ABSTRACT The study investigated the effect of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on the attitude and cognitive achievement of students in chemical bonding. The study compared the effect of CAI and a Traditional Method of Teaching (TMT) on the cognitive achievement of students in chemical bonding. The study was conducted in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Schools that offered chemistry as an elective subject were the target population. The total accessible population f...
ABSTRACT This study tried to assess the fitness level of 15-17 years students of Three-Town Senior high School in Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region. Relevant literature relating to the research topic was reviewed. The study used the descriptive survey method to find out the fitness levels of the students. The population for the study was two hundred students, a sample of sixty (60) students were used for the study. The questionnaire format was used to collect the data from the stude...
ABSTRACT This study was to find out the level of ICT knowledge, skills, and utilization among teachers and students in teaching and learning at the Cape Coast School for the Deaf. Twenty-eight (28) teachers and forty (40) students were randomly sampled from the population which included all teachers and students of the school, numbering onehundred and forty (140). A questionnaire was administered to the teachers and students, and an interview was conducted with some teachers, to collect data ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to explore healthcare seeking behaviours of parents who have children with disabilities in University Practice Inclusive Basic School and Rev, Fr, John Memorial School both in Winneba. A case study design was adopted where the researcher used a qualitative approach such as semi-structured interview guide to gather data for the study. Data from participants were analysed using thematic analytical approach. The results revealed that some of the parents afte...
ABSTRACT The issues of cost control in the building and construction industry pioneered by contractors and their allied players and professionals in the industry is a concern to ensuring due diligence in the building and construction sector. This research assessed contractors’ commitment to cost control, the challenges that confront contractors and the proposed remedies to ensuring effective cost control measures. The case study research design was adopted for this study. Questionnaires wer...
ABSTRACT The study explored mentoring activities experienced by mathematics interns during the internship programme. It further explored interns’ evaluation of mentors' professional competences and how it shapes their conception and vision of teaching and learning of mathematics and how the student internship programme can be improved. The study surveyed 134 mathematics interns from UEW. Data was collected using questionnaire and interviews. Among the interns surveyed, five were selected fo...
ABSTRACT Meat is an integral aspect of human diet from ancient times and has seen variety and improvement over the years through the advancement in technology and industrialization. In developing countries such as Ghana, meat quality particularly raw meat from abattoirs and markets has been a matter of health concern due to the poor hygienic practices persisting at these sites. This study set out to investigate the microbial quality of the meat sold on the Central market of the Kumasi Metropo...
ABSTRACT The study investigated factors contributing to poor academic performance of pupils in mathematics: a case of pupils in Our Lady of Holy Cross School, Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. Descriptive research design utilising the quantitative research approach was used in the study. A sample of forty (40) JHS pupils was selected using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (frequenci...
ABSTRACT This research work sought to improve on the performance of students through the use of hands-on instructional approaches in integrated science. An Action Research was used in this study to improve students‟ performance in integrated science. Second Year General Art Students of Queen of Peace Senior High School numbering 57 was the sample used for the study. The research instruments used included observation, interview, questionnaires and tests. It was observed that these students b...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management (SWM) is becoming a major issue in most cities as a result of rapid urbanization and population growth. The provision of this public service had formally been the sole responsibility of central government. However, with theory of participation and decentralisation, the municipal authority has to seek new arrangements with the private sector. The purpose of the study was to evaluate Zoomlion Ghana‟s participation in solid waste management in Ablekuma Central s...
ABSTRACT Since the United Nations Declaration of the Decade for Women in 1975 following the global outcry of poor and low participation of women in decision making and in politics in the 1980s, the Government of Ghana with its institutions and international donor agencies and organisations started increasing their focus on empowering women by providing Non-Formal Education (NFE) programmes. This was to raise the women’s consciousness and to build their capacities and skills. The value assum...
ABSTRACT Planning the site layout of construction project is a crucial task that has a significant impact on construction lost, productivity and safety. It involves the positioning and relocation of temporary facilities that are needed to support various construction activities on site such as office, storage areas workshops, and parking areas. Due to the complexity of the site layout planning problem, construction managers often perform this task using previous experiences, first come first ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of Science Resource Centre Project III on students’ performance in biology in some selected schools in Upper West Region, Ghana. The study adopted a quantitative survey design. The study involved 6 biology teachers and 6 heads of departments from 6 public senior high schools and two batches of final year biology students (2013 and 2015 batches) were used to collect data for the study. The 12 teachers and 6 schools chosen as participants were purpos...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to give suggestions to facilitate student‟s‟ learning of physics using science process skills at Bolgatanga Senior High School in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This was to be achieved through the use of group activity approach and the organisations of laboratory practical activities. The study was an Action Research that used fifty five second year students out of a population of 680 physics students in the school based on purposive sampling pr...
ABSTRACT This study presents the use of cooperative learning method that improved Integrated Science teaching in a comfortable non-threatening setting. It assessed the effects of cooperative learning and traditional learning methods on achievement of form two students in Integrated Science . This is an experimental study in which cooperative learning method - Student Team Achievement Division, developed by Slavin is selected as a teaching method and as a form of intervention and compared to t...