ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to use instructional materials to help level "100A" students of Atebubu College of Education have better conceptual understanding of reflection and refraction of light. The study was an action research which falls under descriptive research design. The population of the study was all students of Atebubu College of Education. The target population for the research was all the Level 100 students of Atebubu College of Education but the accessible populatio...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the learning approaches deaf students at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) adopt and their implications on the students’ academic performance. Data were gathered from 31 out of 41 deaf students. The participants were purposively sampled from level 200, 300 and 400. Data were gathered through ASSIST (1998) questionnaire and students’ academic records. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank sincerely Dr. AL. Dare, my supervisor, mentor and Director ofIEPA who supervised me meticulously and ensured that my work was brought to an appreciable standard. Special thanks also go to Dr. IS.K .Owusu who whipped up my enthusiasm and encouraged me to select a topic on financial administration in a public institution of a country for study. I am equally. grateful to all the other lecturers at the Institut~ of Educational Planning and Administration and...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identify the pertinent factors affecting parents’ choice of a particular senior high school in Ghana. Specifically, the study examines the type of schools parents in the Cape Coast Metropolis choose for their children, and some of the school’s institutional factors that parents look for in deciding the choice of a particular school for their children. The design used for the study was descriptive survey design. A total of 294 parents completed the ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to compare the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination among nurses in Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region of Ghana. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive design was used to conduct the study. The accessible population consisted of 229 nurses working at the regional hospital in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis where the sample population ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the level of participation of mathematics tutors in T-TEL professional development sessions (PDS) and their perceived self-efficacy beliefs to implement the new 4-year B.Ed. mathematics curriculum in the Colleges of Education in Northern Ghana. The study adopted the mixed methods survey approach that involves concurrent triangulation of data. The sample was made up of 39 participants comprising 37 male mathematics tutors and 2 female mathematics tutors, among whi...
ABSTRACT The study explored the extent of ICT integration in teaching and learning of mathematics among Colleges of Education (CsE) mathematics tutors in Ghana. It also investigated factors that influence ICT integration in teaching and learning of mathematics in the CsE in Ghana. This study utilized the Constructivist theory, Technology Acceptance Model and the Concerned Based Adoption Model as its theoretical frameworks. The study which included forty-four (44) CsE mathematics tutors utili...
ABSTRACT Waste management practices of urban and rural basic school students in the study area were compared. Generally the study focused on the types of refuse generated, refuse management practices, the re-use of refuse as a waste management practice, human faecal disposal practices, the use of environmental related clubs for health education and waste management as well as student-toiletratio in urban and rural basic schools in the study area. Simple random sampling procedure was used to s...
ABSTRACT The researcher employed cooperative instructional approaches as alternative teaching approaches involving selected Diaso Senior High chemistry students to determine whether the students would gain understanding of redox reaction content better than their counterparts who did not receive this teaching method. The study was conducted using the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic third year students with the 2013/2014 academic year students receiving the traditional lecture method and th...
ABSTRACT The study examined the In-In-Out Programme of Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana, using Tamale Training College as a case study, with the intent of identitYing the challenges associated with the programme. Questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data from the Principal, Vice Principals, Link tutors, mentees [rom Tamale Training College, mentors and lead mentors [rom schools of attachment and district directors of education [or Tamale Metropolis , . and East Gonja District. ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the attitude of male and female adolescent towards masturbation in two Senior High schools in Cape Coast. Second year students of St Augustine’s College were randomly selected to represent male second cycle institutions, while Holy Child Senior High represented the female institutions. The research design used for the study was descriptive survey. A total sample of 160 students was selected for the study, 80 from each school. The instrument us...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine teachers’ and students’ perception of adolescent pregnancy and its relevance to the social studies curriculum in the Komenda- Edina-Eguafo-Abirem Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. The study was a cross-sectional survey. Simple random sampling procedure was employed to select 40 JHS, 300 third year students and 62 social studies teachers for the study. Questionnaires were used to solicit responses from both students and teachers. The S...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the extent to which lecturers applied principles of test construction and administration in the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The census sampling procedure was used to include 131 lecturers in four faculties/schools and 40 Examinations Unit staff in the University of Cape Coast for the study. Seven research questions guided the study. A 67-item and 14-item questionnaires for lecturers and Examinations Units were use...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate whether incentives would be able to draw teachers from urban areas to accept posting to the rural areas and to remain and if so what type of incentives.The theoretical review centred on incentive offers for teachers. Factors underlying the perception of incentives and theories of teacher migration were reviewed. The study was a descriptive survey. The instrument used for the study was the questionnaire and interview guide. The stratified ra...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of item position in multiple-choice test on student performance at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level. The sample consisted of 810 JSS 3 students selected from 12 different schools. A quasi-experimental design was used. Students for the project were drawn from schools representing public and private schools in urban and rural areas. The instrument for the project was a multiple-choice test consisting of 40 items in each of Engli...