ABSTRACT The study examined how language has been used by President John Evans Attah Mills to present the message in his first State-of-the-Nation address. The main focus of the study was the analysis of transitivity in the address and the functions it plays in political discourse. Halliday‘s Systemic Functional Grammar was applied as a theoretical framework and the qualitative research design was used for the content analysis of the text. The study applied the interpretative content anal...
ABSTRACT Growth to a worldwide scale in the 21st century has ensued innovative ways of teaching and learning. The traditional method of teaching and learning of science is fast losing its acceptance and impact in the educational sector. Computers have become increasingly important among science educators as they play important roles during the instruction of students in the science classroom. To demonstrate conditions of conceptual change in science learning, simulation-based environments a...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the reflective teaching techniques practiced by basic school teachers in Akuse. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the reflective teaching techniques used by basic school teachers in Akuse, the extent to which these techniques were practiced and also find out the most popular and convenient reflective teaching techniques practiced by some selected basic school teachers in Akuse. A 17-item questionnaire was developed to seek inform...
ABSTRACT Sale ratio is vividly dictated by equal open product exposure to consumer attention. In these situations, the determining factor of sale is the quality of packaging. Since madein-Ghana products remain integral part of our daily life in Ghana, it is therefore high time that practitioners of the industry presented it safe to the consumer by packaging them very well. On the market where local products stand in contrast with foreign ones, packaging deficiencies of local products s...
ABSTRACT The study examined how cohesive devices have been used by President John Mahama to present the message in his State-of-the-Nation Address in 2016. The main focus of the study was the analysis of cohesive devices and their communicative implications in the address. Halliday and Hasan’s cohesion theory (1976) was applied as a theoretical framework to analyse the use of both grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in the address. The study discovered inter alia the use of gram...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of computer simulations instructional packages on the performance of students‘ learning of the topic, digestion. The study used the entry point, post-test and exit point quasi experimental design method in a mixed sex Senior High School. The study used all fifty (50) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 1 and forty eight (48) students of SHS 2 Home Economics 2 at Odorgonno Senior High School in Accra, Ghana. A post-test consisting o...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the challenges facing building contractors in Accra Metropolis. The main aim of the study was to examine the challenges they face in the execution of building projects in Accra. The total sample targeted was ninety-five (95) construction workers made up of project managers, clients, trade foremen, artisans and labourers. Besides, a survey questionnaire and interview guide was used to investigate the challenges. The questionnaire was delivered person...
ABSTRACT This research work investigated the impact of Class Wide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) teaching strategy on Senior High School students’ academic achievement and retention. It also looked at students’ perception of using CWPT method in teaching Quadratic Functions. The design adopted was quasi-experimental design, involving pre-tests and post-tests. One Hundred and sixty-six (166) students of 2016/2017 academic year in the two public second cycle schools in the Central Tongu District of...
ABSTRACT Education delivery at the basic school level cannot be carried out effectively without the required quality and quantity of teachers. This implies that the government and educational administrators must ensure that at any point in time, measures have been instituted to retain teachers. In view of this realization, an investigation was conducted in why teachers leave the service and how they can be retained in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality. The research design for this ...
ABSTRACT Challenges often arise on construction project sites in connection with communication relating to many issues bordering on the construction project site. Despite wide recognition of the importance of communication within the construction industry, a combination of organisational and personal factors invariably render communication within project sites ineffective. The aim of the study was examined how communication among project team members in construction project sites affect cons...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to address the poor teaching strategies teachers employ in the teaching of Creative Arts in the basic schools which do not promote effective teaching and learning. The study identified the methods employed by teachers in the teaching of creative arts in the basic schools in the Gomoa West District and also suggested the various strategies to be employed in order to improve the teaching of the subject in the basic schools. The sample for the s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the competency levels of students with intellectual disabilities in the vocational training programmes at Garden City Special School, Kumasi. A case study design with a mixed research strategy was adopted for the study. The population was 98 – made up of 82 students and 16 teachers. The sample size consisted of 15 students and 5 teachers. A purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the sample size. The researcher gath...
ABSTRACT This study sought to determine effects of GeoGebra on Senior High School students‘ mathematical understanding of rigid motion. The study was conducted using students and mathematics teachers of Senior High School ‗A‘ in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. The sample size was made up of 100 students and four mathematics teachers. The control group was made up of 50 students and the experimental group comprised 50 students. The study was conducted using non-equivalent control...
ABSTRACT Diversity of construction workforce is increasingly given much attention because of global challenges in trends of employment. In developing countries, this is not seen as an important input despite the labour intensive nature of the construction industry and labour constituting a large percentage of total construction project costs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the implications of workforce diversity management for construction project success in the const...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the continuous professional development needs of the public basic school headteachers in the Ningo- Prampram District. The study investigated into the nature of CPD programmes organised for the headteachers, their CPD needs as well as learning opportunities for such headteachers to enable them to ensure meaningful improvement in quality educational provision. This was a mixed method research, both quantitative and qualitative data was collected. The study ...