Present study hinges upon a very critical question that is whether approximate number system plays foundational role in symbolic math or not? More specifically in current research it has been tried to explore the causal relationship between non-symbolic and symbolic numerical cognition through a brief training paradigm. Research evidence of past decades has shed light on the relationship between non-symbolic and symbolic numerical cognition through neuroscience, neuropsychological, correlational and indirect research evidences. However there was no research evidence specifying the causal relationship between the two directly. To bridge this gap present study was carried out in an effort to disentangle this relationship through training study with first grade children who are at the very first step of connecting these two systems through class mathematics learning. This research study has been divided in two phases. Phase 1 of the study comprises of four experiments (i.e; experiment 1: N= 48; experiment 2, N=48; experiment 3, N=24; experiment 4, N= 24) conducted with American first grade children. Phase 2 of study comprises of two experiments conducted with Pakistani first grade children (experiment 1, N= 48; experiment 2, N =72). In both, phase1 and 2 children were trained with different training conditions (non-symbolic approximate addition, brightness comparison, line length addition and non-symbolic approximate comparison) and were post tested on symbolic addition (in experiment 1,3,4 of phase 1 and experiment 1 of phase 2), sentence completion task(experiment2 of phase1) and number line placement (experiment 2 of phase 2). Results across different experiments of both phases of study revealed that training with non-symbolic approximate addition and non-symbolic approximate comparison give the children advantage to perform better on symbolic math and number line placement task as compare to control conditions in terms of speed and accuracy. Research evidence indicates that non-symbolic numbers played foundational role in enhancing children performance on symbolic addition, number line placement and that this effect was specific to the domain of mathematics. xi Furthermore, training effect got replicated and extended with Pakistani sample belonging to a totally different cultural context. Results indicate that longitudinal training with nonsymbolic approximate numbers might be helpful to improve children symbolic math and might also be helpful for children with math learning difficulties.
آہ! ڈاکٹر محمد اسحاق جم خانہ والا مرحوم انجمن اسلام ممبئی کے صدر ڈاکٹر محمد اسحاق جم خانہ والا عین شعبان و رمضان کے قرآن کے سایے میں اپنے رب کی رحمتوں سے جاملے، اناﷲ وانا الیہ راجعون۔ ہندوستان میں جن چند اداروں کو مسلمانوں نے اپنے زوروزر سے قائم کیا اور جنہوں نے ترقی اور کامیابی کے سفر میں مسلسل نئی منزلیں طے کیں ان میں ایک نہایت نمایاں نام ممبئی کی انجمن اسلام کا ہے، قریباً یہی بات ڈاکٹر محمد اسحاق جم خانہ والا کے متعلق بھی صادق آتی ہے، جن کی کتاب زندگی کے بعض ابواب کی سرخیاں طب اور سیاست سے روشن ہیں، خلق خدا کی خدمت میں انہوں نے ایک حاذق اور شفیق معالج کی حیثیت سے شہرت پائی، سیاست میں بھی ایک حازم اور خلیق وزیر کی شکل میں ان کی شناخت ہوئی لیکن ان کی اصل خدمت ، تعلیم کے میدان میں ممبئی ہی نہیں پورے مہاراشٹر کے مسلمانوں کے سامنے انجمن اسلام کی کارکردگی کو کارنامے میں بدلنا ہے۔ انجمن اسلام جب ۱۸۷۴ء میں قائم ہوئی تھی تو اس کے بانیویں خصوصاً اس کے پہلے صدر بدرالدین طیب جی کے سامنے یہ اذیت ناک سچائی تھی کہ ممبئی اور پونا کے اعلا تعلیمی اداروں اور مہاراشٹر کے ہائی اسکولوں میں مسلمانوں کی تعداد صفر کے برابر تھی، ۱۸۸۰ء میں ممبئی یونیورسٹی کے میٹرک میں پاس ہونے والے طلبہ کی تعداد ۱۵,۲۴۷ تھی جن میں مسلمان صرف ۴۸ تھے، انجمن اسلام کے قیام نے اس صورت حال کو کتنا بدلا، یہاں اس کی تفصیل کی ضرورت نہیں لیکن اس کی قریب سوسال کی تاریخ میں بدرالدین طیب جی کے بعد متعدد نامور ہستیوں نے اس کی ذمہ داری لی، ان سب میں نسبتاً سب سے کم عمر ڈاکٹر محمد اسحاق مرحوم جب ۱۹۸۳ء میں اس انجمن میں آئے تو...
Sunnat-e- Tarkia is a specific term. It refers to the deeds of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ which he willingly gave up due to certain aims of Shariah. According to Islamic Shariah, in the chapter of worship, Sunnat-e-Tarkia is as significant and compulsory worship as the other deeds and commands of Prophet Muhammadﷺ. It is not possible to follow commands and prohibitions of Muhammad ﷺ until we understand Sunnat-e-Tarkia and Sunnat-e- Fa'ilia. So, both of these are required in Islamic Shariah, none of these can be ignored. So it is necessary to elaborate the legal value of Sunnate-Tarkia in Islam.
Climate change has been proved to be a hidden risk to the development of countries all over the world. It is also estimated that climate variation will have significant negative effect on agricultural production in the developing countries of Asia in future. Pakistan is one of those countries which is a victim of the climate change and is already facing many problems like poverty and food security leading to threats to agriculture expansion. Theclimate change is ahead of all these due to decreasing agriculture production, prolong water scarcity and declined income growth. Agriculture plays a big role in the economy of Pakistan and climate change is a matter of serious concern.The main objective of the present study was to find out the factors affecting the coping strategies of farmers regarding the impact of climate change in the Punjab, Pakistan. Three districts from ricewheat cropping zone (Narowal, Sialkot and Gujranwala District) were selected randomly. A total sample of four hundred eight respondents was selected by systematic random sample technique. A well-structured interview schedule was used as research instrument for data collection. Collected data were analyzed statistically. In addition, descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for the data analysis. It was found that education level of the farmers was low in the study area. Mostly farmers were having small size of land holding and a huge majority of them were owner cultivator. Mean area of wheat was 7.31±6.06 acres and mean area of rice was 6.25±5.60 acres. It was observed that long summer season (mean = 2.39±.73), shorter winter season (mean = 2.30±.75) and high temperature (mean = 2.14±.60) were the main perceptions concerning consequences of climate change in the study area. Industrial smoke (mean = 2.64±.69), excessive cutting of forest (mean = 2.57±.68) and human activities (mean = 2.51±.72) also led to change in environment. A vast majority (84.1%) of the selected farmers reported that climate change affected negatively their crop productivity. Crop production was not enough to meet the needs of the people (mean = 2.72±.62). So, a huge majority of the farmers had thinking that their annual income was decreased due to climate changes. A very small proportion of the farmers was aware of the existence of agricultural institution working for climate change here in the Punjab, Pakistan. It was also found that recommended varieties now than past decades’ (mean = 2.58±.72), applying more industrial pesticides (mean = 2.50±.76) and practicing crop diversification (mean = 2.36±.81), increased use of irrigation (mean = 2.19±.89) and integrated farming system (mean = 2.15±.91) were the major coping strategies for controlling the effect of climate changes and copping strategies had positive impact on crop productivity. It was clear from the results that the fellow farmers (mean = 2.24±.54), private company dealer (fertilizer & pesticides) (mean = 1.70±.74), Burjij/Wall chalking (mean = 1.53±.66), TV (mean = 1.47±.72), field assistant/Agri. officer of the Deptt. of agriculture (mean = 1.43±.52) and mobile phone (mean = 1.42±.64) were the major sources of communication/information concerning climate change. Bivariate analysis showed that farming experience and coping strategies is negatively associated with the impact of climate change on crop productivity. It was concluded that long summer season, shorter winter season and high temperature were the main perception concerning consequences of climate change in the research area. The crop productivity was negatively affected by climate changes. It is recommended that farmers should use recommended crop cultivars, fertilizers and practice crop diversification. Investment on improved agricultural technology by government and other stakeholders are necessary for agriculture to be able to cope with future climate change.