مولانا اخلاق حسین قاسمی دہلوی؍ حکیم عزیز الرحمان مؤی؍ ڈاکٹر مقتدی حسن ازہری
افسوس ہے کہ گذشتہ دنوں ہماری مجلس علم و دانش کو مولانا اخلاق حسین قاسمی دہلوی، حکیم عزیز الرحمان مؤی اور ڈاکٹر مقتدی حسن ازہری جیسی اہم شخصیتوں سے محروم ہونا پڑا، قرآن مجید اور علوم دینیہ کی تبلیغ، تفہیم اور توسیع میں ان کی خدمات لائق تحسین رہیں، دارالمصنفین سے ان حضرات کا تعلق اخلاص و تعاون کا تھا، معارف میں ان تینوں کی نگارشات آتی رہیں، افسوس ہے کہ اب ان کی جگہ لینے والے نظر نہیں آتے، اﷲ تعالیٰ ان تمام مرحومین کے حسنات کو قبول کرے اور جنت الفردوس کی نعمت سے نوازے، معارف میں ان کا ذکر تفصیل سے آنا چاہیے، آئندہ شماروں میں شاید یہ ضرورت پوری کی جاسکے۔ (’’ع ۔ ص‘‘، نومبر ۲۰۰۹ء)
Parental factors impact students’ self-concept and academic performance during the pandemic. Thus, this study determined the students’ self-concept and academic performance and the parental factors related to it. The research design was descriptive-correlational, and 500 nonrandom college students in West Philippines participated in the study. Researcher-made instruments were used, which were subjected to reliability and validity evaluation. Data were collected online from June 2021 to July 2022 and were analyzed using descriptive (frequency counts and percentage) and inferential statistics (Spearman correlation). Results revealed a positive self-concept and satisfactory academic performance among the students. Besides, parental factors such as educational attainment and school/classroom involvement are significantly related to self-concept and academic performance. Further, self-concept is significantly associated with academic performance. This shows that some parental factors are vital in developing the student’s self-beliefs and supporting their studies and academic endeavors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies may consider more factors related to academic achievement and self-concept. Other researchers may find the mediation or moderation effect of self-concept between parental factors and students’ scholastic achievement.
KEYWORDS: academic performance, COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning, higher education, parental factors, self-concept
Analysis of Thematic Progression in The Abstracts of Pakistan Researchers at Masters Level Abstract is a first short text appearing in the entire research communication. The academic discourse of abstract has been the focus of number of studies. Earlier studies including Graetz (1985), Kaplan (1994), Orasan (2001) and Harris (2002) have focused on abstracts of research article. However, very few studies are conducted on the genre of abstracts of thesis. The aim of this study is to investigate the genre of thesis abstracts written by Pakistani researchers at masters’ level. The study being qualitative in nature conducts textual analysis to explore the rhetorical and linguistic choices used by Pakistani researchers .The study uses two approaches: genre analysis and analysis of thematic progression. The first approach in this study is genre analysis that is Swales (2009) framework for abstract. Swales (2009) framework offers five patterns for the structural components for writing abstracts. The second approach of this study follows the tradition of Functional Sentence Perspective with a focus on Danes (1974) model of thematic progression. Danes (1974) model of thematic progression provides principles of organizing information in text. This approach offers four pattern of thematic progression in the text. The data for the present study is forty abstract obtained from two universities in the region of Rawalpindi. The textual analysis highlights the peculiar structural and linguistic choices Pakistani researcher employ in writing the abstracts. The result of the study shows the use of specified and unspecified structural moves. In terms of analysis of linguistic organization, distinct distribution of thematic progression patterns are revealed, indicating that the study of analysis of thesis abstract can shed light on the complex profile of thesis abstract and enhance the understanding and provide explicit description of abstracts. Furthermore, the approaches of this research, display potential for further research and pedagogic applications.