The Effectiveness of Using Prose-Model Approach in Improving ESL Learners' Writing Skill in Development and Arrangement Their Ideas

This research investigates the effectiveness of the prose-model approach in improving ESL students' writing performance in development and arranging their ideas in writing. A total of twenty-eight students in Form Two are randomly selected as subjects for collecting the data. Experimental design is used in this study to suit the need of the research done. For the first step, the pre-writing test is used to identify the primary writing skill. Then, after the ‘treatment' is given, the post-writing test is used to show the effectiveness of using the prose-model approach to improve the students' writing skills. The experiment of the prose-model approach assessment will then be conducted (with the help of the English teacher) within allocation time. Their pre-writing test and the post-writing test were observed and marked. This process was done for at least three months. The students' achievement (in grade) was analysed and presented in reports, figures, and percentages. The data collected was based on using the prose-model approach, before and after by comparing the grades they get from the pre-writing test and post-writing test. For teachers, it is crucial to find a way to improve students' writing performance. Writing is a complex and creative process. What they present in their writing gives us a picture of their level of growth in thinking. Therefore, a new technique is needed to help students to write better in the English language. &nbsp

Digital Educational Tools: Teachers' View On Learners Attitude

With the increasing usage of technology in this era of change, education is one of the most affected fields. Schools and institutions have now moved on to use Learning Management Systems for learners' education and teachers are forced to come up with new exciting ways to teach their learners. One of the most common ways is by using Digital Educational Tools (DET). However, how interested are learners in these tools, and how much does it affect their academic performance? This study investigates teachers' views on their learner's preference of DET use. A quantitative method was used, and 56 school teachers were involved with the data collection process. It could be seen from the findings that teachers can see their learners enjoying the use of DET in their lessons. If teachers were to conduct lessons using DET, activity and lesson design should be considered

Integrative pathway enrichment analysis of multivariate omics data

Multi-omics datasets represent distinct aspects of the central dogma of molecular biology. Such high-dimensional molecular profiles pose challenges to data interpretation and hypothesis generation. ActivePathways is an integrative method that discovers significantly enriched pathways across multiple datasets using statistical data fusion, rationalizes contributing evidence and highlights associated genes. As part of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium, which aggregated whole genome sequencing data from 2658 cancers across 38 tumor types, we integrated genes with coding and non-coding mutations and revealed frequently mutated pathways and additional cancer genes with infrequent mutations. We also analyzed prognostic molecular pathways by integrating genomic and transcriptomic features of 1780 breast cancers and highlighted associations with immune response and anti-apoptotic signaling. Integration of ChIP-seq and RNA-seq data for master regulators of the Hippo pathway across normal human tissues identified processes of tissue regeneration and stem cell regulation. ActivePathways is a versatile method that improves systems-level understanding of cellular organization in health and disease through integration of multiple molecular datasets and pathway annotations