as a means of communicating information, ideas, etc., but as a means for maintaining and enhancing interpersonal relations. Each language has its own set of tools to achieve this end. In Arabic, as part of the Arab Islamic culture, there exists a large number of rapport enhancing formulas within the Prophetic Hadith. Formulas like:

1. "May Allah bless for you, and may He bless on you, and combine both of you in good (works)",

2."May Allah bless your family and your wealth for you: the reward for lending is praise and repayment.", and

3. …

The Effect Of The Red Sap Model On Developing The Peripheral Thinking Of The Fourth-Grade Literary Female Students In The Subject Of Sociology, Nidhal Muzahim Al-Azawi, Mustafa Younis Ibrahim

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The objective of the present research is to reveal the impact of the RED SAP model on the attainment of female students in the fourth grade of literary sociology and to develop their briefing thinking. s Education Directorate/Kirkuk Centre, The researcher selected the Dijla Girls Secondary for the experimental group and the preparations of the popular uprising for girls for the control group to apply his experience, as the experimental group consisted of (30) Student and control group of (32) student, the two researchers performed the process of parity between the two groups in some variables, and the two researchers …

Superior Thinking And Its Relationship To Intellectual Maturity Among University Students, Zahraa Miqdad Abdulhadi, Tariq Hashem Khamis

Journal of STEPS for Humanities and Social Sciences

The topic of the link between superior thinking and intellectual maturity represents the strong link between (intellectual values) represented by intellectual maturity and (behavioral values) represented by superior thinking. A person goes through successive stages of development, and he does not reach the stage of mental maturity until he passes through many experiences, so he becomes a fetus, then a child, then a young person, then an old man. The human being is sensory, psychological and mental, and that transformation and transition also have its stages, and that these stages for the mind are not necessarily related to the stages …

Anticipatory Personalities And Their Relationship To Perceived Positive Attitudes Among Secondary And University Students In The City Of Tikrit. An Evolutionary Descriptive Study, Rana Zuhair Fadel Muhammad, Faisal Rizej Hamdi

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The research aimed to identify the degree of development of proactive personalities among adolescent students and youth in the city of Tikrit who represent ages (15-17-19-21) years, according to the variables of age and gender, and to identify the significance of statistical differences between them, and to reveal the degree of perceived positive attitudes towards life they have. As well as a statement of the nature of the correlation between the variables of the current research. The research sample included (200) adolescents and young men from secondary and university students, females and males equally between them, and they were chosen …