ABSTRACT The study determined the impact of using Visuo-Spatial Models (VSM) in teaching Molecular Geometry and Hybridization Geometry with associate Bond angles on College student’s performance at St. Joseph College of Education, Bechem. In the study, two cohorts labelled as experimental and control groups were used. The experimental group received instructions using the visuo-spatial approach of teaching. The control group on the other hand, was taught using the conventional approach of...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the principal guidance needs of University Practice Senior High School (UPSHS) students in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Two research questions and four hypotheses were raised to guide the study and a descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used. The target population for the study was made up of all students in forms 2, 3 and 4 students in the UPSHS in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Proportional stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques we...
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 included ...
ABSTRACT The investigation assessed the challenges inherent in the implementation of the Religious and Moral Education programme(RME)in some selected teacher training colleges in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to unearth the challenges there in. The simple random sampling, purposive sampling and the convenient sampling techniques were used to select the regions, colleges and respondents for the study respectively. In all, the sample fo...
ABSTRACT The investigation assessed the challenges inherent in the implementation of the Religious and Moral Education programme(RME)in some selected teacher training colleges in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to unearth the challenges there in. The simple random sampling, purposive sampling and the convenient sampling techniques were used to select the regions, colleges and respondents for the study respectively. In all, the sample fo...
ABSTRACT The problem associated with solid waste management in Oyo State, Nigeria has been traced by researchers to poor environmental awareness and low level of education among the populace, especially traders, who generated much of the waste. These traders however have been excluded from various environmental awareness education programme. This study, therefore, examined the effect of a participatory environmental education programme on traders’ knowledge, attitudes and practices in soli...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the use of improvised science instructional materials on the academic performance of basic school students. The study focused on ten basic schools in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. The instruments that were used to collect data includedResearcher-designed Performance Test in Integrated Science (PTIS) and a census sheet. The research design employed in this study was a cross-sectional survey that used pre...
ABSTRACT This research was aimed at assessing the impact of personal protective equipment on health and safety performance in construction site in Nandom District. The study based on an empirical study to focus on the core objectives; type of PPEs are provided by construction firms for site operations, health and safety measures are used at construction sites and the influence of PPEs on health and safety performance. This study employed case study as its research design with quantitative st...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of school resources on students’ academic performance in the Gomoa East District. The study employed descriptive survey research design. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to sample 130 participants for the study. Questionnaires were used to gather data for analysis. Data gathered were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics such as linear regression was used to tes...
ABSTRACT It has become undeniable fact that most of the technical schools are virtually collapsing because people look down upon them. People have misconception that technical courses are for those with low academic performance, and for that matter they would not patronise or allow their wards to pursue any of the technical courses, therefore resulting in low enrolment in those institutions. The above challenge is the main reason why the technical institutions are collapsing and the few sur...
ABSTRACT The study compared the performance properties of OPC and pozzomix cement sandcrete blocks in existing structures. Properties like compressive, water absorption, density and weights were determined and assessed to see how they enhance performance and its effect on durability of existing structures. Field survey research and experimental research designs were employed for the study. The study sampled eleven (11) research scientists at CSIR-BRRI and thirty-five (35) building contractor...
ABSTRACT The work was a study to examine songs that aid reading among three selected kindergarten schools in Agona Kwanyarko traditional area. It highlights songs that are appropriate for teaching reading skills. Through convenience sampling and purposive sampling techniques, the study used three selected kindergarten schools and collected 46 songs for analysis and categorization for teaching specific elements of reading. The study was also rooted in the cognitive development and multiple i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to compare the motor skill-related physical fitness levels of the hearing-impaired and non hearing-impaired students of Volta School for the Deaf and St. Francis Junior High School in the Hohoe municipality. A cross-sectional design was used in conducting this study. This type of design utilizes different groups of people who differ in the variable of interest, but share other characteristics such as socio-economic status, educational background, and eth...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyse all instances of simultaneous talk in classroom discourse. The study specifically ascertained the kind of interruptions and overlaps that occurred in the classroom discourse, determined the functions of interruptions and overlaps in the classroom discourse and examined the effects of interruptions and overlaps in the classroom discourse. The researcher adopted the qualitative research approach and case study design. The target population of this study c...
ABSTRACT Many students with good favourable attitudes and high interest in science soon see these qualities eroded by their experience of school science; some resulting from science teachers’ low level of content knowledge, poor methods of teaching and exhibition of low levels of self-efficacies. One topical area in science content that Junior High Schools (JHS) science teachers’ exhibit lack of interest and poor attitudes is in JHS basic electronics. This is because many of them did not...