ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teacher quality and Teacher performance in the selected Primary schools of Apach District Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives; i) finding out the profile of the respondents, ii) level of teacher quality, iii) level of teacher productivity and finding out the relationship between level of teacher quality and level of teacher productivity. Descriptive correlational survey research design was employ...
Abstract Youth, the World Bank argues, need to become a constituency for reform in developing countries. This case study responds to this challenge by investigating adolescent students' understanding of the relationship between health literacy, HIV/AIDS, and gender in the context of Uganda. The four questions investigated are: (i) What kind of health literacy, HIV/AIDS, and gender-related information is accessible to Ugandan adolescent secondary school students? (ii) In the students' view, w...
ABSTRACT The research aimed at examining whether the 2012-2016 May/June West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in core subjects exhibited gender and location differential item functioning (DIF) in Ghana using the cross-sectional design. Six research hypotheses and one research question were formulated for the study. A sample of 36,035 candidates consisting of 8,994(English Language), 8,935(Mathematics), 9,089(Integrated Science) and 9,017 (Social Studies) candidates wa...
ABSTRACT The study examined the implementation of School Based Assessment in KEEA district in Central Region. The quota sampling procedure was used to select 200 basic school teachers in ten basic schools for the study. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Questionnaire was used for data collection for the study. The Cronbach’s coefficient alpha for the questionnaire was 0.85. The results showed that to a great extent, teachers agreed that, they have knowledge abou...
ABSTRACT The study‟s main purpose was to investigate the fair testing practices of a test developer and teachers in a district-mandated testing programme in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The research design adopted for this study was the multilevel mixed methods triangulation design. Critical case sampling technique was utilized in selecting 3 key informants and 9 test questions. Also, the two-stage cluster sampling technique was adopted in selecting 251 teachers from 162 public JHSs. The ma...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the multiplechoice test construction competencies of senior high school teachers in the Kwahu-South District and the quality of multiple-choice test items they construct, as well as the effect of years of teaching on such relationship. To examine the relationship among the variables under investigation, the quantitative approach is employed using correlational research design. The total number of teachers that constitut...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the quality of Junior High School (JHS) education in the Central Region of Ghana using context, input, process and product (CIPP) model by Stufflebeam (1971). Descriptive survey design was employed in the conduct of the study. The target population for this study was made up of public and private JHSs in all the 20 Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies in the Central Region. Proportionate stratified random sampling was employed. In all, the participants for ...
ABSTRACT The views of mentees, mentors, and University supervisors about the one year internship programme of the University of Education, Winneba were examined. The views of a total of 333 respondents made up of 177 mentees, 91 mentors and 65 University supervisors in the Ashanti region were gathered by means of a self- designed questionnaire consisting largely of the likert-type items. The data was then subjected to frequency, percentage and chi-square analysis to address the 6 research que...
ABSTRACT The study examined teachers’ test construction skills, commitment to work, and attitude towards test construction as predictors of adherence to test construction principles among SHS teachers in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis. The study was carried out employing the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. The study targeted teachers who teach mathematics, integrated science, and English language, numbering 346. The census method was used to engage all the 346 teachers in the st...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate achievement test practices of teachers in Junior High Schools in the Sissala East Municipality. Descriptive survey was used to investigate the practice of achievement testing of teachers in Junior High Schools in Sissala East Municipality. The study employed the multistage sampling techniques (purposive, stratified and simple random sampling technique). Questionnaire was used to collect data from 248 Junior High School teachers in the Sissala East Muni...
ABSTRACT The assessment practices of tutors affect the performance of their students. There are different categories of tutors teaching in the nursing schools and this may affect their way of student assessment. This study was conducted to examine the assessment practices of tutors in the nurses’ training schools in the Western and Central regions of Ghana. The study sought to find the knowledge of tutors in assessment, the effect of tutor academic qualification and the number of years of t...
ABSTRACT The study explored the perceived causes of low academic performance of Senior High School students in core mathematics in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study used the descriptive survey design with quantitative approach. Multi-stage sampling procedures were used to select a sample of 439 respondents which included 381 students and 58 core mathematics teachers. Students and teachers’ questionnaires were used to collect data for the study. Means and standard deviations were used to anal...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify factors responsible for the poor academic performance of pupils in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa district. Descriptive design was used. The target population for this study consisted of school children and teachers. The study population was made up of pupils, and teachers of Asikuma Circuit Junior High Schools. Simple random sampling was used to select four public Junior High Schools, namely Asikuma Presby JHS, Col Baidoo JHS, Asikuma Catholic Boys J...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate whether tutors in the teacher training colleges follow the basic laid down principles of testing practices, especially, test construction, administration and scoring of classroom or teachermade tests in the teacher training colleges. The study adopted the descriptive design and covered 20 public teacher training colleges in Ghana comprising 230 male and 80 female teacher training college tutors. The main instrument used for the study was th...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to compare the effects of using the local language (L1) and English (L2) on achievement in Mathematics at the lower Primary. The study, which was conducted in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District in the Eastern Region of Ghana adopted a quasi experimental design. Primary 3 pupils were used in the study. Convenient and purposive sampling techniques were used to select four primary schools for the sample. Two of the schools were selected from Suhum (urban town) an...