ABSTRACT This study investigated the meanings Ghanaian Junior Secondary School Students give to science concept-related words they encounter in science textbooks for Junior Secondary Schools. The study also tried to determine whether the location of the school gender differences and the native language of the students, have any influence on their understanding of science concept-related words. The study involved 1028 students (455 females and 573 males) from 12(6 urban and 6 rural) out ...
ABSTRACT The Ministry of Education (MoE)/Ghana Education Service (GES) requires all mathematics teachers to use manipulative materials to teach mathematics in Junior High Schools (JHSs) because they have the potential to demystify learning of the subject. The study was designed to examine the use of manipulative materials in teaching mathematics among junior high school teachers in the Wa municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Three instruments, namely,questionnaire, interview guid...
ABSTRACT Small-scale mining has become an activity that provides livelihoods to growing numbers of rural people in Ghana. This has attracted most of the youth and other groups of people into the business. This study sought to explore the management of operations of small-scale mining industries in the Obuasi Municipality. The study sought the views of small-scale miners from the communities under study (Ahansoyewodea, Pomposo, Akrokerri, Kwabrafoso, Asonkori and Akaporiso) at Obuasi...
ABSTRACT This study investigated study habits and academic performance among Public Junior High School Pupils in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region of Ghana whilst controlling for the controlling effect of learning styles. Study Habits Theory by Bakare (1977) and Learning Styles Theory by Fernald et al. (1921) served as the theoretical framework of the study. The mixed sequential explanatory approach was followed in the conduct of the study where both quantitative and qualitative dat...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the language of advertising and analyse its use in MTN Ghana print advertisements. The study looked at the language devices the MTN Ghana copywriter uses in writing the advertisements and how these devices are manipulated to lure potential customers to sign onto the network. It also investigated the most used language devices in MTN Ghana print advertisements. Qualitative case study design was employed for the study. Data for the study wa...
ABSTRACT Academic performance of students in mathematics is challenged by several factors. The study aimed at finding out mathematics teachers’ perceptions on classroom assessment and practice at the Junior High Schools in Ghana. Descriptive survey design using questionnaire for teachers, students’ questionnaire, inspection of documents and interview of teachers were used to collect data. The respondents were 30 teachers and 20 students selected randomly from schools in Awutu-Senya d...
ABSTRACT To achieve greater efficiency on projects have been of tremendous concern to stakeholders of the construction industry in Ghana which equipment handling practices cannot be left out in such a quest. The study sought to examine equipment management practices on construction sites using Kumasi Metropolis as the case study. The researcher adopted convenience sampling technique in selecting a sample size of 314 (equipment managers, contractors and employees) out of which 297 respo...
ABSTRACT The study was a studio-based research on Aluminum statues and the immortalization of Ghanaian sporting legends, that exhibits praxis and exegesis of Azumah Nelson’s statue. It advances the immortalization of Ghana’s most outstanding sporting legend and material sustainability which is rendered in scrap aluminum sculpture. It encourages the Ghanaian sculptor to contribute positively to Ghana’s history by sculpting Ghana’s sports legends in their daily practice. The study...
ABSTRACT The main aim of the study was to investigate the study of the choice of courses in construction trades, using Asuansi Technical Institute in Central Region as a case study.The study employed a case study research design. Quantitative research approach was used. The population for the study was four hundred and ninety-one (491). The population of the study was made up of construction students and tutors at the Asuansi Technical School in the Central Region of Ghana. The random and pu...
ABSTRACT The study was a case study designed to examine students’ views on improving discipline in a College of Education and its implications on guidance and counselling in Colleges ofEducation. A sample population of 244 students was selected to respond to a questionnaire. The data were analysed using frequency and percentage. The study revealed that students viewed the concept of discipline as punishment which was generally perceived as severe. Punishment in the College includ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influenced the exposure of casual workers to hazards at construction sites in Kintampo, This study adopted a descriptive survey design with a sample of 100 selected through the stratified random sampling technique. Primary source of data was obtained through the administration of questionnaires to the respondents. Percentages, correlation and multiple regression techniques of data analysis were employed through the latest versio...
ABSTRACT Performance appraisal has been described as a management tool designed to encourage communications in an institution, improve the quality of work produced, and promote individual accountability. Managing employee performance is therefore an integral part of the work that all managers perform in any institution. This study explored staff performance appraisal practices at the Colleges of Community Health Nursing in Winneba and Twifo Praso, as well as, the support systems put in plac...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating how pupils of Ampabame No 1 Roman Catholic Junior High School in the Asokwa sub-metro performance can be enhanced through activity based approach. Fifty (50) Junior High School form three pupils were purposively sampled for the study. The nature of the study was an action research. The pre-test and the post-test research design was used, the same participants were pre-tested and post tested to find the effects of the intervention(i e practical activ...
ABSTRACT The objectives for this study were to determine the effect of computer assisted instruction based on constructivist theory approach over traditionally designed instruction on second year students of Afife Senior High Technical School in some selected topics in mechanics. Random sampling was used to select sample size of fifty (50) students. The total sample size was made up of twenty-seven (27) boys and twenty-three (23) girls. Test (pre-test and post-test), observation and intervie...
ABSTRACT Community participation in the provision of basic education was given government backing as a means of bringing the school and the community closer. By this the community was expected to compliment government’s effort in the provision of basic education in the communities. A descriptive survey was used to investigate community participation in the provision of basic education in the New Juaben municipality. Questionnaire was the main...