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A COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS OF TEACHING COMPOUND SUBTRACTION (DECOMPOSITION VERSUS BASE-COMPLEMENT ADDITION)

ABSTRACT The study focused on comparing the efficiency of the Decomposition (conventional method) and Base Complement Addition (non-conventional method) using two randomized groups of pupils. The comparison was done on measures of speed, accuracy and retention. In all, sixty pupils (thirty from each school) were selected from St. Peter’s and Jesus Cares Preparatory Schools at Dunkwa Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The researcher used simple rand...

PREDICTNE VALUE OF PERCENED LEADERSHIP STYLES OF SELECTED POLYTECHNIC PRINCIPALS ON POLYTECHNIC TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the leadership styles of polytechnic principals as perceived by polytechnic teachers and find out whether there was any relationship between the perceived principals' leadership styles and polytechnic teachers' job satisfaction. From a population of 484 polytechnic teachers, a random sample of 260 was surveyed. The Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) was used to measure the leadership style of the principal while the Mohrman-Coc...

CHALLENGES IN MANAGING DISCIPLINE IN THE EDUCATIONAL DISTRICTS IN THE EASTERN REGION OF GHANA

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana encountered when they visited their various District Education Offices to seek solutions to their problems. The study also sought to find out Management's challenges with regard to unacceptable behaviour and attitudes exhibited by some workers at District Education Offices. The sample for the study comprised 10 district directors, 40 frontline officers, 400 teachers and 150 workers at dist...

THE FRUITS OF APATAMPA

ABSTRACT In trying to expand the modern post-tonal music practices and techniques, using traditional idioms, this work is focused on Apatampa dance music (a recreational dance of the Fante people in the Central Region of Ghana) in an original composition named ‘The Fruits of Apatampa.’ The study seeks to explore the rhythmic resources of Apatampa dance music in a contemporary art composition. It blends new trends in contemporary art compositions with traditional drum idioms found in Apata...

A STUDY ON STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, TAMALE, GHANA

STRACT The purpose of the study was to examine student participation in the administration of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale. Areas investigated were student participation both at the University level; factors students felt impeded their participation; and what they perceived to enhance their participation in the management of UDS. The views of some Deans and Hall masters were sought. The study was a descriptive survey. The sample consisted of 297 student leaders of the ...

READING HABITS OF CHILDREN IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A COMPARATNE STUDY OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE ACADEMY, MADINA AND THE ESTATE ~ORSECONDARYSCHOOL

ABSTRACT This study examined the reading habits of children in private and public schools. The study centered on two categories of schools - the Prince of Pea~e Academy, Madina for private schools and the Madina Estate JSS for public schools. The sample consisted of 50 pupils from each school. The questionnaire method was used to carry out the research. Questionnaires were administered to 100 pupils from the two schools. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents from Princ...

METACOGNITIVE AND DIRECT – INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AS DETERMINANTS OF READING SKILLS AMONG STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Reading skills are vital to successful learning in all school subjects. Students with learning disabilities are known to have difficulties in reading. Studies have been carried out on the usage of conventional methods in improving the comprehension skills of students with learning disabilities, but not much has been done on the use of metacognitive and direct-instructional strategies. This study, therefore, investigated the differential effectiveness of metacognitive and direct-inst...

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AS PREDICTORS OF INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AMONG SMALLSCALE FARMERS IN SOUTHWESTERN, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Small scale farmers facilitate food production in order to play significant roles in stabilising economy and mitigate hunger in Nigeria. However, the level of productivity of these farmers in the South-western, Nigeria has been seemingly low; not keeping pace with the population growth rate. This trend has been partly attributed to inadequate access to or absence of agricultural information. Previous studies have concentrated more on delivery methods and the sources of agricultural i...

EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING AND SELFEFFICACY TECHNIQUE ON PRE-RETIREMENT ANXIETY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Retirement is voluntary or involuntary withdrawal from active work role. It poses emotional problem to several people who are about to retire and even those who are still having many years to spend in service. Pre-retirement anxiety could, therefore, constitute psychological problems which, more often than not, brings about apprehension, maladjustment and social tensions. Past studies on retirement focused on mental health and influence of sociological factors, only few studies are ...

Effects of industrial noise pollution on the auditory performance and health status of industrial workers in Oluyole Industrial Estate, Ibadan, Nigeria

ABSTRACT Exposure to excessive noise level is capable of producing destruction of the hair cells due to vasoconstriction of the cochlea blood vessels and over stimulation of the hair cells as a response to the noise exposure, which in turn may reduce the nutrient and oxygen to the cells as well as, placing a great impingement on the occupational performances of the Industrial workers. The study examined the potential effect of excessive noise exposure on the auditory performance and health st...

PRODUCTION COSTS, LEVELS OF SUBSIDIES AND PRICING IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES, 2000 TO 2006

ABSTRACT Access to higher education, in relation to the production cost, is a key policy issue in Nigeria. To realise the high developmental impact of higher education on the country, a good understanding of how higher education price is affected by production cost and subsidy is necessary. Previous studies have analysed pricing in federal universities without considering its relationship to production cost and subsidies. This study, therefore, investigated the extent to which production cos...

EFFECTS OF STORY GRAMMAR AND SOCRATIC SEMINAR INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN PROSE IN LITERATURE-INENGLISH IN OWERRI, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The study of Literature-in-English is aimed at the complete development of the learner with respect to literary appreciation. To achieve this goal, effective teaching and learning of drama, poetry and prose are important. The reports from public examination bodies in recent times revealed a prevailing under-achievement in the subject. This has been attributed to students‟ poor performance in and attitude to the prose genre in particular. Previous studies focused more on the use of...

Occupational Exposure to Noise and Patterns of Hearing Threshold among Factory Workers in Ibadan Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study examined occupational exposure to noise and patterns of hearing loss among industrial workers in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design; sampling 100 participants comprising of industrial workers and sawmillers, who were assessed by means of Pure Tone Audiometry, the sound level of the factories were measured with sound level meter. Frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation and pearson product moment correlation were employed to ans...

Student Perception of Their Participation in Decision Making: A Case Study of Dormaa Secondary School

ABSTRACT This case study of student perception of their participation in decision-making in Dormaa Secondary School was prompted by an observation that the student leaders or prefects of the school do not sometimes perform their prefectural duties as expected. The study explored the perceptions of students of their participation in decision-making, the actual and desired areas of student participation in decision-making, the degree of student satisfaction with their involvement in decision-m...

Academic Advising in the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast

ABSTRACT The study sought to evaluate academic advising in the College of Education Studies in the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Using the census sampling, multi-stage sampling, cluster sampling, proportional allocation of sample size as well as the simple random sampling procedures, 383 respondents consisting of 356 students and 27academic advisors in the College of Education Studies in the University of Cape Coast were selected to par...


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